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Davies, Mary F.; Phillips, Charles – 1974
The monograph capsulizes the activities of the Manpower Administration 1963-1973 in providing adult basic education (ABE) to manpower program clients in research and demonstration projects. Spanning the initial efforts under the Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962 to the present efforts to related to the Comprehensive Employment and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Correctional Education, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged
Picou, J. Steven, Ed.; Campbell, Robert E., Ed. – 1975
Various existing theoretical, empirical, and policy issues regarding facets of the career behavior of special groups are explored through a series of essays presenting a variety of viewpoints. Special groups are defined as "collectivities of people set apart from the white male majority in terms of race, ethnic group, sex, physical disabilities,…
Descriptors: Activism, American Indians, Asian Americans, Behavior Patterns
Committee for Economic Development, New York, NY. Research and Policy Committee. – 1978
This policy statement focuses on ways of overcoming unemployment and underemployment for groups (young, old, disadvantaged) that typically experience high or prolonged joblessness, and on increasing incentives for productive work. Recommendations resulting from the CED study focus on these areas: new and expanded use on a nationwide basis of…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Agency Role, Business, Change Strategies