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Hamilton, Mary Agnes; Hamilton, Stephen F.; Bianchi, Lucia; Bran, Jacqui – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2013
New and improved institutions are needed to support the transition to adulthood of vulnerable young people. Existing institutions that should provide that support demonstrate structural lag: they have not adapted to changing circumstances. Action research was conducted in Por un Manana, an employment training program for low-income youth and young…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Geographic Regions, Social Integration, Low Income
Reisman, Elaine S. – 1990
The purpose of the study reported in this paper was to identify support systems for supervisors of people with moderate special needs (MSN) in training internships and employment situations. A questionnaire was mailed to 105 cooperating practitioners who had served in previous years as on-site supervisors (ONS) for students in a job…
Descriptors: Adults, Employer Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship, Employment Programs
Turim, Jay; And Others – 1972
The study was designed to provide a comprehensive assessment of Plans A and B of the Public Service Careers (PSC) Program, including effectiveness, strengths and weaknesses, rate of progress in accomplishing goals, and problem areas. Information necessary to make this assessment was gathered from a number of the earliest projects at two points in…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Development, Disadvantaged, Employment
Turim, Jay; And Others – 1972
The study was designed to provide a comprehensive assessment of Plans A and B of the Public Service Careers (PSC) Program, based on data collected from a number of the earliest projects at two points in time over a period of approximately a year. Volume 3 (of three) presents the data from the second, or follow-up, round of interviews with…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Development, Disadvantaged, Employment
Turim, Jay; And Others – 1972
The study was designed to provide a comprehensive assessment of the Public Service Careers (PSC) Program, based on data collected from a number of the earliest projects at two points in time over a period of approximately a year. Volume 2 (of three) presents the data from the second, or follow-up, round of interviews with PSC project staff…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Development, Disadvantaged, Employment
Aldinger, Beverly A.; And Others – 1977
The problem of attrition often arises in longitudinal studies when the researcher is unable to gather follow-up information for a sizeable percentage of the study participants at one or more of the planned follow-up stages. Since non-respondents frequently differ in important ways from respondents, the findings based solely on the respondents are…
Descriptors: Adults, American Indians, Attrition (Research Studies), Career Education