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Rutenberg, Taly – 1986
In the absence of Federal job initiatives, over 14 million people cannot find full or part-time work. According to a report issued by the Full Employment Action Council and the National Committee for Full Employment, they are casualties of shifts in the economy and of deficit spending that favors the affluent and the military over the poor and the…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Opportunities, Federal Programs, Government Role
Knight, Lucy – 1979
Reauthorization of the federal government's main jobs and training program, the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA), P.L. 95-524, has resulted in legislative changes that could lead to greater participation of postsecondary institutions. This paper addresses those changes and serves as an introduction and guide to CETA. The changes…
Descriptors: Ancillary Services, Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Definitions
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
William T. Grant Foundation, Washington, DC. Commission on Work, Family, and Citizenship. – 1988
This report, a product of the Commission on Youth and America's Future, addresses the problem of the approximately 20 million 16- to 24-year-olds who are not likely to attend college. Although many youth without college education are successful, a large fraction are not and need help to succeed. However, the portrait of them as troubled and in…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Employment Opportunities, Employment Programs
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