Personnel from 98 Texas high schools with work-study programs were surveyed with a mail questionnaire to determine the role principals play in work-study programs for the handicapped. Findings revealed that a relationship existed among the knowledge and support principals held toward work-study programs and their role performances with regard to such programs. More importantly, these variables were found to be directly related to the effectiveness of the work-study programs.
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