Examples of innovative programs developed between universities and industrial firms were discussed at a recent symposium. Examples are summarized. (DF)

Reports on the training and recruitment of shipbuilding workers in Norway, Sweden, and Germany. (DS)

Article describes the results of a survey on the use of participative learning in management training. (Author/MM)

Describes the development plans of the Programmed Instruction Centre for Industry for the next fifteen months. (AN)

Author suggests that new educational theories being formulated for British schools will affect industrial training in that employees' needs and attitudes will be seen to have equal weight with practical goals. (PD)

A report on a training planning process with measurement at both input and output stages that has a built-in feedback which allows it to be self-evaluating. (RB)

Discusses the competence and productivity of American labor which the author ascribes to the effectiveness of training. (EK)

Teacher training program couples industrial internship with curriculum development study. (Editor)

Use of carbonless papers offers unique graphic arts training opportunities for handicapped. (Editor)

The issue is devoted to seven articles about a study of trainer effectiveness. It includes the approach to the study, major findings, a case study, aspects of trainer effectiveness, an approach to looking at trainer effectiveness, and conclusions. (JOW)

Results indicate that corporate training directors perceive poor listening as an important problem facing organizations, one that leads to ineffective performance or low productivity. Educators and trainers are encouraged to include aspects of listening behavior identified in this study into organizational communication curricula or industrial…

Describes a project conducted to improve training in industry. It produced and validated a training technology system and developed a program to prepare corporate personnel in the use of the system. This system and a related training technology course are reviewed. (CT)

The role of colleges and universities in corporate education can and should be substantially expanded, or academic institutions will be increasingly pushed aside by proprietary and nonprofit organizations. Issues to be addressed in this change include academic arrogance and corporate resentment, college faculty as consultants, and corporate…

Assesses the factual basis for the stereotyped images of each other that are prevalent among instructional developers in business and education and argues that this problem of conflicting images can be overcome if graduate programs and the industrial community would begin to share ideas and create opportunities for dialogue. (Author/MER)