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Download full textKOHEN, RAY W.; ROSOFSKY, ROSE G. – 1967
OF THE 12,073 PERSONS WHO COMPLETED MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING ACT INSTITUTIONAL COURSES DURING THE FIRST HALF OF 1965, INCREASED EARNINGS WERE REPORTED FOR 5,470 OF THE 8,327 FOR WHICH BOTH PRE-TRAINING AND POST-TRAINING EARNINGS DATA WERE AVAILABLE. TRAINING FOR OVER 85 PERCENT OF THE EMPLOYED GRADUATES WAS GIVEN IN THE MAJOR OCCUPATIONAL…
Descriptors: Employment Patterns, Graduate Surveys, National Surveys, Racial Characteristics
Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1968
Accumulated data on the record of more than 100,000 persons who completed Manpower Development and Training Act institutional training during 1965 and 1966 and who were reported as employed following their training were used in this report. The study examined the effectiveness of the training program in upgrading its graduates and, in so doing,…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Economic Status, Employment Experience, Graduate Surveys
Peer reviewedAshenfelter, Orley – Monthly Labor Review, 1975
The article presents an analysis of the success of training programs based on examination of longitudinal data on one cohort of trainees who participated in classroom training under the Manpower Development and Training Act. (MW)
Descriptors: Career Development, Data Analysis, Federal Programs, Job Training
Mangum, Garth L.; Walsh, John – Manpower, 1973
Shift in emphasis to career objectives rather than immediate placement urged. (Editor)
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Career Choice, Career Development, Career Opportunities
South Carolina Univ., Columbia. Bureau of Business and Economic Research.
Manpower Development and Training Act (MDTA) programs completed in 1965 were evaluated by benefit-cost ratio and internal rate of return. Initial annual earnings differential figures at $525,650 and $719,629 were projected into the future at various rates of promotion and various rates of discount on the benefit stream. Resulting lifetime benefits…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Conceptual Schemes, Cost Effectiveness, Evaluation Criteria
Mangum, Garth L. – 1967
As a part of a larger project under grant from the Ford Foundation to evaluate federal manpower policies and programs, this evaluation of the training efforts under Title II of the Manpower Development and Training Act (MDTA) made use of data provided by the Departments of Labor and Health, Education, and Welfare. By the end of fiscal 1967, 1.2…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Cost Effectiveness, Disadvantaged, Employment Programs
DELEHANTY, JOHN; MISHNUN, FLORENCE – 1966
DURING THE PERIOD AUGUST 1962-MAY 1965, ABOUT 65,000 PERSONS RECEIVED TRAINING IN SERVICE AND RELATED OCCUPATIONS UNDER THE MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING ACT (MDTA). MOST PREPARED FOR SPECIFIC OCCUPATIONS, ALTHOUGH MANY OTHERS RECEIVED TESTING, COUNSELING, LITERACY TRAINING, AND OTHER SERVICES THROUGH MULTI-OCCUPATIONAL PROJECTS. OVER HALF THE…
Descriptors: Educational Background, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns, Enrollment
BRAZZIEL, WILLIAM F. – 1966
A STUDY WAS MADE TO IDENTIFY, IN THE POSTTRAINING PERFORMANCE OF TWO GROUPS OF GRADUATES OF A TRAINING PROGRAM, DIFFERENCES THAT MIGHT BE ATTRIBUTABLE TO BASIC EDUCATION EXPERIENCES. NINETY MEN--45 IN EACH GROUP (COMBINED GENERAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, GROUP A, AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION ALONE, GROUP B)--COMPLETED MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Course Content, Employment Level
Shultz, George P.; Weber, Arnold R. – 1966
When Armour and Company faced a shutdown of six plants, it joined in a cooperative program of vocational retraining with two labor unions; an Automation Fund Committee was formed, with representation from management, the unions, and "public" (college professors); and an experimental program in Oklahoma City provided experience which was…
Descriptors: Blacks, Cooperative Programs, Course Content, Dropout Rate
Mangum, Garth, Ed.; Mangum, Stephen, Ed. – 1996
This book contains 17 social policy essays on various topics related to labor and full employment policies in the United States. The following papers are included: "Introduction" (Stephen Mangum); "Secular Rabbi: The Life and Times of Sar A. Levitan" (Garth Mangum); "Young Workers, Young Families, and Child Poverty"…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, At Risk Persons, Block Grants
