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Download full textBerns, Robert G. – 1980
This monograph is one of 12 that address various topics in the area of CETA/education linkages. They were designed to provide those individuals interested in the development and implementation of CETA/education linkages with information that will serve to enhance the quality of existing programs and facilitate the efficient and effective…
Descriptors: Educational Cooperation, Employment Services, Job Development, Job Placement
Attivo, Barbara J.; And Others – 1981
A study was conducted to examine methods through which Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) participants may be awarded credit for participation in CETA-sponsored programs in Pennsylvania. To accomplish this, CETA prime sponsors, CETA program operators, and a group of randomly selected potential program operators were surveyed. After…
Descriptors: College Credits, Credits, Disadvantaged Youth, Employment Programs
National Commission on Resources for Youth, Inc., New York, NY. – 1982
This handbook provides Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) prime sponsors and youth program planners with information on planning and implementing youth participation in their employment programs. (Youth participation means projects in which young people assume responsibility for work that meets genuine community needs.) Section 1…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Career Education, Case Studies, Economically Disadvantaged
King-Fitch, Catherine C. – 1982
This manual provides a set of guidelines and suggested practices for implementing a follow-through services component in conjunction with an employment and training program. It is based in part on a 1980 study conducted by the National Center for Research in Vocational Education in which Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA)…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Career Counseling, Career Guidance
Mirengoff, William; And Others – 1980
A study examined the effect of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) Reauthorization Act of 1978 on public service employment (PSE) programs. A field survey, conducted during June and July 1979 (two months after provisions of the amendment went into effect), assessed the early effects of the reauthorization in the following areas:…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Legislation, Employment Opportunities, Employment Potential
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1982
The discussion in this hearing, centering on extension of the appropriations under the Vocational Education Act of 1963, focuses on the National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee and the State Occupational Information Coordinating Committees. Testimony includes statements and prepared statements, letters, and supplemental materials…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Career Education, Cooperative Programs, Coordination
Anderson, Robert; Rozansky, Rosa D. – 1977
This final report summarizes the findings of the National League of Cities and U.S. Conference of Mayors concerning CETA funded programs. It also examines three case studies in Chicago; Erie, Pennsylvania; and the Virginia Peninsula. The report discusses the need for cooperation between CETA and the vocational education system. Characteristics of…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Case Studies, Class Activities, Cooperative Programs
Conti, Gary J.; Giles, Wayne E. – 1980
This project, conducted by Spoon River College (Canton, Illinois), demonstrated the feasibility of a theoretical model developed by Wayne Giles and Gary Conti for training Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) clients. The model proposed the interfacing of long-term simultaneous training in academic skills, vocational skills, and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adults, Demonstration Programs, Employment Programs
Employment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1979
To assess the feasibility of large-scale, countercyclical public job creation, a study was initiated. Job creation program activities were examined in terms of how many activities could be undertaken; what would be their costs; and what would be their characteristics (labor-intensity, skill-mix, and political acceptability) that might contribute…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Community Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Employment Opportunities
Knapp, Charles B. – 1982
The following three major issues should be addressed during the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) reauthorization debate: program objectives, program effectiveness, and CETA's reliability as a delivery system. Suggested as a tool to reduce unemployment, reduce inflation, reduce welfare dependency, and provide fiscal relief to state…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Delivery Systems, Disadvantaged, Educational Legislation
Ockerman-Garza, Janet; And Others – 1982
An analysis was made of the case histories of two Georgia State University (GSU) "cooperative models" for the delivery of career education and formal academic services to economically disadvantaged groups. One of the models served primarily black, primarily female Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) participants by providing…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Blacks, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis
Levitan, Sar A., Ed.; Mangum, Garth L., Ed. – 1981
A summary of an in-depth study of the training component of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA), this volume consists of a series of findings and recommendations emerging from a national survey of 476 CETA prime sponsors. It provides a comprehensive review of CETA training based on the analysis of longitudinal data on the quality,…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Case Studies, Change Strategies, Decentralization
Reynolds, Jack; And Others – 1978
This report summarizes the Program for Persons of Limited English-Speaking Ability (PLESA) which involved 47 prime sponsors providing training and employment assistance to over 6,000 persons, most of whom were Hispanic or Asian. Focus is on lessons learned that will be useful for developing such programs. Chapters 1 and 2 discuss the background of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Vocational Education, Asian Americans, Bilingual Education
Reynolds, Jack; And Others – 1978
These ten case studies of the Program for Persons of Limited English-Speaking Ability (PLESA) report different approaches to providing training and employment assistance to unemployed persons of limited English-speaking ability. (A summary report of forty-seven projects is available separately. See Note.) The first four describe projects conducted…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Vocational Education, Asian Americans, Bilingual Education
Fitch, Brian; And Others – 1981
This booklet describes a model technical assistance program of 16 products and services for Comprehensive Employment and Training Act prime sponsors. An introduction overviews the developer, the National Center for Research in Vocational Education, and the model. Goals and components of the model are described. This information is provided for…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Basic Skills, Career Education, Career Guidance
