Three separate reports are bound together in this volume. Each examines one area of the transition from school to work in order to identify how elements of the process differ for blacks and women compared to whites and white males, and how these elements might better meet the needs of blacks and women. The three papers, and their authors, are as follows: (1) "A Comparison of the Use of School Placement Services and Other Employment Recruitment Methods for Jobs Filled by Differen Race, Sex, and Education Attainment Groups" (James M. McPartland and Russell L. Dawkins); (2) "How Race Affects Job Placement Decisions: Results of a Vignette Experiment with a National Sample of Employers" (Jomills H. Braddock II, Robert L. Crain, James M. McPartland, and Russell L. Dawkins); and (3)"School Desegregation and Black Occupational Attainments: Results from a Long-term Experiment" (Robert L. Crain and Jack Strauss). (KH)