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American Indian Organizational Education in Chicago: The Community Board Training Project, 1979-1989
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Laukaitis, John J. – American Educational History Journal, 2009
American Indian organizations in Chicago grew both in size and number during the 1970s. The lasting impact of War on Poverty programs and the passing of the Indian Education Act of 1972 and the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 served as significant factors for the development of these organizations. Alternative American Indian…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Employment, Poverty, Needs Assessment
Unemployment among Minority Youth.
Carter, Lewis J. – Crisis, 1980
Outlines NAACP activities in regard to (1) facilitating a relationship between Black colleges and the National Alliance of Businessmen in order to increase the number of Blacks hired by medium and large businesses, and (2) the organization's efforts to increase private sector employment of Black youth through CETA (particularly Title VII)…
Descriptors: Black Organizations, Black Youth, Business Responsibility, Minority Groups
Vocational Education: A Synopsis.
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Manley, Katherine K.; Vogler, Daniel E. – Journal of Studies in Technical Careers, 1983
This article provides an overview of various aspects of vocational education: federal legislation and funding, administrative structure, finance, planning approach, programmatic delivery system, and coordination provisions. (CT)
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Coordination, Delivery Systems, Federal Aid
PSIP: Where the Jobs Are.
Brown, Stephen – Worklife, 1979
The Private Sector Initiative Program (PSIP), Title VII of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA), is planned to put employment and training back in private business through grants to employers for on-the-job training programs, with private industry councils as links between business and industry and the federal government. (MF)
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Employment Programs, Federal Aid, Industrial Training
The College for Human Services.
Grossmann, John – American Education, 1979
Describes the College for Human Services which trains a new kind of social worker, human service professionals who already know firsthand the problems of those they are trying to help. Students must qualify for federal funding and perform on the job as well as in the classroom to stay. (MF)
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Community Organizations, Educational Programs, Federal Aid
The Changing Role of CBOs in CETA.
Rubio, Gloria – AGENDA, 1979
Explains how community-based organizations (CBOs) have become increasingly ineffective in fighting unemployment and how the role of such organizations has become that of watchdog for CETA activities since that 1973 legislation. Details the current conflicts between SER, CETA, and local government in Houston, Texas. (SB)
Descriptors: Agency Role, Civil Rights, Community Organizations, Economically Disadvantaged
CETA and the Aging.
Schram, Sanford F.; Osten, David F. – Aging and Work: A Journal on Age, Work and Retirement, 1978
To assess the impact of the 1973 Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) on older worker's problems, article examines CETA's history, options, and authority. Finds major systemic factors that encourage local prime sponsors to understate aging populations' needs. Concludes there is a need for substantial CETA changes to effectively serve…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrative Policy, Educational Needs, Employment Opportunities