Responding to an inquiry from a state that does not fund noncredit instruction but that is under pressure to reconsider its position, the American Council on Education conducted a survey to determine what states fund noncredit postsecondary education for adults and what types of training are funded. In the spring and summer of 1986, two…

The National Council on Employment Policy found that there are small but substantial groups of older persons who are experiencing labor market problems--the working poor, the displaced unemployed, persons with health limitations, and groups of women who have been out of the labor force for large blocks of time. The problems of this generation, now…

In New York State the Governor's Plan under the Job Training Partnership Act requires that the State Education Department allocate its Title IIA funds among three general program areas for local services: (1) basic skills preparation; (2) school to work transition; and (3) firm specific training. The Plan also provides for coordination of…

This paper offers the definition of the term "special populations" that appears in Section 3 of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational-Technical Education Act of 1998: (1) individuals with disabilities; (2) individuals from economically disadvantaged families, including foster children; (3) individuals preparing for nontraditional training and…

This document lists 35 training programs in Michigan that provide job training assistance to nearly 1,000,000 people, with an annual investment of more than $800 million in federal, state, local, and private funds. The programs illustrate the two-fold purpose of job training: to build and maintain Michigan's reputation for a skilled, versatile…

This report on progress in achieving the 1989 goals of the Kansas state plan for vocational education includes four parts and three appendices. Part 1 describes vocational education opportunities and accomplishments under Title II, Part A of the Perkins Act for: handicapped, disadvantaged, limited English proficient, adult training and retraining,…

This document provides descriptions of 32 model adult vocational education programs to assist Connecticut vocational education administrators in planning programs to strengthen the basic skills aspect of employment training for adults. The model programs represent the result of a search of the Educational Resources Information Center indexing…

This performance report summarizes New Hampshire's use of federal vocational education funds for fiscal year 1991. Three sections on vocational education opportunities correspond to the categories of Carl D. Perkins Act funds: accomplishments under Title II-A; accomplishments in program improvement under Title II-B; and accomplishments in special…

This collection of program descriptions consists of case studies of 47 programs that contain promising approaches to sex-fair vocational education. The case studies (which represent programs in 39 states and the District of Columbia) describe programs that address the educational and job-skill training needs of such groups as displaced homemakers,…

These Congressional hearings contain testimony pertaining to the future of job training in Ohio. Among the topics discussed are the following: the job training needs of selected special needs groups, including convicted felons on probation, dislocated workers, displaced homemakers, unemployed individuals, underskilled employees, disadvantaged…

During fiscal year 1993, enrollment in secondary and postsecondary vocational education (VE) programs in Maryland totaled 328,792 and 82,464, respectively. Career and technology education was provided to the following: 3,975 secondary disabled individuals, 766 disabled adults and postsecondary students, 7,603 secondary disadvantaged students,…

This reports summarizes 1993-1994 program year developments in Iowa's vocational and applied technology programs funded under the 1990 Perkins Act. The following topics are covered in the report's 12 chapters: progress made in developing performance standards and actual performance standards/core measures developed; secondary, postsecondary, and…

This report summarizes 1993-1994 program year developments in Maine's applied technology programs funded under the 1990 Carl D. Perkins Act. The first section highlights the following program activities: continued development of Maine's integrated school-to-work transition system, which will allow secondary students to choose one of six career…