Descriptor
Source
Publication Type
Reports - Descriptive | 5 |
Speeches/Meeting Papers | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
Oregon (Portland) | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Council, Forrest M.; And Others – 1975
The study compared the driving histories, for the first six months and first two years following licensing, of drivers who had received two types of driver training in high school in 197l. The subjects were 1644 drivers who had been trained on multi-vehicle ranges and 1759 who had received the traditional "30 and 6" training (30 hours of classroom…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Driver Education, Educational Programs
Du Tilly, Geraldina Margain de H. – 1979
The paper describes an international student exchange program for 11-year-old children, and discusses the operation and goals of the program in Mexico. The main objective of the program is to create a base for world friendship and global understanding during the pre-adolescent years, which are believed to be formative for acquiring basic social…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Educational Innovation, Educational Programs, Elementary Education
Richardson, Ann; Sharp, Laure M. – 1975
The report describes the first few months of operation of an experimental Work Incentive Program (WIN) in Portland, Oregon to test the feasibility of the use of vouchers for on-the-job training (OJT). Voucher holders were required to decide on a training occupation, and then locate and negotiate for an employer to provide the training. WIN staff…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Educational Programs, Educational Vouchers, Employment
Institute for Services to Education, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1975
This document is an indepth evaluation of the Allied Health Counselor Training Program. The document is divided into the following major sections: (1) Bibliographical Data on Participants; (2) Participant Counseling Skills; (3) Participant Attitudes; (4) Participant Perceptions of the Failure of Minorities to Enter the Allied Health Professions;…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, College Faculty, Counselor Training, Educational Programs

Employment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1977
The Job Corps is described as a training program for impoverished and unemployed young people between the ages of 16 and 21 which will help them become responsible adults, prepare to get and hold productive jobs, return to school or further training, or satisfy Armed Forces' entrance requirements. (Currently (1976), Job Corps provides training for…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Development, Counseling, Disadvantaged Youth