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Download full textGray, Maryann Jacobi; And Others – 1993
The National Service (NS) program links financial assistance for education to community service. Four issues of primary concern arise as policymakers and program planners move from the program's concept to the fine points of its design and implementation: (1) achieving balance among the program's conflicting goals; (2) expanding educational…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Citizenship Responsibility, Evaluation Needs, Higher Education
Pauly, Edward; And Others – 1992
A study aimed to provide education and welfare officials with information on the experiences of welfare/education programs as they had been implemented in five states. The states (California, Florida, Ohio, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin) represented a range of noteworthy approaches to providing education to welfare recipients, including some dramatic…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Cooperative Planning, Education Work Relationship
Iskander, Anwas; And Others – 1982
The Learning Fund Program sponsored by PENMAS, the Indonesian Directorate of Community Education, successfully uses community-based learning activities to promote entrepreneurship and managerial skills among Indonesia's rural poor. Currently, the program integrates the learning, financial, and equipment resources necessary to help over 5,400 small…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Business Skills, Community Education
Nilsen, Sigurd R. – 2003
A study assessed the formulas used to distribute funds to the states under the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) 1998. It identified mismatches that might exist between the formulas and WIA's program goals and populations served and identified where the formulas are most vulnerable to wide fluctuations in funding levels from year to year. Issues…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Dislocated Workers, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Finance
Sagawa, Shirley, Ed.; Halperin, Samuel, Ed. – 1993
This publication contains 36 short essays on the reauthorization of the National and Community Service Act. It begins with two introductory papers: "Visions of Service: The Future of the National and Community Service Act" (Sagawa, Halperin) and "Historical Background: An Overview" (Sagawa). Section I, Why Service?, contains 15…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Citizenship, Citizenship Education, Citizenship Responsibility
Churchill, Andrew – 1994
Several decades of studies evaluating youth employment programs funded through the nation's second-chance system have demonstrated the shortcomings of programs that concentrate on work experience alone and try to reverse years of inadequate education, discrimination, and alienation in a few weeks or months. The School-to-Work Opportunities Act…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Education, Apprenticeships, Change Strategies
Hittleman, Daniel R. – 1979
To provide instruction in work-related reading, writing, and mathematical computation, Jobs for Youth established a Right-to-Read Reading Academy. Program objectives were (1) to develop and expand work-related instructional tasks, competency pre- and post-tests, and work-related curriculum and (2) to provide service in this area for out-of-school,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Competency Based Education, Curriculum Development, Disadvantaged Youth
Employment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1998
This document provides an overview of the Workforce Investment Act, which provides the framework for a national work force preparation and employment system designed to meet simultaneously the needs of the nation's businesses and of job seekers wishing to further their careers. The document begins with a brief summary of the act's five titles,…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Advisory Committees
Currie, Sheila; Foley, Kelly; Schwartz, Saul; Taylor-Lewis, Musu – 2001
In 1998, Canada's Social Research and Demonstration Corporation (SRDC) conducted case studies of two work-based training and skill development programs for street youth in Vancouver, British Columbia. The BladeRunners program places youth on construction sites while encouraging them to work toward an apprenticeship in the building trades. The…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Adult Education, Apprenticeships, Building Trades
Greene, Deborah – 2001
Intended for the front-line practitioner, this toolkit provides tips, options, and practical how-tos for designing and implementing quality, youth-focused, and business-focused services for out-of-school youth (OSY) who are currently in, or about to enter, the workforce. It outlines an "income growth strategy" (IGS) that addresses what…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Education Work Relationship, Employer Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship
Further Education Unit, London (England). – 1985
This guide is intended to assist those responsible for supporting and evaluating a Youth Training Scheme (YTS) program in Great Britain. The first section contains an overview of the objectives and design of YTS. Addressed for the Certificate of Prevocational Education, a sample work learning guide (planned work experience and on-the-job training,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Check Lists, College Programs, Core Curriculum
Wonacott, Michael E. – 2000
In July 2000, the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998 officially replaced the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). WIA requires individual assessment of skill levels and service needs and development of an individual service strategy for each youth participant. WIA requires all youth programs to make 10 program elements available to all…
Descriptors: Accountability, Admission Criteria, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education
Semmens, Bob, Ed.; Cook, Sandy, Ed. – 1998
This document contains 19 papers presented at an international forum on education in penal systems. The following papers are included: "Burning" (Craig W.J. Minogue); "The Acquisition of Cognitive Skills as a Means of Recidivism Reduction: A Former Prisoner's Perspective" (Trevor Darryl Doherty); "CEA (Correctional…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adolescents, Adult Education, Adult Programs
