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Jucovy, Linda – 1987
This workshop report deals with developing a youth service corps. Twenty-nine representatives from 15 youth corps attended the workshop, the second in a series of six sponsored by the Youth Corps Exchange Project. The report begins with an overview of the highlights of the workshop. The second section, which discusses the need for human services,…
Descriptors: Conservation Education, Delivery Systems, Financial Support, Human Services
Download full textNational Commission for Manpower Policy, Washington, DC. – 1976
The three conference reports summarized were prepared by the sponsors of the Regional (eastern, central, and western) Conferences on Directions for a National Manpower Policy held in September and October 1976. Each of these summaries is a separate section consisting of a summary of the conference proceedings, a summary of the speeches and papers…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Delivery Systems, Employment Problems, Government Role
Human Environment Center, Washington, DC. – 1981
The Human Environment Center held a national conference on Youth Conservation Jobs and Service in May, 1981, in Washington, D.C., attended by approximately 100 representatives of minority, employment, youth, environmental, and national service interests. The conferees concurred that the Young Adult Conservation Corps (YACC) and the Youth…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Conservation (Environment), Disadvantaged Youth
Public/Private Ventures, Philadelphia, PA. – 1985
These proceedings contain summaries of presentations given at six workshops held in various locations in the United States and Canada from April through September 1985. The workshop topics represent areas of concern identified by youth corps staff responding to a needs assessment survey conducted in 1985. Topics are: (1) Work Project Development…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Conservation Education, Employment Potential, Experiential Learning
Bebris, John M., Ed. – 1987
Among the papers presented at this conference are the following: "Keynote Address," (Parish); "Small Business in the Year 2000," (Lichtenstein); "Making America Work Again," (Rennie); "U.S./Canadian Free Trade Negotiations," (Swed); "Ethical Considerations for Entrepreneurs and the Need for Preparing Entrepreneurs for Disappointment," (Lipper);…
Descriptors: Business Education, Cooperative Planning, Curriculum Development, Economic Development
Smith, Ian D., Comp. – 1980
This first of the two-part proceedings of an Australian Conference on Youth schooling and unemployment contains the texts of 26 research papers. Focus of the papers is on educational practices and specific problems in educational research. Topics covered in individual reports include student perceptions of specific courses; quantification in case…
Descriptors: Career Education, Case Studies, Disabilities, Dropouts
Smith, Ian D., Comp. – 1980
This second of the two-part proceedings of an Australian conference on youth schooling and unemployment contains 25 research reports and texts from two symposia on alienation from school to work, and youth in transition. Focus of the papers is on educational practices and specific problems in the area of educational research. Topics covered in…
Descriptors: Career Education, Case Studies, Cost Effectiveness, Disabilities
Brandeis Univ., Waltham, MA. – 1980
These proceedings of a conference on 1978 youth knowledge development activities implemented under the Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act (YEDPA) of 1977 consist of the proceedings of the five sessions of the conference and the texts of 16 conference papers. Discussed in the first section of the proceedings are demonstrations and…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Services, Data Analysis, Data Collection
National Governors' Association, Washington, DC. – 1992
These proceedings include 13 "perspectives from the field" and 9 selected papers (with abstracts) from a national conference on recommended policies and practices for investing in youth. The 13 perspectives papers are as follows: "Saving the Next Generation" (Berlin); "Effective Strategies for Investing in Youth"…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Community Action, Coordination, Dropout Prevention
European Training Foundation, Turin (Italy). – 2000
A 2-day regional seminar was held to raise awareness of the problem of youth unemployment in Southeastern Europe and assist countries in the region to develop their own framework of action and concrete projects. The following were among the topics discussed: ways policymakers can help young people find valid employment opportunities within…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Apprenticeships, Change Strategies, Check Lists
