As an outcome of a conference on the problem of school to work transition, four dimensions which provide a framework within which to examine the school to work issue, are identified and discussed as they relate to career education and the community college role. The first dimension is concerned with educational goals and is divided along a technical/social continuum. The second dimension deals with the psychology of human nature, labeled the individualism/altruism dimension. A third dimension deals with the economic system, labeled liberal/conservative. The fourth dimension describes the optimal organization control arrangement, labeled centralist/decentralist. (TA)