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Burnham, Margaret – The Nation, 1989
Examines the reasons behind the failure of poverty programs such as the War on Poverty, the Comprehensive Employment Training Administration (CETA), and the Great Society. Argues that ghettoized high school students need community action programs that will give them jobs while they are still in school. (FMW)
Descriptors: Black Youth, Community Programs, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Opportunities
Friedman, Nathalie; Flam, Helena – 1980
Project Citywork was a demonstration project to provide employment for disadvantaged youth, and at the same time to determine which kinds of programs tend to work, and which do not. The program included work experience in nonprofit agencies; on-the-job training in the private sector; supportive services including counseling and classroom training,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Blacks, Demonstration Programs
Download full textMitra, Sudhansu B. – 1983
How educational experiences and programs sponsored by the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) could better prepare inner-city youth, particularly black, disadvantaged youth, to perform successfully in a number of jobs or occupations was the subject of this study. The Harbor City Learning program, a partially CETA-funded project in…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Black Youth, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropouts
Mitra, Sudhansu B. – 1980
A study examined the Harbor City Learning (HCL) Program in Baltimore, Maryland to determine how educational programs sponsored by the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) could better prepare inner city youth to perform successfully in a number of jobs or occupations. Specifically, the study investigated the characteristics of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Black Youth, Career Education
Noble, Elizabeth – 1981
This study compares the effects of human capital variables (education, training, etc.) and labor market variables (location, transportation, industry type) in influencing the employment success among a selected group of Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) trainees. Employment success was defined by initial wage rates of employment and…
Descriptors: Blacks, Education Work Relationship, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1980
This document records testimony on youth employment and welfare reform jobs given before a U.S. Senate subcommittee in March, 1980. The testimony concerns the Carter Administration's proposed legislation for youth employment programs for Fiscal Years 1981-82. Issues raised include funding; effectiveness of current programs, such as the…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Blacks, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropouts
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
Minnesota State Dept. of Education, St. Paul. – 1981
This report on secondary school dropouts consists of an analysis of the scope and nature of the dropout problem, a discussion of successful programs and activities for dropouts, a description of a pilot study involving Minnesota public secondary schools and Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) agencies, and presentation of…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, American Indians, Blacks, Change Strategies
Greenwood, Katy B., Ed. – 1981
This yearbook contains 24 reports concerning the following seven challenges currently facing vocational education: new needs for job training, reexamining value bases, a growing network of vocational educators, reflecting on past effectiveness, the continuing challenge to meet individual and special needs, strengthening curricula and instruction,…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Blacks, Competency Based Education, Curriculum Development
