The labour market for young STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) graduates requires flexibility and adaptability, which may potentially conflict with the spreading worldwide tendency toward delayed graduation. This is a cause for concern among academicians, policy makers and practitioners at all levels, as it may generate important…

The U.S. military services have traditionally used a tiering system, including education credentials such as high school diplomas, in combination with Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFQT) scores to help gauge the likelihood of a recruit persevering through his or her first term of service. But what about less traditional credentials, such as…

This brochure on high school equivalency certification and accreditation describes the policy for accepting high school level General Educational Development (GED) tests as qualifying criteria; the reading comprehension and other GED tests; GED testing centers in Montana; application, fees, and retesting; and types of formal military training for…

Reprints an article originally published in 1940. Discusses four factors concerning teachers' defense role: (1) paying teachers while being trained for military duty; (2) receiving credit toward tenure and retirement while in service; (3) making pupils aware of the realities of the world crisis; and (4) the schools gaining by having teachers get…

The booklet is designed to explain to young people whose lives may be affected by the Selective Service System the background to the standby Selective Service System as it exists today. It offers information as to the evolution and background, the purpose, and the procedures employed by Selective Service. The bulk of the booklet deals with…

Argues that by looking at Progressives' different attitudes toward the draft during the war, we can see more clearly some of the features of Progressivism as its adherents grappled with problems of war and peace. (JDH)

This brief article examines the needs of high school boys for information on their military obligation, within the school context, and the need for draft counselors to recognize their own biases so they can be of help to students who want their assistance. (CJ)

The paper provides an overview of high school seniors' views of the military as an institution, and also as a prospective work role. Data were obtained from the Monitoring the Future project, an ongoing study of high school seniors conducted by the Institute for Social Research. Surveys were mailed to a national sampling of high school senior…

During World War I, so the story goes, recruiting in French Canada went slowly because the Minister of Militia, Sir Sam Hughes, was a bigoted Ontario Orangeman with the gall to appoint a Methodist minister as recruiting officer for Quebec. Secondary students analyze primary source materials regarding this matter. (RM)

Examines the three-way relationship among sports, the British military, and the English public schools during the nineteenth century. Describes the public school system prior to and following the reforms of the Clarendon Commission in the late Victorian period. Finds the reforms ending certain hardships of school life, while increasing…

This paper examines potential roles vocational education could play to assist the military in meeting its training responsibilities within the context of three major military and training issues: survival of the All Volunteer Force, use of the Total Force Management concept, and demands of high technology. Discussion is divided into three…

Data in this survey indicate that high school seniors are more likely to expect or desire job training or education than they are to expect or desire to go into the military. More males expected to serve than wanted to, while more females wanted to serve than expected to. (Author/WI)

The authors feel that military recruiting should not be permitted in schools. Counselors should help students who consider enlisting look at the positive and negative aspects of military life as well as legal contractual obligations. (Author/HLM)

The author makes a case using the question of military service and its personal and social implications as the focus of concentration in secondary social studies courses, and offers some theory and techniques for introducing it into the classroom. (Author/JB)

A 1995 study investigated the effects of downsized U.S. military forces on Department of Defense Dependents' schools; implementation of a Community Strategic Plan; personnel changes; controversial staff development initiatives; and the achievement gap between racial, ethnic, and gender groups. Findings and implications from visits to five schools…