A STUDY WAS CONDUCTED TO EXAMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING COMMUNITY APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS IN WEST VIRGINIA. THE CONCEPT IS THAT A WORKER IN ONE COMPANY WOULD UNDERTAKE ON THE JOB TRAINING AT ANOTHER COMPANY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF MACHINES AND EQUIPMENT NOT CURRENTLY OWNED BY HIS COMPANY. THE AUTHOR STATES THAT THIS WOULD UPGRADE THE WORK…

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…

REPRESENTATIVES OF SPANISH-SPEAKING FORMER MIGRANTS (FARM WORKERS) AND OTHER DISADVANTAGED GROUPS, NEGRO AND WHITE, PARTICIPATED IN A PROGRAM, TO DEMONSTRATE THAT UNSKILLED PERSONS WITH LITTLE FORMAL EDUCATION AND LIMITED COMMAND OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE COULD BE SUCCESSFULLY TRAINED AND PLACED IN OCCUPATIONS FOR WHICH THERE WAS LOCAL DEMAND AND…