Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Education for Tomorrow's Jobs
  • Copyright
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • Summary
  • I Youth Unemployment in a Changing Economy
  • OVERVIEW
  • STRUCTURAL CHANGES IN THE ECONOMY
  • The Shift from Manufacturing to Service Jobs
  • Technological Changes in the Workplace
  • YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE 1980S
  • FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT
  • CONCLUSION
  • 2 Education and Training for Employment
  • VOCATIONAL EDUCATION IN THE 1980S
  • Programs
  • Work Experience
  • Students
  • Schools
  • Teachers
  • Administration
  • Funding
  • EVALUATIONS OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATIONVocational Education Programs
  • Other Training Programs
  • ACCESS TO VOCATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS
  • CONCLUSION
  • 3 Vocational Education and the Private Sector
  • EXAMPLES OF COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
  • Success on the Move
  • Opportunities Industrialization Centers
  • The Career Intern Program
  • The South Central Connecticut Regional Council on Education for Employment
  • The St. Louis Work-Study Program
  • The Continental-Illinois Bank
  • The Skills Training Education Program
  • The Philadelphia Academies
  • The Training Opportunities ProgramADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENTS
  • Student Organizations
  • Collaborative Councils
  • VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
  • CONCLUSION
  • 4 Strengthening Vocational Education: Conclusions and Recommendations
  • VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND THE CHANGING ECONOMY
  • The Role of Vocational Education in Economic Development
  • Responsibilities of the Public Education System
  • VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR
  • Characteristics of Successful Collaborative Efforts
  • Recommendations
  • Supervised Work Experience for StudentsRecommendations
  • IMPROVING VOCATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS
  • Strengthening Teaching
  • Recommendations
  • Strengthening Financing
  • Recommendations
  • Improving Access to Vocational Education Programs
  • Recommendations
  • CONCLUSION
  • References
  • Appendix A Selected Tables on Youth Employment and Unemployment
  • Appendix B Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff