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Download full textLam, Livia – Center for American Progress, 2019
Since the introduction of workplace computers in the 1970s, policymakers have been racing to outpace the workforce demands of the information age. To address concerns, policymakers have promoted an expansion of skills training to help workers keep up in the changing economy. Because the way people learn, work, and live is transforming, so should…
Descriptors: Job Skills, Public Policy, Labor Force Development, Employment
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1966
FROM THE INCEPTION OF THE MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING PROGRAM IN MARCH 1962 UNTIL SEPTEMBER 1964, THE DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR AND HEALTH, EDUCATION AND WELFARE ISSUED VIRTUALLY NO GUIDELINES TO STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS REGARDING TRAINEE ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS. THE ATTENDANCE RECORDS OF 2,902 TRAINEES PREPARED BY TRAINING ORGANIZATIONS IN…
Descriptors: Attendance, Educational Programs, Federal Programs, Labor Force Development
Office of Manpower, Automation, and Training (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1963
Contracts and grants sponsored under the Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962, and active in fiscal year 1963 are described. Included is research on automation, mobility, manpower development and utilization, manpower requirements and resources, effect of family on unemployment, and a research information and communication conference. A…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Grants, Labor Force Development, Labor Utilization
Office of Manpower, Automation, and Training (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1964
Contracts and grants sponsored under the Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962, as amended, which were active during fiscal year 1964 are described and projects are grouped under headings of: (1) Present Requirements, (2) Future Requirements, (3) Present Resources, (4) Future Resources, (5) Development of Manpower Resources--Education, (6)…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Grants, Labor Force Development, Labor Utilization
Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1969
This annual summary provides information about research programs which have been developed and administered by the Office of Manpower Research to June 30, 1969. The first section contains data about all projects in progress at the end of the 1969 fiscal year. Section 2 contains brief summaries of research projects completed during the year and…
Descriptors: Catalogs, Contracts, Federal Programs, Grants
Division of Manpower Development and Training. , BAVT. – 1966
THE MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING ACT (MDTA), AS AMENDED, IS DESIGNED TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEMS OF WORKERS FACING JOB DISPLACEMENT, THE SPECIAL PROBLEMS OF THE HARDCORE UNEMPLOYED, OTHER UNEMPLOYED AND UNDEREMPLOYED, AND THE EMERGENCE OF SKILL SHORTAGE IN CERTAIN OCCUPATIONS. THE ACT IS JOINTLY ADMINISTERED BY THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Federal Programs, Labor Force Development, Program Guides
Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1968
This catalog describes the status and content of research programs which were either developed or administered by the Office of Manpower Research under Title I of the Manpower Development and Training Act (MDTA) or the Economic Opportunity Act for the fiscal year ending June 1968. Brief summaries are given for 71 active MDTA research contracts,…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Annotated Bibliographies, Federal Programs, Grants
Iowa State Employment Security Commission, Des Moines.
The Ottumwa Experimental and Demonstration Project was initiated to develop more economical and more effective ways for delivering comprehensive manpower services to residents of rural areas. The Ottumwa Project involved a fundamental restructuring of rural employment service operations--development of more effective ways of delivering effective…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Employment Services, Federal Programs, Labor Force Development
Department 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
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1968
Amendments to the Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962 consist of the following: (1) Section I extends the labor mobility demonstration projects, trainee placement assistance demonstration projects, and training and appropriations in correctional institutions to June 30, 1970; operating authority to June 30, 1972; and disbursement…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Agency Role, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
National Manpower Advisory Committee, Washington, DC. – 1972
This volume presents the letters forwarded to the Secretary of Labor and to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare which summarized the findings and recommendations of the National Manpower Advisory Committee (NMAC) at 32 meetings between September 1962 and December 1971. As March 15, 1972 marked the 10th annivarsary of the passage of the…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Employment Services, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Bureau of Business Education. – 1964
NINE COMPLETED TRAINING PLANS ARE SHOWN EXACTLY AS THEY WERE SUBMITTED BY THE TRAINING AGENCIES THAT DEVELOPED THEM. TRAINING PLANS INCLUDE THE SUBJECT OFFERINGS, AREA TO BE COVERED IN EACH SUBJECT, DAILY AND WEEKLY TIME BLOCKS, AND THE NUMBER OF HOURS ALLOWED FOR EACH SUBJECT. THE TRAINING AGENCIES AND OCCUPATIONS PLANNED FOR INCLUDE (1) FRESNO…
Descriptors: Business Education, Curriculum, Curriculum Guides, Distributive Education
Office of Manpower, Automation, and Training (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1965
Contracts and grants sponsored under the Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962, as amended, and active for the fiscal year 1965 are described. Subject areas of research include: (1) Counseling and Guidance, (2) Discrimination in Employment, (3) Economic Growth, (4) Education, (5) Employment, (6) Industries, (7) International Experience,…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Federal Programs, Grants, Guidelines
O'Neill, Dave M. – 1973
The available evidence suggests the MDTA-Institutional program should be revamped with more reliance on the private sector for production and delivery of institutional training. In his review of eleven studies of Federal manpower programs, O'Neill finds that the MDTA-Institutional program, the oldest of the Federal training approaches, has…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Programs, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
Peer reviewedAshenfelter, Orley – Monthly Labor Review, 1975
The article presents an analysis of the success of training programs based on examination of longitudinal data on one cohort of trainees who participated in classroom training under the Manpower Development and Training Act. (MW)
Descriptors: Career Development, Data Analysis, Federal Programs, Job Training
