National Conference on Career Education. Final Report.

This report describes a federally-funded national conference on career education held in Columbus, Ohio, which focused on the professional development of educational leadership personnel. Centering on the development of individual university-based teams through the involvement of selected leaders in a series of national conferences, the April 1972 conference for deans of colleges of education and an accompanying May conference for professors of educational administration are described. Pre- and post-conference evaluations were collected from 134 professors and 75 deans concerning the conference planning and its impact. Representing a diversity of universities in terms of size and funding base, the program participants generally rated the pre-conference planning as more than adequate. Almost 70 percent of the participants agreed that career education is a viable alternative for the American education system and should involve all faculty members of universities in implementing the concept. Numerous tables present the data, and recommendations for further conferences are included. Resource materials are available in a related document, available as ED 064 498 in a previous issue. (AG)