These documents (IGE booklet and accompanying mailing piece) provide information about the multiunit elementary school (MUS-E). The MUS-E is the organizational administrative component of a system of individually guided education (IGE) designed for the elementary school. The MUS-E and IGE are designed to formulate and carry out instructional…

The way in which colleges and universities in Illinois are affiliated with one another is examined. The report assesses current affiliations as well as recommendations for some changes. Data were gathered via oral testimony and questionnaires mailed to the chairmen of all public governing and coordinating boards, system executive officers,…

The author considers one section of a document (Everyone's Favorite Solution in "The Reserve Army of the Underemployed") by James O'Toole to be an attack on vocational education in which seven charges are made. The charges are rebutted with the intention of illustrating the positive contributions that vocational education can make to the goals of…

Designed for a high school cooperative vocational education program that encompasses all of the areas of vocational education in Idaho (usually those programs in smaller schools where specialized cooperative programs are not offered), this curriculum guide is intended for teachers in a program to offer high school seniors the opportunity to…

These conference proceedings (from tape transcription) cover eight major presentations plus roundtable and small-group discussions and workshop sessions and two background papers from a conference attended by producers and consumers of employment projections (Federal, State and local level administrators and technicians). Topics included are…

A joint project between Indiana and Purdue Universities was conducted to develop a model to evaluate vocational teacher education programs. The model was to be functional on a statewide basis and generalizable to all vocational teacher education programs in Indiana. The project staff developed a conceptual basis for the model and cooperated…

Articulation is the process of meshing the students' previous education, either in terms of credits or in terms of substance of their education, with their baccalaureate program. The problem arises because of the large number of students who attend community and junior colleges and then transfer into baccalaureate programs at a four-year college…

The purposes of this study were to design a model for promoting and guiding the development of a systematic approach to coordinating program planning in vocational education between the Eastern Campus of Cuyahoga Community College (Ohio) and its feeder high schools; to identify problem areas in articulation and achieve a consensus on priority…

The Fargo area schools work experience program, "Mission Possible," was designed to help students explore career-related activities in three phases: (1) Students Seeking Insight (SSI), the observation-visitation-interview approach in which a student is matched with an employer in the career area of interest; (2) Participate in a Career…

Discusses a proposal to make compulsory education accountable in terms of a nationally accredited system of statements of expected attainments at age 16. Suggest establishment of teams to evaluate students as to their adherence to these standards. Journal availability: see SO 507 081. (KC)

Based on experiences in Dallas, Boston, and Minneapolis, guidelines are given for local school-business partnerships, including objectives, forms of cooperation, and partnership activities. In this last area, internships, magnet and specialty school programs in the above-mentioned cities are described. (SJL)

Described is a state-wide exchange program of Black and some White students involving five Florida higher education institutions. Funded by the Carnegie Corporation, the program is an intellectual and cultural exchange, designed to encourage preprofessional and pregraduate Black students considering graduate study. (JMD)

Describes various approaches in several states to creating jobs and providing vocational education and training through school-community programs, including secondary and vocational school cooperative job training for students and adults, inplant programs for employees and trainees, and skills training for small business entrepreneurs. (MF)

Two examples of successful articulation between area vocational schools and community colleges are described, the first involving an urban area in Michigan and the second a largely rural community in New York. (MF)