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Albrecht, Bryan – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers (J1), 2011
Job creation is what America needs; however that is not the full story. Job creation is just the beginning of the story to address how America responds to workforce needs today and in the future. It is an invitation to examine current and future workforce needs in an effort to fill jobs, lessen the skill gap and provide industry-driven credentials…
Descriptors: Credentials, Labor Demands, Skilled Workers, Education Work Relationship
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Dellums, Ronald V. – Black Scholar, 1986
Analyzes the Federal government's record, since the 1930s, on issues affecting employment and the economic well-being of Blacks. Throughout the last 50 years, legislative efforts to create full employment have been directly hampered by poor implementation, weak leadership, and a tendency, highly visible in the Reagan era, to place expenditures for…
Descriptors: Black Employment, Employment Opportunities, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Federal Government
Lee, Marjorie; Verban, David – 1990
The booklet describes the Parents Alliance Employment Project, a program to provide job development, job placement, and job coaching to persons with intellectual disabilities in the DuPage County, Illinois, area. The first four sections provide an introduction, explain the program's philosophy, describe the population served by the project, and…
Descriptors: Agencies, Employment Potential, Employment Services, Job Development
Koppa, Tapani; Kivi, Tapio – Adult Education in Finland, 1984
The importance of rural areas in Finland is discussed. Padasjoki is used as an example of the problems of a small rural town and the solutions: creation of jobs and changes in land and housing policies. The Padasjoki model in theory and practice is examined. (CT)
Descriptors: Bureaucracy, Demography, Economic Change, Entrepreneurship
Carlson, Anne; And Others – 1980
More than half of 250 employers surveyed in Washington had little or no knowledge of government employment-incentive programs; among those who did know of the programs there was a somewhat positive base of opinion, but there were many strong and vocal critics. The survey was the needs assessment phase of the Private Sector Involvement Project, a…
Descriptors: Business, Employer Attitudes, Employers, Employment Counselors
National Child Labor Committee, New York, NY. – 1978
This report on youth employment programs is intended to help prime sponsors and program operators implement innovative youth employment efforts under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) and the Youth Employment and Demonstration Project Act (YEDPA). The content is in two chapters. Chapter 1 covers the introduction, meeting…
Descriptors: Citations (References), Community Programs, Education Work Relationship, Employment Programs
Snyder, Karolyn J. – 1986
This paper describes two conceptual models for addressing long-range development needs of principals. The first, a job competency model for managing productive schools, presents a comprehensive view of the central job tasks of the principal for stretching the school's capacity to influence achievement norms. Changing the school's work norms…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Responsibility, Change Strategies, Competence
Darnell, Richard E.; And Others – 1982
A three-year project involving 27 participants was conducted to develop and apply a model vocational rehabilitation service program for cerebral palsied individuals; the project included assessment, work adjustment training, and placement. Included in the project were the following activities: (1) demonstrating a service delivery model of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Agency Cooperation, Cerebral Palsy
Beaulieu, Lionel J.; Voth, Donald E. – 1984
An overview of rural development research in the United States Department of Agriculture's land grant environment focuses on southern 1862 and 1890 institutions. Although important to agricultural experiment stations, rural development research has received limited funding. A heterogeneous research program including human resources development,…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Community Development, Community Services, Cooperation
Darnell, Richard E.; And Others – 1982
These 26 appendixes to the final report of the Vocational Technology for Cerebral Palsied Individuals Project contain various project-developed forms, assessment instruments, manuals, and bibliographies. Included are project informational literature, news articles, and the project presentation format. Sample intake forms, client referrals, and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Cerebral Palsy, Daily Living Skills
Schofield, Kaye; Walsh, Anne; Melville, Bernice – 2001
The attitudes and experiences of 18 vocational education and training (VET) practitioners considered to be at the leading edge of online education in technical and further education (TAFE) in South Australia were examined to determine how leading-edge VET practitioners engaged in designing, developing, and facilitating online learning understand…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Computer Attitudes, Computer Uses in Education, Delivery Systems
Pennington, Hilary; Seltzer, Marlene – Women's Policy Journal of Harvard, 2001
Jobs for the Future (JFF) has identified the following best practice programs that support what is known to work best in moving women into family-supporting employment: (1) Cessna Aircraft Company in Wichita, Kansas, trains welfare recipients to work as sheet metal assemblers while providing a support services counselor and support for child care…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Colleges, Delivery Systems, Demonstration Programs
Kuhn, Deborah; Pressman, Harvey – 1980
This paper provides program planners with some innovative ideas that have been used in all phases of various multi-service programs for high-risk youth. Chapter 2 focuses on strategies for assessing participant needs. Diagnosis, learning disabilities and remediation, and staff training are discussed. Chapter 3 considers elimination of service gaps…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Ancillary School Services, Basic Skills, Career Development