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Download full textPucel, David J. – 1968
To predict a person's use of his Manpower Development and Training Act (MDTA) training, this study attempted to supplement existing methods of evaluation, using personal descriptive data about trainees and General Aptitude Test Battery Scores. The sample under study included all students enrolled in ten MDTA projects, representing a geographical…
Descriptors: Adult Dropouts, Career Counseling, Clerical Occupations, Job Training
PEJOVICH, SVETOZAR; SULLIVAN, WILLIAM – 1966
AN EFFORT WAS MADE TO ESTABLISH A BASIS FOR EVALUATING THE PRIVATE AND SOCIAL COSTS AND RETURNS ACCRUING FROM INVESTMENT IN RURAL TECHNICAL SCHOOLS. A SERIES OF STATISTICAL FORMULAS WAS DEVELOPED AND TESTED ON QUESTIONNAIRE DATA SUPPLIED BY 359 GRADUATES AND TRAINEES OF THE WINONA AREA TECHNICAL SCHOOL IN MINNESOTA. THE NINE PROGRAM AREAS OF…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Community Benefits, Educational Benefits, Employment Potential
Fulton, Richard A.; Davis, Eugene W. – Nat Bus Educ Assn Yearbook, 1969
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Educational Legislation, Educational Philosophy, Federal Programs
Zook, Jack Frederick – 1965
The background, history, curriculum, and participants involved in the United Auto workers local 412 (UAW) Technical Training Center in Detroit are examined. The program was initiated by the local union, composed of the Amalgamated Engineers, Technicians, and Associates in the engineering division of Chrysler Corporation, to help re-employ union…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Agency Cooperation, Federal Aid, Government Role
Grell, Darrell Dean – 1967
This study evaluated the effectiveness of the Manpower Development and Training Program (MDTP) as conducted by the Vocational and Adult Education Department of the Lincoln, Nebraska Public Schools during its first three years of operation. The sample consisted of 389 MDTP students in the clerical, practical nursing, and dental assistant programs,…
Descriptors: Clerical Occupations, Curriculum, Dental Assistants, Doctoral Dissertations
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
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Washington, DC. – 1968
This report, required by section 233 of the Manpower Development and Training Act, opens with the chapter, "Adapting to Economic Change," which comments on major program changes during 1967, all of which relate to increasing the proportion of hard-core unemployed in the program. The chapters, "The Range of Training," and…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Business Cycles, Economic Factors, Educational Innovation
HOOS, IDA R. – 1967
IN 1963, PROGRAMS WERE PROVIDED IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, UNDER MDTA, ALL BUT ONE (HOSPITAL ORDERLIES) BEING UNION SPONSORED. THE MILLMEN AND CABINET WORKERS' LAYOUT COURSE FOR JOURNEYMEN SEEKING CERTIFICATION INVOLVED 12 WEEKS OF THEORETICAL AND ON-THE-JOB TRAINING. THE PROGRAM FOR ORDERLIES AT KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL ENROLLED 12 MEN FOR…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Case Studies, Educational Background, Employment Experience
National League for Nursing, New York, NY. Dept. of Practical Nursing Programs. – 1966
"Education for Practical Nursing, 1960," the report of a survey, recommended the development of criteria for program evaluation. Published in 1965, these criteria served as the basis for a questionnaire to collect data on 722 practical nursing programs. Data analyzed in the light of the 1960 survey showed (1) an upward trend in students'…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Admission Criteria, Advisory Committees, Allied Health Occupations Education
