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Crawford, Lucy C.; Jewell, Lloyd M., Jr. – 1976
Presented in four sections, this handbook was prepared to assist school administrators and placement service personnel in the organization and administration of a student job placement service for a secondary school. The handbook is primarily based on results obtained from developmental projects in a series of workshops provided to train placement…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Advisory Committees, Budgeting, Career Counseling
Nichols, Natalie P. – 1976
To help secondary school business teachers and school counselors in Pennsylvania assist students in making career choices and securing a job, this guide provides information on job counseling and developing business education programs. The first chapter focuses on the changing employment climate and outlines activities that will increase…
Descriptors: Accounting, Business Education, Business Skills, Career Choice
Brolin, Donn E.; Kolstoe, Oliver P. – 1978
The state of the art of career education for handicapped persons was reviewed beginning with the events and developments which have aided in the growth of career education for the handicapped since 1971. Specific career education needs of the handicapped were identified, and the concept of career education was clarified. The study examined…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Exploration, Career Planning, Citizen Role
Open Univ., Walton, Bletchley, Bucks (England). – 1977
This 1978 Open University BA degree Handbook begins with information about the university organization, correspondence materials, assignments and examinations, television and radio broadcasts, audio-cassette loan service, books and libraries, study centers, the computing service, handicapped students, tutor-counselors and course tutors, tuition,…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Adult Students, Advanced Placement, Assignments
1974
A study was performed to examine problems and opportunities associated with occupational education personnel development. Study objectives were (1) to define the career education concept in relation to occupational personnel development needs, (2) to analyze the need for personnel required to implement occupational education goals, (3) to describe…
Descriptors: Administrators, Career Counseling, Career Education, Career Guidance
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Atlanta, GA. – 1979
Essays on the growing population of adult students are collected. In a preface, E.T. Godbey highlights some characteristics of this population and the need for institutional changes to accommodate them. In one chapter Martha P. Weatherford describes recent changes in the overall student profile and reasons for the age changes. In a second chapter…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Ancillary School Services
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Heermann, Barry; And Others – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1980
A variety of responses to lifelong learning issues are contained in these essays by 12 practitioners directly involved in non-traditional educational alternatives. Sheila Gordon and Augusta Souza Kappner analyze the demographics, motivation, and environment of returning adult students. Peter Smith looks at the educator as facilitator rather than…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Adult Counseling, Adult Education, Adult Students
Massachusetts Univ., Amherst. Inst. for Governmental Services. – 1979
Guidelines to aid in formulating a workable career guidance program at the local level are provided in a handbook for Massachusetts counselors and educators. An overview of the handbook and a position paper of the State Board of Education are presented in chapter 1. The next five chapters discuss (1) program planning and development; (2) school…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Career Counseling, Career Education, Career Exploration
Covelli, Nicholas J.; Campbell, Jeanette – 1980
This self-evaluation report presents information gathered by Gateway Technical Institute in partial fulfillment of reaffirmation for accreditation as a single, multi-campus institution. Included in the report are ten chapters dealing with: (1) the college's philosophy and objectives; (2) the geographic, demographic, and economic characteristics of…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Administrative Organization, Administrators, Ancillary Services
Fox, Carla; And Others – 1978
The objective of Project Ranger is to improve school behavior and academic performance of selected, primarily "disruptive," students who are failing in the traditional school program. The Ranger curriculum uses the outdoor environment as the medium for improving student self-concept and relations with peers and adults and for providing…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Affective Behavior, Behavior Change, Behavior Problems
Liggett, Twila Christensen; And Others – 1979
This resource book provides curriculum materials for increasing awareness of sex bias and promoting more positive attitudes and participation in sex-fair career education and counseling. The book provides information in four parts for facilitators (teachers, counselors, administrators, or parents) and learners (students, parents, school staff…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Attitude Change, Career Choice, Career Counseling
Losak, John; And Others – 1979
Seven essays are presented that deal with the students, instruction, and administration of Miami-Dade Community College (MDCC). First, John Losak considers the M-DCC student population since 1969, providing data on ethnicity, age of students, male/female enrollments, foreign student enrollments, program diversity, skill level of enrolling…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Administrative Change, Affirmative Action, College Role
Potter, David A. – 1980
Because courts have required that selection tests be job-related, this study was undertaken to provide a practical means of performing a job analysis of teaching. Several court decisions are discussed, including Griggs v. Duke Power Company and Chance v. Board of Examiners, with respect to both Fourteenth Amendment and statutory issues. In the…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Administration, Educational Objectives, Educational Research
American Coll. Testing Program, Iowa City, IA. – 1980
Eight 1980 innovative programs in continuing education are described which won awards from the American College Testing Program and the National University Extension Association. Awards were granted according to programs' transferability, innovativeness, workability, and impact in one of four categories: instructional programs, student services…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Awards, Career Change
Cohen, Arthur M. – 1980
Community colleges account for over half of the ethnic minority enrollments in America, and a controversy has developed over how well these students are being served. On one hand, community colleges are praised for providing open access to higher education. Critics, however, claim that community colleges track minority students into low level…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Ancillary Services, Basic Skills
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