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Download full textOffice 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
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
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
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1972
This study was conducted to assess the results of institutional manpower training in South Carolina conducted under the Manpower Development and Training Act at two skills centers, at 10 state instructional centers, and at public and private facilities throughout the state. The study found that about 72 percent of 9,800 trainees graduated, and…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Disadvantaged, Federal Programs, Labor Force Development
Cohen, Malcolm S. – J Hum Resources, 1969
Descriptors: Community Action, Economic Research, Employment Level, Employment Programs
Jacobson, Louis S. – 1973
Research using Social Security data to measure the effects of government manpower training programs on the earnings of participants is discussed. Previous studies employed a longitudinal set of Social Security summary earnings records of over 50,000 individuals who participated in Manpower Development and Training Act (MDTA) institutional training…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis, Employment Patterns, Federal Programs
Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1969
Evaluations have been made of 55 early (1963-66) experimental and demonstration projects conducted in 18 states and the District of Columbia under the Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962 to reach and serve youth for whom the conventional approaches, techniques, and personnel seemed inadequate. Experiences and results of the projects are…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Ancillary Services, Counseling, Disadvantaged Youth
Olympus Research Corp., Salt Lake City, UT. – 1972
Reasons for the failure of the Manpower Development and Training Act (MDTA) of 1962 to meet its major objective of alleviating skills shortages are recorded and analyzed. The lack of skills shortages was admitted to be the main reason for the shortcomings in performance, although the term "skills shortage" had yet to be defined and…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Career Development, Demand Occupations, Employer Attitudes
Somers, Gerald G. – 1972
Workers who were relocated under federally sponsored pilot mobility projects in Michigan and Wisconsin were compared with a group of nonmovers drawn from the same rural areas and with similar demographic and labor market characteristics. It was found that the movers improved their employment status, their occupational status, and their income…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Career Development, Cost Effectiveness, Federal Programs
Hyatt, Norman F.; Gloriod, John A. – 1972
This evaluation of 9 months of the first year of the federally funded Utah Manpower Development and Training Act Skills Center with 89 enrollees examines the program's effectiveness by means of a literature review, personnel interviews, preparation of training program objectives, and the utilization of these objectives as success criteria for the…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Objectives, Federal Programs, Goal Orientation
Rogers, David J.; Silverstein, Charles – 1970
This description of "coaching" in a 4-year federally funded special manpower demonstration project, JOBS NOW, is intended especially for program administrators, industrial personnel, and guidance counselors. The project was designed to train and employ previously unemployable, disadvantaged, young black adults, provide manpower systems…
Descriptors: Black Community, Career Development, Career Guidance, Demonstration Programs
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
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Vocational Education Services. – 1966
APPROXIMATELY 100 SUPERVISORS AND COORDINATORS OF PUBLIC SCHOOL VOCATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN CALIFORNIA PARTICIPATED IN TWO CONFERENCES TO CONSIDER THE METHODS OF LABOR FORCE ENUMERATION, THE ASPECTS OF THE LABOR SITUATION MOST PERTINENT TO CHANGES IN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, THE PROBLEMS OF WORKING WITH MANPOWER DATA, AND THE SALIENT FEATURES OF…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Agricultural Education, Business Education, Conferences
WOLFBEIN, SEYMOUR L. – 1967
DURING THE EARLY 1960'S, THREE PRIMARY CHANGES OCCURRED IN THE UNITED STATES WHICH CALLED FOR A BASIC REORIENTATION IN ATTITUDES, POLICIES, AND PROGRAMS OF ACTION. INVOLVED WERE (1) AN ECONOMIC POLICY TO REDUCE UNEMPLOYMENT THROUGH ECONOMIC GROWTH (1964 REVENUE ACT), (2) AN ACTIVE MANPOWER POLICY TO PROVIDE A TRAINED LABOR SUPPLY (1965 MANPOWER…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Economic Progress, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Level
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