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McMillan, Samuel H., Jr. – 1979
The University of Texas Pilot Program was operated in five sites in Texas (Abilene, Brownsville, El Paso, Houston, and Temple) to demonstrate the utility of competency-based high school diplomas for Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) clients. Included among the program features common to all five sites were the following: (1) the…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Competency Based Education, Demonstration Programs, High School Equivalency Programs
Berns, 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: Competency Based Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Cooperation, Orientation
Garcia, Uvaldo – 1979
Intended to inform local communities (especially the business sector) of ways to join government-sponsored employment and training programs with the private employment market, this handbook provides broad guidelines for use in the establishment and operation of the Private Industry Council (PIC). (The PIC is the primary vehicle created by Title…
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Government Role
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 1984
The Government Accounting Office (GAO) conducted an examination of patterns and causes of fraud in Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) programs to determine how implementation of Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) programs might be made less vulnerable to exploitation. GAO's investigation found that fraud and abuse in CETA programs…
Descriptors: Crime Prevention, Employment Programs, Federal Programs, Federal State Relationship
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1980
The Youth Incentive Entitlement Pilot Projects were designed to test whether guaranteed part-time jobs during the school year and full-time jobs in the summer would induce economically disadvantaged youths to remain in or return to school. The General Accounting Office (GAO) found that most worksites provided adequate experiences. Others, however,…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention, Dropouts
Employment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1986
This document summarizes the findings of currently available evaluation studies of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) and other related reports and data. Data from 26 studies conducted between 1980 and 1986 are presented under the following subject headings: the state role (monitoring and oversight, policy interpretation and leadership,…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Employment Patterns, Employment Programs, Employment Projections
Employment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. Office of Youth Programs. – 1980
Designed to provide basic information on the linkages achieved under the Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act (YEDPA), this report focuses on education/Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) linkages, the vocational education/CETA connection, and the role of postsecondary institutions (particularly minority colleges) in…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, Coordination, Education Work Relationship
Peterson, Paul E.; Rabe, Barry G. – 1981
The history of the Chicago school system has been parallel to and intertwined with the city's political system, producing a school system which serves a diversity of interests through a multiplicity of programs, with varying levels of effectiveness. Vocational education, in particular, now is conducted in one superior trade school, several…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Education Work Relationship, Educational History, Educational Philosophy
Greenwood, Katy; And Others – 1981
The first in a series of publications addressing issues of linkage and coordination of job training programs in Texas, this paper focuses on the background of federal and state events requiring new strategies for coordination of job training programs in Texas and examines the nature and purpose of coordination of job training activities and…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Agency Cooperation, Agency Role, Coordination