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Download full textFlicker, 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
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
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
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
AUSTIN, JOHN J.; SOMMERFELD, DONALD A. – 1967
OBJECTIVES OF THIS STUDY WERE TO ASSESS THE OVERALL EFFECT OF VOCATIONAL AND BASIC EDUCATION ON DISADVANTAGED YOUTH AND TO IDENTIFY THE PATTERNS OF CHANGE TAKING PLACE IN DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF DISADVANTAGED TRAINEES. AN EXPERIMENTAL GROUP OF 189 TRAINEES IN THE MUSKEGON AREA SKILL TRAINING CENTER WAS COMPARED WITH A CONTROL GROUP OF 89…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Basic Skills
