Career education is a bold design for education effecting a blend of academic, general, and work skills learning so that individuals passing through the school system will be ready for economic self-sufficiency, for a personally satisfying life, and for new learning experiences appropriate to career development and avocational interests. The…

Developed as part of an effort to serve disadvantaged and handicapped students at Triton College (a community college), this handbook is designed to (1) acquaint faculty, and other educators, with a grant project at the college, (2) increase faculty and educators' awareness of the needs of disadvantaged and handicapped students, and (3) to expand…

This pilot project, primarily concerned with upgrading licensed vocational nurse (L.V.N.) training in Texas, developed a program designed to increase L.V.N. training program productivity. The report lists the program objectives, presents the philosophy, and describes the basic program structure, and the classroom, lab, and clinical curricula. A…

This Training Manual for Student Service Program Development is being published by the WICHE program Improving Mental Health Services on Western Campuses as a result of work done on a grant from the Experimental and Special Training Branch of the National Institute of Mental Health. The manual presents processes used during on-site campus…

This project report describes the Utah Natural Resources and Land Use Information System, designed and implemented to establish a systematic process for the collection, organization and subsequent availability of land use planning sources and pertinent materials for use by citizens, planners and elected officials. It presents the general system…

Based on stated 3-year (1973-1976) project goals, career education activities were provided to the identified adult population (unemployed, underemployed, mid-career, high school dropouts, parents, and women) in rural areas of the North Central Vocational, Technical, and Adult Education District of Wisconsin. Project activities included classes,…

Local and regional advisory councils can provide vocational programs with unique and essential evaluation information. Most advisory councils are asked to review components of vocational programs about which they have limited experience and/or knowledge, such as philosophy, objectives, and management. There are several, often overlooked areas in…

Presented is the final report for Project MORE (Mediated Operational Research for Education), a program to create a full-scale operational system for developing product prototypes (methods and materials packages) for teaching personal appearance and hygiene skills to the trainable mentally retarded child. Reviewed in part I is the history of the…

A sequential approach to implementing an associate degree nursing program at Mohegan Community College, Norwich, Connecticut, is presented in a conceptual framework. The framework utilizes Bloom's taxonomy of cognitive learning as a guide and incorporates objectives for learning level, sample course, and sample unit. (MF)

Describes a new environmental studies program at the University of Missouri-Columbia in which social psychologists, architects, and home economists are studying the physical design of human living spaces under an environmental-and-behavior paradigm. Discusses some of the teaching, research, and outreach programs underway. (TW)

Describes computerized placement programs at three colleges. Cornell University developed a microcomputer program while Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University used the university's mainframe system. College of Lake County found that computerized job placement meant a stronger link with the business community. (JAC)

An allocation model for teaching and nonteaching staff developed at the University of Utrecht is characterized as highly normative, leading to lump sums to be allocated to academic departments. Details are given regarding the reasons for designing the new model and the process of implementation. (Author/MLW)

The sequential career component, developed at The American University with cooperative education as its focal point, serves as one model by which a career dimension may be added to a traditional liberal arts curriculum. The career center and cooperative education program are described. (MLW)

This report provides an overview and description of social and emotional learning (SEL) and service-learning (S-L) as tools to improve the lives and academic performance of students. It describes how the two practices are interrelated, and cites research evidence that supports the expanded use of both practices in the classroom. Also provided are…

This book suggests strategies for creating meaningful project and work-based learning experiences that were developed by teams of vocational and academic teachers and addresses the support issues necessary to sustain successful efforts. It begins with a description of the design team model and activities of the Vocational Integration with…