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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. – 1992
This congressional hearing reviews the continuing implementation of sections 1142, 1143, and 1144 of Title 10, United States Code, and section 1418(a) of Title 38, the Transition Assistance Program to assist servicemembers separating from the Armed Forces as a result of downsizing. Testimony includes statements, prepared statements, and written…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Armed Forces, Dislocated Workers, Employment Services
Bruce, Michael G. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1984
Observing that there is no shortage of work to be done, but rather a shortage of employment, this essay analyzes aspects of youth unemployment in Europe including school effectiveness; alienation and the work ethic; remedies, which include European Community's "social guarantee"; and some considerations for future change. (MJL)
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Administration, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society)
Sankey, Gerald R. – Guidance and Counseling, 1985
Discusses the transition from school to work via what is currently being done by many school counselors and other professionals, and why this assistance for an increasing number of youth has proved ineffective. Outlines some of the underlying basic causes of this transition problem and proposes an alternate approach. (CT)
Descriptors: Career Development, Counseling Techniques, Curriculum Development, Education Work Relationship
Melia, Richard P. – 1986
Although disabled students need the same comprehensive assistance in making the transition from school to work as their nondisabled counterparts, most disabled youth, and particulary those with severe disabilities, do not receive adequate assistance in this area. This situation can be remedied by approaching the transition to employment as a…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Educational Needs

National Council on the Handicapped, Washington, DC. – 1986
As part of a series of topic papers assessing federal laws and programs affecting persons with disabilities, this paper focuses on employment programs and initiatives. Described are (1) the transition model of the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS), which emphasizes a solid educational foundation and adequate…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Disabilities, Employment Opportunities, Employment Programs
Kazis, Richard – 1993
National Longitudinal Survey on Youth data indicate a large proportion of each youth cohort is still struggling in the labor market in their early 30s. Unemployment spells of long duration are common. A future problem is scarcity of needed skills in the kinds of jobs that will have to be created if the nation's economy is to regain its competitive…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Education Work Relationship, Federal Aid, Federal Government
New York State Education Dept., Albany. – 1981
This draft statement outlines the issues to be discussed at a series of invitational conferences to consider policies and proposals regarding youth education and employment in New York State. It consists of three sections. In section 1 a general description of the problem of youth unemployment is provided. Section 2 examines a framework for action…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Coordination, Educational Cooperation, Educational Needs
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1993
These Congressional hearings contain testimony pertinent to passage of the School-to-Work Opportunities Act of 1993, which is a bill designed to create a national framework within which states and localities can develop effective systems for offering U.S. youths access to performance-based education and training programs that will in turn prepare…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Education Work Relationship, Educational Legislation, Educational Opportunities
1999
The National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education (NATFHE), which represents 65,000 academic staff working in further and higher education (FHE) institutions across the United Kingdom, reviewed the current state of post-16 education and training in the United Kingdom and submitted its views on how the system should be improved.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Faculty, Colleges, Curriculum
National Alliance of Business, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1985
As demographic changes and new labor supply requirements develop in the years ahead, older workers are sure to become even more important to employers and to society as a whole. To date, most employers have just begun to formulate policies to manage an aging work force in a changing economy. Some firms, however, have begun to respond pragmatically…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Business Responsibility, Change Strategies, Cooperative Planning
Community Perspectives Series, 2002
This Community Perspectives Series document includes statements about the new economy in Toronto made by four participants in a March 2001 forum. The new economy was defined by the moderator as "an economy that emphasizes knowledge and technical processes put to the production of goods and other outputs so that an individual's knowledge is…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, At Risk Persons, Economically Disadvantaged
Nunez, Ralph da Costa – 1996
This book discusses homeless families in the United States and advocates the efforts of residential educational and employment training centers--American Family Inns--which provide comprehensive services education, job training, and parenting and life skills to address the poverty-related conditions that contribute to homelessness. Chapters of the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Change Strategies, Children
Women Work! The National Network for Women's Employment, Washington, DC. – 1992
The Coalition on Women and Job Training has developed a women's job training agenda that focuses on nine issues related to women's full participation in training and achievement of economic self-sufficiency. The issues highlighted in the agenda are as follows: (1) the need to make long-term economic self-sufficiency the goal of all employment and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Coordination, Educational Legislation, Educational Needs
United Nations Association of the United States of America, New York, NY. – 1985
Technological, demographic, and competitive pressures have transformed the U.S. labor market and must be dealt with on a priority basis. The urgency of the problem can best be addressed by creating a national institution that is independent of government, business, and labor but that draws on all three sectors to develop a broad array of policies…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Dislocated Workers, Economic Development, Economic Factors
Department for Education and Employment, London (England). – 1999
This white paper outlines a proposed framework for post-16 learning in England. Chapter 1 discusses the principles underpinning the new policy, which are as follows: investing in learning to benefit everyone; lifting barriers to learning; putting people first; sharing responsibility with employers, employees, and the community; achieving world…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Advisory Committees, Change Strategies
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