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Whitney-Thomas, Jean; Timmons, Jaimie Ciulla; Thomas, Dawna M.; Gilmore, Dana Scott; Fesko, Sheila Lynch – 1997
This study sought to understand how the 1992 Rehabilitation Act Amendments have been implemented and whether practices since its passage have changed from the perspectives of vocational rehabilitation administrators and counselors as of 1996. Through the use of a national, cross-sectional survey, data were collected from 251 administrators and 254…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Administrator Attitudes, Adults, Advocacy
O'Shea, Daniel; King, Christopher T. – 2001
The Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) was the first significant attempt to retool the nation's workforce development programs since the early 1980s. Titles I-V of the WIA do the following things: (1) establish the purposes, goals and operational framework of a workforce development system designed to increase participants' employment,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accountability, Adult Education, Adult Literacy