Descriptor
Source
| J Hum Resources | 1 |
| Youth Policy | 1 |
Author
| Bell, Stephen H. | 1 |
| Briggs, Norma L. | 1 |
| Clague, Ewan | 1 |
| Cohen, Malcolm S. | 1 |
| Hamburger, Martin | 1 |
| JONES, JAMES A. | 1 |
| Kramer, Leo | 1 |
| LoCascio, Ralph | 1 |
| Main, Earl D. | 1 |
| Mangum, Garth L. | 1 |
| Nightingale, Demetra Smith | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Publication Type
| Reports - Research | 3 |
| Journal Articles | 1 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
| California (San Francisco) | 1 |
| Colorado (Denver) | 1 |
| Maryland | 1 |
| Maryland (Baltimore) | 1 |
| Massachusetts (Boston) | 1 |
| New York | 1 |
| Virginia | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
| Manpower Development and… | 15 |
| Comprehensive Employment and… | 2 |
| Aid to Families with… | 1 |
| Job Training Partnership Act… | 1 |
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Nightingale, Demetra Smith – Youth Policy, 1986
Examines the shift from the Manpower Development and Training Act to the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act and the difference between these programs and the Job Training Partnership Act. Also discusses the training of welfare recipients and setting priorities for the future of such programs. (CT)
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Job Training
Download full textDepartment of Labor, Washington, DC. – 1968
THE THREE MAJOR FOCUSES OF MANPOWER POLICY AND PROGRAMS IN 1967 WERE ON THE CONCENTRATION AND UNIFICATION OF MANPOWER FORCES TO HELP THE NATION'S MOST DISADVANTAGED PEOPLE ACHIEVE EMPLOYABILITY AND DECENTLY PAID JOBS, ON GREATLY INCREASED EFFORTS TO INVOLVE PRIVATE INDUSTRY IN THE TRAINING AND JOB ADJUSTMENT OF THE HARD-CORE UNEMPLOYED, AND ON NEW…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Employment Programs, Experimental Programs, Federal Programs
Virginia Employment Commission, Richmond. Research, Statistics, and Information Div. – 1966
The Appalachian region of Southwest Virginia was selected as a surplus labor area in a pilot project to show the effectiveness of using financial assistance to increase mobility and reduce unemployment. Most of the workers were relocated in Alexandria, Newport News, Richmond, and Petersburg. Of the 920 unemployed workers interviewed, 200 were…
Descriptors: Employment Problems, Employment Programs, Employment Services, Federal Programs
Olympus Research Corp., Washington, DC. – 1971
Based on followup interviews with 1700 participants, this study is an evaluation of Federal manpower programs in Boston, Denver, and San Francisco-Oakland. Included are Manpower Development and Training Act Programs, Work Incentive Programs, and Concentrated Employment Program from late 1969 to early 1970. Program impact on enrollees, employers,…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Agency Cooperation, Coordination, Disadvantaged
Hamburger, Martin; LoCascio, Ralph – 1969
A study of the process and product of Manpower Development and Training Act (MDTA) programs was conducted from May 1968 to June 1969. Data were collected by surveying the multi-centers, extensive staff reviews, mail followup, a review of related literature, and consultations. Results of the study include: (1) a survey of the feasibility and…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Employment Programs, Employment Services, Federal Programs
Bell, Stephen H.; And Others – 1995
This monograph critiques the many nonexperimental impact estimation approaches that have been based on external comparison groups. It proposes an approach to evaluating employment and training (E&T) programs that calls for using the group of individuals who apply to a program but then choose not to participate in that program as an…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis, Employment Programs, Evaluation Research
WICKLAND, ROGER F. – 1967
THE PURPOSE OF THIS SURVEY WAS TO EVALUATE THE "IMPACT" MADE ON COMMUNITY AGENCIES AND INSTITUTIONS AT THE LOCAL AND NATIONAL LEVELS BY THE EXPERIMENTAL AND DEMONSTRATION (E AND D) YOUTH PROJECTS FUNDED BY THE OFFICE OF MANPOWER POLICY, EVALUATION, AND RESEARCH (OMPER). THE PROJECTS WERE DIRECTED TOWARD DEVELOPING AND DEMONSTRATING NEW…
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Employment Programs
Cohen, Malcolm S. – J Hum Resources, 1969
Descriptors: Community Action, Economic Research, Employment Level, Employment Programs
Mangum, Garth L. – 1967
As a part of a larger project under grant from the Ford Foundation to evaluate federal manpower policies and programs, this evaluation of the training efforts under Title II of the Manpower Development and Training Act (MDTA) made use of data provided by the Departments of Labor and Health, Education, and Welfare. By the end of fiscal 1967, 1.2…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Cost Effectiveness, Disadvantaged, Employment Programs
JONES, JAMES A. – 1966
THE NATURE OF THE RESEARCH ACTIVITIES OF 56 PROJECTS WAS REVIEWED TO FIND WHY USEFUL NEW KNOWLEDGE CONCERNING EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING PROBLEMS WAS NOT RESULTING FROM THE PROGRAMS. ALSO ANALYZED WAS THE UTILITY OF FOLLOWUP STUDIES FOR GAINING KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PROJECTS. BOTH SUBJECTS OF INQUIRY WERE CONSIDERED AGAINST THE…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Employment Programs
Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1968
Four conferences on manpower development and training in correctional institutions were sponsored by the Manpower Administration to bring together the basic groups of people charged with responsibility in prisoner rehabilitation and to disseminate to them the significant results of experimental, demonstration, and research projects engaged in…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Agency Role, Conference Reports, Correctional Education
Main, Earl D. – 1966
To learn what effects Manpower Development and Training Act (MDTA) institutional job training courses had on income and employment, a nationwide representative sample of about 1,200 former trainees (784 completers and 413 dropouts) were interviewed early in 1966--over a year after their job training--to learn their opinions of the programs and…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Comparative Analysis, Control Groups, Employer Attitudes
Briggs, Norma L. – 1978
The participation of women in the skilled trades increased appreciably between 1960 and 1970; however, the rate of increase was not as large as could have been expected if women had entered the skilled trades at the same rate they entered the total civilian labor market. The gap between men's and women's median earnings was greater in 1970 than in…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Apprenticeships, Census Figures, Employed Women
Clague, Ewan; Kramer, Leo – 1976
Constituting an update to a previous publication that interpreted the directions of United States manpower policy subsequent to World War II, this publication places the previous essay in the historical context of manpower policies that reach back to the Great Depression of the 1930's and the Employment Act of 1946; and to policy options now…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Employment Programs, Federal Government, Federal Legislation
STEVENSON, DIANTHA – 1967
TWO PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN THE 9-COUNTY EASTERN SHORE AREA OF MARYLAND SERVED ESSENTIALLY THE SAME TARGET POPULATION, THE UNDEREMPLOYED AND THE UNDERPRIVILEGED, IN AN EFFORT TO IMPROVE THEIR OCCUPATIONAL POSITIONS. THE FIRST, SEPTEMBER 1963 TO SEPTEMBER 1964, WAS DEVOTED TO VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND GUIDANCE, AND THE SECOND, JUNE 1964 TO SEPTEMBER…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Blacks, College Programs, Counseling Services
