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Denny, James; And Others – 1989
A study was conducted in Illinois to determine how effectively the vocational education system was meeting its responsibilities to train, retrain, and upgrade employed and unemployed workers in new skills for which there is a demand in the state, under the terms of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act of 1984. Responses were received from…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Compliance (Legal), Dislocated Workers
Download full textBaldwin, Stephen E. – 1987
This report was written for the Technology Policy Task Force of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives. The report examines the nature and history of technological change, its impact on large and small firms and their workers, and its policy implications. The paper stresses that individuals, schools, firms,…
Descriptors: Dislocated Workers, Educational Needs, Educational Policy, Educational Trends
PDF pending restorationStewart (D.A.) & Associates, Moorestown, NJ. – 1978
The proceedings are taken from a conference designed to encourage and develop dialogue between government planners and railroad industry leaders on public support for railroad training. The conference agenda, opening remarks, keynote address, and speeches on management and labor perspectives introduce the report. The conference proceedings are…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Administration, Apprenticeships, Community Organizations
Bailey, Thomas R.; Matsuzuka, Yukari – 2003
A study examined the impact of the Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program on efforts in academic and vocational integration. A case study of 10 community colleges housing ATE-funded projects collected data through interviews with administrators, faculty, ATE program practitioners, and faculty and administrators at collaborating high…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Articulation (Education), Case Studies, Community Colleges
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Health, Education, and Human Services Div. – 1994
A study examined the types and extent of overlap among federal employment and training (E&T) programs targeting economically disadvantaged persons, dislocated workers, older workers, and youth. Of 38 programs analyzed, 30 shared common goals, had comparable clients, provided similar services, and used parallel delivery mechanisms and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Delivery Systems, Dislocated Workers
Henry, Ann; Teschendorf, JoAnn – 1984
The Older Worker Project was conducted to provide employment services to unemployed persons aged 45 and older who live in the western part of the Hennepin County (Minneapolis, Minnesota) area. Although the expected result was permanent employment of the participants, the intention of this demonstration project was to refine service approaches…
Descriptors: Age Discrimination, Attitude Change, Career Change, Career Counseling
Evans, Rupert E. – 1981
If it is to play a key role in the reindustrialization of the United States, vocational education must be improved. Although vocational education has grown substantially in size in recent years, its quality is spotty, characterized by excellent programs in some communities and poor programs in others. In order to contribute to reindustrialization,…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Disabilities, Economic Development, Education Work Relationship
Westin, Susan S. – 2000
To assess the effectiveness of the Trade Adjustment Assistance and North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Transitional Adjustment Assistance programs, the General Accounting Office (GAO) reviewed available Department of Labor program data and surveyed 20 states representing about 76% of all workers certified under the two programs in fiscal…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Comparative Analysis, Delivery Systems, Dislocated Workers
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Health, Education, and Human Services Div. – 1995
This document, which is in the form of a multiple-page table, provides the following information about each of the 163 currently existing federal employment training programs: (1) fiscal year 1995 appropriation; (2) summary of the program's purpose as it related to employment training activities; (3) authorizing legislation and U.S. Code citation;…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Correctional Education, Demonstration Programs
Weinstein, Paul, Jr. – 2002
The New Economy Work (NEW) Scholarship is a proposed scholarship designed to reform federal training programs and to make them universally accessible to dislocated or disadvantaged workers. NEW Scholarships would accomplish the following things: (1) make access to training for dislocated workers as universally available as access to college; (2)…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accreditation (Institutions), Adult Education, Adult Learning
Levitan, Sar A.; Mangum, Garth L. – 1994
The antipoverty initiatives of the Kennedy and Johnson administrations were essentially continued and given increased funding during the Nixon, Ford, and Carter administrations. The Reagan and Bush administrations marked the regression of many employment, training, and welfare programs. Employment and training issues were given high priority…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Dislocated Workers, Economically Disadvantaged, Education Work Relationship
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
