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Peer reviewedNoble, Charles; Hill, Doug; Smith, Erica; Smith, Andrew – Learning Communities: International Journal of Adult and Vocational Learning, 2000
Australia's "user choice" program, which provides public funds to training providers chosen by apprentices and trainees, was evaluated. The distinction between viable and at-risk training markets was not found to be an effective guide to decision making; local or regional decision making was preferable. (SK)
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Consumer Economics, Disadvantaged, Foreign Countries
Dwyer, Peter; Stokes, Helen; Tyler, Debra; Holdsworth, Roger – 1998
In Australia, the Youth Allowance (a form of government income support) is being changed to require that most youth under 18 who receive it be engaged in full-time education or training. This change has positive and negative potential impacts on young people, schools, families, technical and further education, adult and community education, and…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Dropout Research, Dropouts, Educational Finance
