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Download full textSocial Policy Research Associates, Menlo Park, CA. – 1997
Of the 19 projects conducted as part of the Defense Conversion Adjustment (DCA) Demonstration administered by the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Work-Based Learning, 8 tested the worker mobility approach. The projects, which shared the common goal of helping dislocated defense workers find high-quality jobs, tested one or more of the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Community Planning, Cooperative Planning
Social Policy Research Associates, Menlo Park, CA. – 1997
Of the 19 projects conducted as part of the Defense Conversion Adjustment (DCA) Demonstration administered by the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Work-Based Learning, 5 tested the community planning approach. The projects attempted to alleviate the negative impacts of defense cutbacks on communities, firms, and workers. The project sites…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Community Planning, Cooperative Planning
Fordham Univ., Bronx, NY. Graduate School of Education. – 1991
This report provides an account of the Comprehensive Learning Program, an experimental program in literacy provided to adults by Fordham University's School Consultation Center (New York). The program targeted learning-disabled adults whose lack of literacy skills resulted in unemployment or significant underemployment. The program's design…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Basic Skills, College Programs
PDF pending restorationSocial Policy Research Associates, Menlo Park, CA. – 1997
Of the 19 projects conducted as part of the Defense Conversion Adjustment (DCA) Demonstration administered by the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Work-Based Learning, 9 tested the dislocation aversion approach. The projects attempted to alleviate the negative impacts of defense cutbacks on communities, firms, and workers. Six projects…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Community Planning, Cooperative Planning
Social Policy Research Associates, Menlo Park, CA. – 1997
The Defense Conversion Adjustment (DCA) Demonstration, administered by the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Work-Based Learning, consisted of 19 demonstration projects that used three approaches to alleviate the negative impacts of defense cutbacks on communities, firms, and workers: community planning, dislocation aversion, and worker…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Role, Case Studies, Community Planning
Weseman, Marcus – 1980
The United States Departments of Energy (DOE) and Labor (DOL) have cosponsored a number of demonstration programs to train economically disadvantaged migrant and seasonal farmworkers for energy-related technical and skilled occupations. A descriptive study of the first DOE/DOL demonstration was made to determine the impact of training on…
Descriptors: Adults, Agricultural Laborers, Demonstration Programs, Employment Programs
