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Applying the Lessons of Research: The Need for Mandated Training in Federal Youth Employment Programs.

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Greene, Joshua – Education and Urban Society, 1981

Current federal youth employment programs have failed to meet the employment needs of disadvantaged youth. Programs should be revised to: (1) require all participants to receive remedial academic instruction on the high school level; and (2) train participants in at least one vocational skill for which there exists a local demand for youth…

Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Employment Problems, Employment Programs, Federal Programs

Youth Employment/Education Programs: Where are We Headed?

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Holloway, Wilfred B. – Education and Urban Society, 1981

Attributes the lack of success among youth employment/education programs over the past 50 years in part to inadequate evaluation of concept development, program implementation, and individual outcomes. Discusses objectives, implementation, and results of various private and government-supported youth employment and school to work plans. (JCD)

Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Employment Programs, Evaluation Criteria, Federal Programs