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Download full textWhite, Susan J. – 1980
Interest in encouraging linkages between economic development efforts of various federal agencies with the job development and training activities of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) led, in 1979, to the development of an interagency effort, the Employment Initiatives Program, and the signing of six interagency agreements with…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Agency Cooperation, Community Development
Satcher, Jamie F.; Dooley-Dickey, Katherine – 1991
This paper provides a basic overview of the employment provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), which mandates equal access, protection, and opportunity for persons with disabilities in four major areas: employment, telecommunication, transportation, and public services and accommodations. It notes that the employment…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Compliance (Legal), Disabilities, Disability Discrimination
Bruno, A. Lee; Wright, L. M., Jr. – 1980
This study examines how jobs are created in rural areas by or with the help of Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) programs involved with local economic development activities. It consists of five chapters. Chapter 1 reviews literature pertinent to the historical perspective and key elements of economic development, economic…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Agency Role, Career Education, Case Studies
Peterson, Marla – 1979
This paper discusses some of the specialized knowledge, role expansion, and guidance and counseling techniques designed to help school counselors and other school personnel assist handicapped students with their life development. A section on pupil personnel service workers examines the necessity for such workers and the federal laws affecting…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Exploration, Counselor Role, Education Work Relationship
American Vocational Association, Arlington, VA. – 1983
The seven major papers in this collection discuss the implications of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) (Public Law 97-300) of 1982 from the points of view of its various constituencies. Two of the papers discuss the effects of the JTPA on national employment and training programs, and on state-level programs, while a third discusses…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Career Counseling, Career Guidance
Barth, Peter S. – 1985
This monograph summarizes 20 recently completed dissertations representative of research being done in employment and training. Each summary has this format: description of the framework into which the study fits, explanation of its purpose, summary of methodology and type of data, and author's findings and conclusions. Six studies in section I on…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Discrimination, Business, Business Cycles
