What are high schools offering as preparation for employment?

Career Development for Exceptional Individuals

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 30-41

  Guy, Barbara A ^a   Sitlington, Patricia L ^b   Larsen, Michael D ^c   Frank, Alan R ^d  

^a Iowa Department of Education   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Career and vocational development; Employment education; High school; Structured work experiences

Indexed keywords

EID: 65249089007     PISSN: 08857288     EISSN: 15575047     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0885728808318625     Document Type: Article

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