Most Manpower educators will be attracted to the last paragraph where the author offers an evaluation model on request. (Editor)

Discusses the results of the Training and Technology (TAT) projects and their implications for vocational education, the employment process, and coordination of school and industry. (SB)

Emphasizing five variables of particular importance to vocational education, the article describes the youth unemployment problem, what is currently being done to combat it, what vocational education can do to help, and what the government can do to help. (BM)

The Manpower Division at the American Vocational Association (AVA) convention in Houston was concerned about youth unemployment and about the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA)--its problems and possibilities. The panel discussion reported here reveals some differing perspectives and a general consensus--that to improve their role in…

For most Americans the pursuit of happiness begins with the simple fact of a good job. Manpower policy is aimed at improving job opportunities and earning for the American people. To help young people bridge the gap from school to work we must assist them not only to acquire vocational information and job skills, but we must also help them to…

Purdue University's Industrial Education Department cooperated with a county manpower center to provide on-the-job training for CETA clients in repairing Purdue's physical plant, thereby helping the manpower center clients and also the university's maintenance department. The article describes the training programs and skills instruction. (MF)