Community Resources for Career Education. Monographs on Career Education.

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Agency Role; Career Education; Community Organizations; Community Resources; Conference Reports; Educational Programs; Educational Responsibility; Leadership Responsibility; National Programs; Private Agencies; Program Development; Public Agencies; School Business Relationship; School Community Relationship; Youth Agencies

Major issues of two mini-conferences for business/labor/industry community representatives with extensive experience and involvement in career education are reported in this monograph. Focus is on recognizing and utilizing community resources that now exist and moving actively toward building new community resources. To this end, the monograph describes the principle of collaboration in career education and delineates the major kinds of career education activities calling for collaborative efforts between educators and the business/labor/industry community. Eleven current major national programs involved in career education are described; it is suggested that if these national efforts can be made an integral part of a total community career education effort, the goals of career education will be enhanced. Examples of how local community resources are used for career education are presented, based on the recognition that local, not national, efforts will determine the effectiveness of implementation of career education. Further issues on policy and directional questions are discussed. Lists of the two mini conferences' participants are appended. (TA)

1977

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