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Download full textWalker, Sylvia, Ed.; And Others – 1988
This conference was the first nationwide meeting focusing on issues concerning the employment of black Americans with disabilities. These issues are significant because one working-age black in seven has a disability. The conference goal was to explore ways to reduce or eliminate barriers to employment preparation services and to identify methods…
Descriptors: Adults, Blacks, Disabilities, Disability Discrimination
Noble, Elizabeth – 1981
This study compares the effects of human capital variables (education, training, etc.) and labor market variables (location, transportation, industry type) in influencing the employment success among a selected group of Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) trainees. Employment success was defined by initial wage rates of employment and…
Descriptors: Blacks, Education Work Relationship, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns
Rademacher, Ida, Ed. – 2002
Multi-year applied research studied operations and outcomes of six employment initiatives that developed industry-based approaches to workforce development. Findings from the longitudinal survey of 732 individuals indicated participants in sectoral programs improved their position within local labor markets; increased wages, hours worked, and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Comparative Analysis, Economic Impact, Education Work Relationship
Stewart, Charles D. – 1980
This monograph outlines public policy responses to deal with the effects of forced worklife changes fashioned by government in the United States, Japan, and Western European countries. From the Morrill Act of 1862, through New Deal policy initiatives and on to the "active" manpower policies operating in Europe, the record of government…
Descriptors: Business Cycles, Economic Change, Education Work Relationship, Employment Opportunities
Hoyt, Kenneth B. – 1978
This monograph summarizes discussions by participants at two mini-conferences who were involved in beginning attempts to implement the Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act (YEDPA) legislation. The first section presents a historical overview of YEDPA which focuses on a monograph by Garth L. Mangum. Both ineffective and effective program…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Education, Career Education, Cooperation
Elliott, Mark; Roder, Anne; King, Elisabeth; Stillman, Joseph – 2001
A study assessed the first two years of a three-year initiative to test the potential of extending sectoral employment strategies among 10 organizations, most of which were new to the sectoral employment field. Five organizations increasing low-income workers' access to good jobs were ARCH; PhAME; Training, Inc.; WIRE-Net; and Project QUEST. Five…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Education Work Relationship, Employment Opportunities
