
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, June 14, 1990                   TAG: 9006140495
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-6   EDITION: EVENING 
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VOCATIONAL EDUCATION LACKING, STUDY REPORTS

About 9 million young Americans are ill-equipped to hold entry-level jobs because educators virtually ignore students who don't plan to attend college, a congressional study says.

The General Accounting Office said England, Germany, Japan and Sweden all do a better job of preparing non-college-bound youth for employment.

Results of the study, requested by Reps. James Scheuer, D-N.Y., and Augustus Hawkins, D-Calif., were being discussed today during a hearing by a Joint Economic subcommittee.

"The United States is renowned worldwide for its college and university system, which provides extensive opportunity for higher education," the study said. "Yet only about half of U.S. youth go to college. For the other half, U.S. education and training often provide inadequate preparation for employment."

-Associated Press

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