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12/95/
ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED179704 AUTHOR: Katz, David; And Others
TITLE: College and Industry: Partners in the Handicapped
Role (Cipher III).
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1978
NOTE: 111 p.; For related documents see ED 132 809 and ED
152 381
ABSTRACT: A project was designed and instituted to furnish
a structure that would bring together three
groups--potential employers, college personnel, and
disabled people--to increase employment opportunities for
the handicapped. During the third and final project year,
representatives of all three groups met in workshops to
discuss issues and concerns. Among the conclusions drawn
are these: (1) companies need current, reliable information
about legal aspects of hiring disabled people; (2)
businesses may profit from sharing effective strategies
that increase employment of the disabled; (3) businesses
and labor unions need to include in collective bargaining
agreements ways and means to enhance employment
opportunities by recruitment and job restructuring; (4)
once hired, disabled persons need help to advance on career
paths at the same rate as their able bodied peers; (5) the
myth that the disabled are more highly motivated, perform
better, and are more loyal than the able bodied places an
unfair burden on them; and (6) colleges and businesses
should cooperate to ensure the relevance and "fit" of
skills preparation. Based on all the input and discussion,
it is recommended that two clearinghouses be set up--one to
aid the disabled in job placement, the other to funrish
information about the handicapped to businesses and
industry. There is, furthermore, a need to develop
awareness programs for managers and supervisors, and to
conduct follow up studies of disabled college graduates.
(CP)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Affirmative-Action; Business-; Career
Choice; Clearinghouses-; Disadvantaged-; Education-Work
Relationship; Employers-; Employment-Practices; Equal
Opportunities-Jobs; Unions-
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Disabilities-; *Employment-Opportunities;
*Job-Placement; *School-Business-Relationship
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