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Quirk, Daniel A. – Industrial Gerontology, 1976
Recommendations presented in a report published by the National Manpower Institute (which focused on the relationship between education and work) are discussed as well as the Lifelong Learning Act (which is also concerned with meeting the employment and educational needs of adults and the elderly). (EC)
Descriptors: Adults, Education, Educational Needs, Employment
O'Leary, Christopher J.; Straits, Robert A. – 2000
Policies to regulate and support labor markets in the United States have mainly been an initiative of the federal government. Historically, states and localities were reluctant to act independently to build up worker rights and protections for fear of competitively disadvantaging resident industries with added costs. Federal constitutional…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Employment Opportunities, Federal Programs
Forest Service (USDA), Washington, DC. – 1970
Manpower programs in which the U.S. Forest Service can participate are identified in this booklet, and methods and procedures for initiating programs in the interest of meeting the needs of rural areas are explained. Major divisions of the document are Overall Planning, Program Sponsorship, The Program-Operation Mainstream, Manpower Development…
Descriptors: Adults, Employment Opportunities, Federal Programs, Forestry Occupations
Pascal, Anthony H. – 1975
The report is concerned with the evaluation of existing literature on alternative programs to facilitate mid-life redirection of careers, with a view to identifying how literature in relevant fields can be used by policy makers. The report is a condensed and abbreviated version of the material in Volume 2, Major Findings. Some 300 items of…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Adults, Career Change, Educational Programs
Pascal, Anthony H.; And Others – 1975
The report evaluates some 300 items of literature dealing with programs for mid-life career redirection. A 20-page introductory chapter presents background information, a general description of target groups, and suggestions for further research in mid-life redirection of careers. Part one, Mid-Life Redirectors: Sources and Opportunities, contains…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Adults, Bibliographies, Career Change
Workforce Policies for the 1990s. A New Labor Market Agenda. The Possibilities of Employment Policy.
Marshall, Ray; Osterman, Paul – 1989
The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) was founded in 1986 with the intent of widening the debate on U.S. economic policies by presenting analyses that provide an alternative point of view from those of various conservative research institutions. The two papers presented in this document were originally prepared for a seminar designed to identify…
Descriptors: Adults, Apprenticeships, Community Colleges, Community Programs
Powers, Laura; Markusen, Ann – 1999
A study examined the experiences of some 1.4 million American defense industry workers, displaced in the wake of the Cold War, as a way of reviewing and evaluating national policies toward worker adjustment and re-employment as they have evolved in the 1990s. The study found that the federal government, through the Department of Labor,…
Descriptors: Adults, Dislocated Workers, Economic Impact, Employment Patterns
Stoddard, Susan; Jans, Lita; Ripple, Joan M.; Kraus, Lewis – 1998
This document provides statistical information on the employment of people with disabilities. Data included in the book are derived from national surveys and other analyses by federal agencies. Each of the four sections in the publication address an aspect of work and disability. Section 1, "Prevalence of Disability among Working-age People,"…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Chronic Illness, Disabilities