Late in 1965, District Council 37 of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees explored with the Department of Labor the possibility of developing a program to upgrade nurses' aides to Licensed Practical Nurse. The program was proposed under Title I of the Manpower Development and Training Act and included provision for…

"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'…

This program demonstrates the feasibility of training highly motivated undereducated nurses aides to become licensed practical nurses. (BH)

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,…

THE ROLE OF PUBLICLY FINANCED TRAINING IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA IS DISCUSSED IN THE LIGHT OF THE PRESENT STATUS OF VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE AND TRAINING. ACCOUNTS OF AN ELECTRONICS ASSEMBLY CLASS FOR DISPLACED EMPLOYEES OF SMITH-CORONA, A PUBLIC SCHOOL SPONSORED WELDING COURSE FOR MEN AND YOUTH WITH AT LEAST A TENTH-GRADE EDUCATION OR ITS…

A DISCUSSION OF INSTITUTIONAL RETRAINING PROGRAMS UNDER THE MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING ACT (1962) OUTLINES MANPOWER REPORTING AND TRAINING PROVISIONS OF THE ACT ITSELF, DISCUSSES PROBLEMS OF IMPLEMENTATION IN CALIFORNIA (I.E., DIFFICULTY IN FURNISHING ON-THE-JOB PROGRAMS AND PROPER COUNSELING), OUTLINES NATIONAL AND REGIONAL TRAINING UNDER…