ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This report was prepared with the support of the National Center for Research in Vocational Education (NCRVE) and the IBM Corporation in conjunction with a conference, "School-to-Work: Preparing Students for College and Careers." The conference was held at Purchase College, the State University of New York (SUNY) on May 15, 1996 and was sponsored by the Westchester Education Coalition (WEC), the National Center for Research in Vocational Education (NCRVE), and the Institute on Education and the Economy (IEE). Support for the conference itself was provided by the WEC, the IEE, the National Center for the Workplace, MasterCard, CIBA, and IBM. We particularly want to thank Shirley L. Mow, the Executive Director of the WEC, for her assistance and suggestions on the paper. In addition, we received useful suggestions from David Stern, Erika Neilson-Andrew, Robin Willner, John Wirt, two anonymous reviewers, as well as Morton Inger, who edited the paper. We would also like to thank the WEC and IEE staff for their tireless assistance in organizing and carrying out the conference. The conclusions expressed here are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the funders.