This paper stresses the stake of business and industry as full partners with the schools in the total educational process. Especially needed are programs relevant to on the job training and paid work experience, to replace the outmoded vocational education system which has failed to prepare youth for employment. (NH)

PART-TIME WORK EXPERIENCE AND MODIFICATION OF CURRICULUM WERE DESIGNED TO HELP PREVENT STUDENTS FROM DROPPING OUT OF SCHOOL. CONCERN WAS FOCUSED ON THE SATISFACTORY PLACEMENT OF STUDENTS IN FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT SHOULD THEY LEAVE SCHOOL. THE PROGRAM WAS COORDINATED BY THE BUREAU OF GUIDANCE OF THE STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE…

PART-TIME WORK EXPERIENCE AND MODIFICATION OF CURRICULUM WERE DESIGNED TO HELP PREVENT STUDENTS FROM DROPPING OUT OF SCHOOL. CONCERN WAS FOCUSED ON THE SATISFACTORY PLACEMENT OF STUDENTS IN FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT IF THEY SHOULD LEAVE SCHOOL. THE PROGRAM WAS COORDINATED BY THE BUREAU OF GUIDANCE OF THE STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE…

Cooperative education, the combination of periods of on-campus classroom instruction with periods of off-campus experience, is particularly well suited to the needs of minority students in higher education. At a traditional four-year college, minority students are inclined to confine their associations to their own members, both on campus and at…