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Download full textSolomon, Herman S. – 1969
A survey of 825 Manpower Development and Training Act (MDTA) graduates was made to evaluate MDTA programs. A total of 569 responded, representing 69 percent of the sample. The responses indicated that 80 percent of the graduates were employed and over two-thirds held training-related jobs. Sixty percent were between 22 and 45 years of age. A…
Descriptors: Charts, Disadvantaged, Employment, Federal Programs
Bureau of Adult, Vocational, and Technical Education (DHEW/OE), Washington, DC. – 1971
This annual report of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to Congress describes training activities instituted under the Manpower Development and Training Act (MDTA) through 1970. With major emphasis on fiscal year 1970, the report includes descriptions of programs and participants. Evaluation activities designed to measure increases…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Annual Reports, Disadvantaged, Federal Programs
McDonnell, John C. – 1971
This third volume of a three part study evaluating vocational training provided in correctional institutions, focuses on the rehabilitation program's impact on offender post-release performance, evaluated in terms of recidivism and employment status. Data were obtained through post-release questionnaires distributed at selected intervals to…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Criminology, Disadvantaged, Employment Patterns
Mentec Corp., Los Angeles, CA. – 1971
To evaluate the effectiveness of the Manpower Development and Training Act (MDTA) institutional training program in preparing trainees for employment, interviews were held with administrative personnel, employers, counselors, and trainees. The survey revealed that completion rates are generally low, due to excessive counselor case loads, and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Vocational Education, Career Counseling, Disadvantaged
GOUGH, LOWELL A.; ROWE, HAROLD R. – 1968
THREE MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING ACT (MDTA) AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION COURSES WERE EVALUATED TO DETERMINE WHETHER THEY ARE A GOOD INVESTMENT FOR TRAINING FARM WORKERS TO PROFITABLY PROVIDE PRODUCTS FOR A DIVERSIFIED FARM MARKET. A SURVEY OF 233 ENROLLEES DURING TRAINING, AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICE FOLLOWUP RECORDS PROVIDED INFORMATION FOR PRE- AND…
Descriptors: Adult Farmer Education, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Laborers, Agricultural Production
Welker, L. Conrad, Jr.; Ginn, Clyde N. – 1974
The concern of educational and political leaders as to the extent and nature of impact made by Institutional Manpower Development and Training Act (MDTA) programs provided the basis for the study. The research report describes the degree of influence that the MDTA programs had on vocational and technical education in the State of Mississippi…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Labor Force Development, Program Evaluation, Questionnaires
McDonnell, John C. – 1971
As the second volume in a three part study evaluating vocational training provided in occupational institutions, this document is concerned with the administrative and legislative development of vocational training in correctional institutions, and with the characteristics of the 25 projects covered by this study. The basic aspects considered for…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions, Criminology, Disadvantaged
Goldstein, Jon H. – 1972
This study reviews the evidence on the impact that manpower training programs have had on the earnings of the poor, in order to assess the likely success that greatly expanded training programs would have in reducing the amount of public assistance payments and the size of welfare roles. Between 1963 and 1971, the Federal Government obligated 6.8…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Economically Disadvantaged, Federal Programs, Job Development
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
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
Olympus Research Corp., Salt Lake City, UT. – 1971
Skills centers represent a fairly new and different component of national manpower policy. The 70 Manpower Development and Training Act (MDTA) Skills Centers are designed to provide comprehensive manpower services for the disadvantaged, including training, basic education, communication skills, counseling, placement, and follow-up. Based on visits…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Vocational Education, Career Counseling, Disadvantaged
Flicker, Bernard – 1969
The objectives of this High School Redirection Project were to redirect potential dropouts to continue full-time education and training with an educational-vocational plan, to provide high school dropouts with job skills that will enable them to enter the labor market on the highest possible level while continuing to upgrade their skills on a…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Dropouts, Group Counseling, High School Students
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
FOLLOW-UP STUDY OF PROJECT UPLIFT, THE MDTA E AND D PROJECT CONDUCTED BY FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY.
SILVERMAN, LESLIE J. – 1967
PROJECT UPLIFT'S PURPOSE WAS TO FIND EFFECTIVE WAYS OF REACHING, RECRUITING, TRAINING, AND PLACING DISADVANTAGED RURAL ADULTS LIVING IN A 10-COUNTY SECTION OF NORTHERN FLORIDA. THE FOLLOWUP STUDY HAS THREE GENERAL OBJECTIVES -- (1) TO SHOW THAT INDIVIDUALS WITH ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT EMPLOYMENT PROBLEMS WERE SERVED, THAT THEY WERE TRAINABLE AND THAT…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Disadvantaged, Employment Services, Experimental Programs
Horowitz, Morris; And Others – 1968
This section of the Proceedings of the 20th Annual Winter Meeting of the Industrial Relations Research Association consists of three papers on aspects of manpower education. A Boston study on training of tool and die makers sought to ascertain which of several identifiable training paths was most productive in terms of worker performance. It found…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cost Effectiveness, Disadvantaged, Federal Programs
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