The 2003 Minnesota Legislature directed the Higher Education Services Office to evaluate and report monthly on state financial aid expenditures by type to date and unexpended balances. This is the 15th and final monthly report with Fiscal Year 2004 data. It contains information through September 30, 2004. This report contains data on: (1) the…

In the career education program of the Oregon State School for the Deaf, students from preschool through grade 12 utilize a variety of media to prepare for real, life goals. (MC)

A student owned and operated industrial organization of college juniors and seniors in technology, business administration, and economics invented, designed, manufactured, and marketed a new product. The concept and program are described and evaluated. (MS)

A process of work-study job placement at the University of South Carolina which improves the efficiency of program management is described, including a preliminary campus survey, a manual for employers, and a job board from which students can select preferred jobs. A sample job advertisement and award letter are included. (MSE)

The pros and cons of career education are examined. (MM)

A comparative study was made of 18 mentally retarded, multiply handicapped high school students who attended a work study program and 12 students who were traditionally serviced in the academic program. (CL)

Environmental awareness for schoolyard and classroom use are presented briefly in this article. The ideas emanate from an instructor in the Youth Conservation Corps Program of the Department of the Interior. (SA)

Describes the Community Involvement Program which places high school students for half of the school day in social service agencies and provides an in-school seminar to relate their experiences to social problems in a larger context. (EJT)

Describes Work Experience Program, job locator program begun by University of Missouri at Columbia in 1979 and operated jointly by university's financial aid office and career planning and placement center. Explains how work-study program offers students access to wage-paying jobs while providing local employers with steady source of quality…

Addresses the need to alert undergraduates in engineering to the idea that excellence in the classroom is only half the equation in preparing to be an effective professional. Recommends that students learn in the workplace as well. (DDR)

This study explores working students' college experiences using the grounded theory approach. Focus groups were conducted to allow working students to elaborate on their college experiences, clarifying issues not easily addressed through surveys. Two theoretical propositions are offered to describe how working students are constantly searching for…

This article discusses the advantages of experience in volunteer work camps for second language learning, and describes one such work-study experience in France. (CLK)

Suggestions are made for improving high school work-study programs for the mildly handicapped which have tended to be self contained and segregated, and which have produced graduates who have high unemployment rates. (MC)