The pilot program was designed to aid inner-city Detroit public school students to raise and broaden their educational/occupational aspiration levels and plan for their future. The project served 15,000 students from seven elementary schools, two junior high schools, and one high school; control schools were selected to match the experimental schools. The concept of developmental career guidance as an ongoing process was basic to the project, and the most prominent objective of the program was to increase the students' awareness or consciousness of the world of work. Other objectives were to help each child develop a realistic, functional self-concept and to coordinate into a smooth working team all those working with individual students. Guidance consultants were assigned to each project school and paraprofessionals served as a link to develop a close working relationship between school and community. Activities involved: counseling; information dissemination; broadening perceptions; consultation; articulation; and working with parents, community, and faculty. School assemblies and field trips were integral parts of the learning process. Evaluation consisted of student attitude surveys toward work/school/career aspirations, student comparisons, staff interviews, and external evaluations. Results indicated experimental school populations gained in aspiration levels over control groups. (EA)