The emerging information-based occupational society emphasizes education-work relationships. Counselors must make students aware of forecasts of a lower need for four-year college graduates and increased jobs for two-year postsecondary graduates and help them develop alternatives to four-year college attendance. (SK)

The changes brought on by a knowledge-based society necessitate increasing counselor understanding of occupational changes, helping noncollege-bound students make reasoned postsecondary education choices, and helping parents consider alternatives to four-year colleges. This means changes in the preparation and functioning of school counselors and…

This article projects costs for 12 proposed educational reforms, and advises that career education join forces with both the process- and structure-oriented reform efforts if meaningful changes are to be made. (JB)

Discusses trends in career education shown in three years of membership surveys of the National Career Education Leaders' Communication Network. Trends covered include (1) health of the career education movement, (2) need to replace the term "career education," (3) possible new names, (4) funding, and (5) definition of career education. (CH)

Discusses a survey of the members of the National Career Leaders Communication Network regarding the "health" of career education in their communities. Includes opinions on the term "career education" and their definition of career education. (JOW)