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Illinois State Commission on Intergovernmental Cooperation, Springfield. – 1987
This report explores the organization and administration of the education for employment delivery system in Illinois. Problems central to service delivery in Illinois are identified in such key areas as intake, assessment and follow-up practices, gaps in services and duplicative services and regional and local planning boundaries. Legislative…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Delivery Systems, Dislocated Workers, Economically Disadvantaged
Download full textMoore, Richard W.; Blake, Daniel – 1992
Earnings and unemployment data from the California Employment Development Department and the California Employment Training Panel (ETP) Program records were used to analyze the effects of ETP. Earnings, weeks of unemployment, and unemployment insurance payments were measured in the year before and after training of ETP trainees who enrolled…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Dislocated Workers, Education Work Relationship, Educational Benefits
Washington State Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board, Olympia. – 1996
The Job Skills Program (JSP) in Washington State provides job training customized to meet the needs of employers through partnerships of employers and training institutions. The JSP funds up to one-half the cost of training, with employers providing a match. Training can be provided for new employees, for upgrading employees receiving promotions,…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Cooperative Programs, Dislocated Workers, Education Work Relationship
Wulf, Douglas; And Others – 1991
Iowa's Job Retraining Program was evaluated through a review of operations, surveys/interviews with community college staff, and survey responses from 43% of the business participants. Resulting recommendations were as follows: (1) retaining the program in the Department of Economic Development rather than transferring it to the state's 15…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Community Colleges, Dislocated Workers, Education Work Relationship
EFF Voice, 2003
This issue comprises seven articles that share ways Equipped for the Future's (EFF's) partners are using EFF to help adults build the skills they need to be successful in the workforce. "Building and Certifying Work Readiness" discusses the Work Readiness Credential being developed that will define, measure, and certify that individuals…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Dislocated Workers, Education Work Relationship, Educational Certificates
Capitol Publications, Inc., Arlington, VA. – 1982
The Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA), a bill designed to replace the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA), enlarges the role of state governments and private industry in federal job training programs, imposes sanctions based on performance standards, limits stipends and supportive services, creates a new program of retraining for…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Business, Comparative Analysis, Cooperative Programs
Congress of the U. S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Government Operations. – 1994
These Congressional hearings contain testimony regarding options for restructuring the federal employment and training system. Representatives of the following agencies and organizations provided testimony at the hearings: National Commission on Employment Policy; Health, Education and Human Services Division, Education and Employment Issues, U.S.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Change Strategies, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness
Blalock, Ann Bonar, Ed. – Evaluation Forum, 1995
In this issue various concepts of economic change are examined. Part I looks at economic change as a context for focusing on workforce issues. Parts II and III discuss what is being done to address this contemporary problem. This issue contains the following papers: "Presidential Perspectives on Economic Change and Restructuring: An…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Competition, Cooperative Planning
Barnow, Burt S., Ed.; King, Christopher T., Ed. – 2000
This book, which is intended for policymakers, administrators, and researchers, contains 13 research papers and reviews of the literature on increasing the effectiveness of publicly funded training. The following papers are included: "Publicly Funded Training in a Changing Labor Market" (Burt S. Barnow, Christopher T. King); "The…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cost Effectiveness, Disadvantaged, Dislocated Workers
