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| Baldwin, Fred D. | 1 |
| Bloom, Howard S. | 1 |
| Booker, John M. | 1 |
| Deutsch, Steven | 1 |
| Dozier, Ken E. | 1 |
| Hodgson, Carol A. | 1 |
| LeFiles, Diane C. | 1 |
| Raven, Helen C. | 1 |
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Peer reviewedBloom, Howard S. – Evaluation Review, 1987
This article presents lessons learned from an innovative employment and training program for dislocated workers. It provides specific information about program design and serves as a prototype for how social experimentation can be used by state and local governments. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Adults, Dislocated Workers, Employment Practices, Program Evaluation
Hodgson, Carol A. – VocEd, 1983
Describes the partnership formed by five Indiana state agencies in order to provide and coordinate job placement, counseling, rehabilitation, and unemployment insurance services. Lists examples of the partnership's successes. (NRJ)
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Agency Cooperation, Career Counseling, Employment Services
Peer reviewedDeutsch, Steven – Monthly Labor Review, 1987
The article highlights some innovative and important approaches to employee training and retraining in anticipation of and in response to technological change. These include both collectively bargained arrangements and new state initiatives that are suggestive for future developments. (CH)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Inservice Education, Job Training, Labor Force Development
Peer reviewedDozier, Ken E. – Community College Journal, 1996
Describes California's Educational Development Network (ED>Net), an experimental effort to use the existing community college infrastructure to enhance the state's economic development activities. Highlights ED>Net's focus on developing organization, process, and individual skills in the current workforce. Indicates that ED>Net is…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Emerging Occupations, Job Training, Labor Force Development
Raven, Helen C.; LeFiles, Diane C. – VocEd, 1979
A postsecondary training program in various aspects of coal mining has been established in western Maryland through community college credit and noncredit courses leading to a certificate or associate degree for mine employees and others. Maryland's industrial training program includes state aid to industry to provide needed job skills training.…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Employment Opportunities, Industrial Education, Industrial Training
Baldwin, Fred D. – Appalachia, 1998
Describes the Fund for Appalachian Industrial Retraining (FAIR) program, which has trained over 14,000 multiskilled workers in Appalachian manufacturing in the last four years. FAIR works with firms in 18 Appalachian Ohio counties, arranging onsite and offsite programs and providing matching funds for customized training. (SAS)
Descriptors: Corporate Education, Education Work Relationship, Human Resources, Industrial Training
Peer reviewedBooker, John M.; And Others – Journal of Environmental Health, 1991
Presents evaluation of state-certified asbestos abatement training program to evaluate appropriateness and effectiveness of training against actual work experiences. Survey administered to trainees (n=114) indicates most (78 percent) passed retest on course content, the course received an average effectiveness rating of 92 percent, and actual work…
Descriptors: Asbestos, Behavior Change, Environmental Education, Federal Regulation
