A case study of a contract college involving Union College and Union County Technical Institute in New Jersey is presented. The arrangement between these two colleges provides the county with the services and facilities of two community colleges, one specializing in technical and career programs and the other in academic courses. Historical…

The major purpose of this study was to identify unique effects of cooperative vocational education. This interim report is of results of the analyses of existing data bases. Comparisons of cooperative and non-cooperative vocational programs are made on the following variables: enrollments by age, sex and race, school status, work status,…

A retrospective evaluation of a Dean's Project at the University of Utah offers insights on the building of a program to prepare teachers to deal with mainstreaming. The program, funded federally, was begun in 1975 and was defunded in 1979. Reflections are made on what appear to be, in hindsight, mistakes in the way the program was developed. The…

The problems facing teacher centers in geographically remote and largely rural areas are discussed. The importance of cooperative planning involving teachers and university faculty is stressed. It is noted that implementing professional development activities depends to a great extent upon the efficiency of inservice delivery systems, and…

A study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of the Targeted Jobs Tax Credit (TJTC) as observed between July 1980 and March 1981 in 25 areas throughout the United States. Findings include the following: (1) TJTC has not worked as envisioned as a self-marketing effort by vouchered individuals and new hires by employers; most employers are…

St. Joseph's School for the Blind (Jersey City, New Jersey) cooperated with the Occupational Center of Hudson County to establish a model transitional prevocational training program for severely multiply handicapped, visually impaired students. The aim was to assist these student to move from a school environment to a work activity setting where…

The paper addresses issues in the vocational preparation of handicapped students. Prevocational education, career education, and vocational education are differentiated. Components of six legislatively defined vocational education service areas (agriculture, home economics, business and office occupations, marketing and distributive education,…

This monograph, summarizing the ideas of participants attending a two-day mini-conference, was developed to help educators understand the extent to which youth benefit when Junior Achievement (JA) is used as a major resource in community career education efforts. This booklet begins with a brief description of JA structure and programs. This is…

Major problems associated with subcultural variations in school performance that interfere with the development of special programs for disadvantaged, gifted students are discussed. These problems include the difficulty of identifying gifted minority students by usual testing methods, the nature of programs that may be devised to benefit them, and…

In 1968, an affiliation agreement was developed between Spartanburg Technical College (STC) and the first clinical site that provided the medical and health laboratory facilities necessary for the on-site training of STC's allied health science students. By 1978, a number of administrative and policy changes that had taken place at Spartanburg and…

Data regarding transfer and non-transfer students who graduated from four representative Kentucky universities were studied with focus on three issues: program articulation, transfer of credits between different types of postsecondary institutions, and types of potential transfer students. The following problems were revealed: the lack of adequate…

Articles on the expansion of business enrollment in higher education, prospects for liberal arts majors, and the lack of understanding by Americans about business and economics are included in this bulletin. It has been theorized that college students are studying business fields because of limitations in the job market. More women and blacks are…

A description is provided of the Field-Based Curriculum Leadership Training Program at Pittsburgh State University. The purpose of the program is to help establish a new type of working relationship between the university and local schools in the area of curriculum development. Three program phases are outlined. The first consists of a series of…

A summary is presented of the proceedings of a South Carolina conference of vocational and technical college presidents and directors which focused on (1) the articulation of selected secondary level vocational education and similar postsecondary level technical institution programs and (2) mutual concerns of vocational directors and technical…

This booklet describes some things learned by education directors from fifteen museums and performing arts organizations in Boston and Springfield, Massachusetts, as they participated in a training project to help them design pilot career education programs, in conjunction with a partner school, for K-12 students, using the resources of their…