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National Commission for Manpower Policy, Washington, DC. – 1976
One of five booklets designed to help vocational education teachers and Commission for Manpower Policy reported here reflect the Commission's concern that, classrooms, this booklet discusses the role of medical, social, educational, and unemployment are expected to continue for some time. This booklet's content is presented in four sections. The…
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Experimental Programs, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Human Resources. – 1978
The complete texts of testimony and statements from the February and March, 1978, Hearings before the Senate Subcommittee on Employment, Poverty, and Migratory Labor regarding the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) Amendments of 1978 are presented in this document. (Hearing sites included Grand Rapids and Detroit, Michigan, Madison,…
Descriptors: Educational Programs, Employment Programs, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation
Mirengoff, William; And Others – 1980
This study analyzes the extent to which targeting objectives of the Emergency Jobs Programs Extension Act (EJPEA) of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) programs have been achieved by federal and local officials and the effectiveness of limited-duration projects in providing useful public services. The study deals with the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Disadvantaged, Employment Programs
National Commission for Manpower Policy, Washington, DC. – 1975
This first interim report of the National Commission for Manpower Policy on the manpower challenges of 1975 was developed to (1) assess the extent to which federal manpower and manpower-related programs provide a structure capable of responding to the current unemployment problems and (2) consider some of the long-run critical manpower issues that…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Employment Problems, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation
Hoyt, Kenneth B. – 1978
This monograph provides a narrative summary of ideas and thoughts gathered from two mini-conferences held to discuss the Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act of 1977 (YEDPA) as it relates to career education. The conference participants included eight representatives of Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) prime sponsors and…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Career Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Employment Programs
Levitan, Sar A.; Gallo, Frank – 1988
The Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) was heralded as a major overhaul of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) program. Five years after passage of JTPA, the answer to the question of whether it has indeed managed to remedy CETA's shortcomings appears to be an unequivocal maybe. Although the JTPA has been praised by numerous…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Change Strategies, Comparative Analysis, Disadvantaged
Sherman, Susan W., Ed. – 1983
Unemployment among young people is a serious and persistent problem in this country. Unemployment rates are especially high among members of minority groups, for high school dropouts, and in economically depressed areas. Vocational education can help to alleviate the problem of unemployment, and a close link between schools and employers can help…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Articulation (Education), Disadvantaged Youth, Dropouts
