In the United States, adult and workforce education (AE) seems to be located, simultaneously, both everywhere and nowhere in particular. Ongoing shifts in national economic demands and changes in requirements for training and education have brought learning in the adult years into the federal public policy arena. Sometimes referred to as lifelong…

In the article the involvement of Federal government into adult education is analyzed; the nature and extent of legislative measures taken in order to improve the quality of adult education in the USA is investigated. [For the complete Volume 12 proceedings, see ED597979.]

Federal programs which provide or assist in providing job-oriented education and training to prepare people for employment are described. Government inservice staff training programs, training provided in the Armed Forces, general aid to education, and programs to aid in the construction of facilities or acquisition of materials are excluded.…

Low-income community residents and Vietnam era veterans are being put to work as education auxiliaries in poverty-area schools while they study in one or more cooperating universities. The Career Opportunities Program (COP) was provided for under the Education Professions Development Act, and about 75 percent of its programs are in inner city…

THE OBJECTIVES OF THE 8-WEEK PROJECT WERE TO CLARIFY AND FURTHER DEFINE GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING NEEDS OF CORPSMEN IN RURAL JOB CORPS CENTERS, UNDERSTAND AND DESCRIBE ONGOING GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING PROCEDURES IN RURAL CENTERS, AND IDENTIFY WAYS IN WHICH GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING COULD BE IMPROVED. INFORMATION WAS OBTAINED THROUGH SITE VISITATIONS TO…

PERSONAL INTERVIEWS OF 1,416 NEIGHBORHOOD YOUTH CORPS (NYC) ENROLLEES WHO TERMINATED FROM 50 RANDOMLY SELECTED OUT-OF-SCHOOL PROJECTS BETWEEN JANUARY 1, 1966, AND SEPTEMBER 30, 1966, AND SECONDARY SOURCE DATA ON AN ADDITIONAL 572 TERMINEES PROVIDED INFORMATION ON EDUCATIONAL AND WORK EXPERIENCES. MAJOR FINDINGS WERE--(1) NEARLY 60 PERCENT OF THE…

Authored by a political scientist, the study focuses on the impact of two alternative policies, "political strategy" and "service strategy," designed to deal with the problem of poverty in American society. The central concern is the effect of the policies on the poor. The service strategy assumes that the poor differ from the…

OF THE 601 YOUTHS WHOSE CHARACTERISTICS WERE STUDIED IN PHASE I (VT 004 090), 377 WERE NOT PLACED IN JOBS OR TRAINING WITHIN THREE MONTHS AFTER THEIR INITIAL INTERVIEW AT THE JOB CENTERS. OF THESE, 201 WERE INTERVIEWED DURING PHASE II TO DETERMINE THE TRAITS WHICH DISTINGUISHED THEM FROM OTHERS WHO HAD BEEN PLACED BY THE CENTERS, AND THE FACTORS…

As a part of a larger project under grant from the Ford Foundation to evaluate federal manpower policies and programs, this evaluation of the training efforts under Title II of the Manpower Development and Training Act (MDTA) made use of data provided by the Departments of Labor and Health, Education, and Welfare. By the end of fiscal 1967, 1.2…

The Congress of American Industry of the National Association of Manufacturers attempted in their conference to answer some questions related to defining vocational education, directing vocational education, and the role of the U.S. Office of Education. Major papers presented were: (1) "New Directions in Vocational Education," by Grant…

THE SIMILARITY OF JOB CORPS TRAINEES TO THE POPULATION OF THE SAME AGE FROM WHICH THEY WERE DRAWN AND PROPORTION OF TRAINEES COMING FROM EACH STATE WERE DETERMINED. DATA WERE OBTAINED FROM PREENROLLMENT APPLICATIONS, CENSUS REPORTS, AND PUBLICATIONS. FINDINGS INCLUDED -- (1) THE NUMBER OF 16- TO 17-YEAR-OLD MALE TRAINEES WAS DISPROPORTIONATELY…

In order to assist both volunteers and staff at all levels in planning and operating manpower services in neighborhoods, an attempt has been made to place "neighborhood method" in its proper context as a part of a comprehensive manpower program, and to provide guidelines for integrating manpower activities into a total neighborhood…

DURING THE EARLY 1960'S, THREE PRIMARY CHANGES OCCURRED IN THE UNITED STATES WHICH CALLED FOR A BASIC REORIENTATION IN ATTITUDES, POLICIES, AND PROGRAMS OF ACTION. INVOLVED WERE (1) AN ECONOMIC POLICY TO REDUCE UNEMPLOYMENT THROUGH ECONOMIC GROWTH (1964 REVENUE ACT), (2) AN ACTIVE MANPOWER POLICY TO PROVIDE A TRAINED LABOR SUPPLY (1965 MANPOWER…

THIS INTERIM REPORT OF PRE- AND POST-JOB CORPS STATUS FOR TERMINATIONS (GRADUATES, DROPOUTS, AND DISCHARGES) IS THE SECOND PART OF A CONTINUING EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF JOB CORPS TRAINING. OF 4,649 TERMINATIONS FOR THE PERIOD, 1,254 WERE PERSONALLY INTERVIEWED. SOME OF THE SURVEY HIGHLIGHTS WERE--(1) FEWER THAN HALF OF THE TERMINATIONS…

THE DATA ON MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT TRAINING ACT (MDTA) PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS DURING 1964 AND 1965 REFLECT THE INCREASING EMPHASIS ON ASSISTING DISADVANTAGED TRAINEES SUCH AS JOBLESS TEENAGERS, NONWHITES, AND PERSONS OF LIMITED EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT. ALMOST HALF OF THE 321,456 ENROLLEES RECEIVED TRAINING IN THE SKILLED AND SEMI-SKILLED CATEGORIES,…