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Dymock, Darryl; Billett, Stephen – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2010
Governments are currently mobilising their national workforces to compete effectively in a globalised economy where being export-effective and import-competitive are necessary to secure national economic and social goals. Australia is no exception here. Yet, in this country, as in others, similar mobilisations occurred in earlier times, most…
Descriptors: War, Foreign Countries, Labor Force Development, Educational History
Neill, Shirley Boes – Worklife, 1976
Affirmative action, equal employment opportunity, and comprehensive Employment Training Act (CETA) employment goals are more than catch words in the Los Angeles (CETA) affirmative action program. (ABM)
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, City Government, Employment Qualifications, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
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Craig, Robert L. – Public Personnel Management, 1986
The author highlights significant trends in organizational dimensions of human resource development, including (1) the serious attention given to training by senior management and national policymakers, (2) accounting and measurement imperatives and (3) structural changes in the source of training. (Author/CH)
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Continuing Education, Futures (of Society)
Eadie, Douglas C. – 1988
Intended to teach local elected officials (LEOs) how to increase their involvement in job training and other human resource programs, this document argues that elected county officials can use strategic issues management (SIM) to assert stronger leadership and to use Private Industry Councils (PICs) more fully as a resource for the delivery of…
Descriptors: Community Services, County Officials, Job Placement, Job Training
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Div. of Special Occupational Services. – 1971
This annual report is the ninth in a series of reports concerning the activities of the New York State Education Department in the manpower training effort, and it offers a narrative description and rationale of the activities of the Bureaus of Manpower Program Development and Manpower Program Supervision during 1971. The goals of the manpower…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Disadvantaged, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Programs
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Brooks, Kent – Journal of Industrial Teacher Education, 1976
Describes Mississippi's cooperative efforts between the State Department of Education and industries in curriculum development associated with start-up training, vocational training designed to attract new industry into a community and to prepare workers for the newly attracted industry. (Editor/TA)
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs, Industrial Education, Industrial Training
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Div. of Special Occupational Services. – 1973
The report presents a review of institutional manpower training programs conducted in the State during the 1973 Federal fiscal year. Two major manpower training objectives are used for the basis of the report: to provide education, supportive services, and training opportunities for unemployed and underemployed individuals and to provide education…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Disadvantaged, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Programs
Suchorski, Joan M. – 1987
One of the most significant developments in higher education over the past decade has been the increased linkages between colleges and other organizations and institutions. A prominent and fast-growing form of linkage is contract training. Contract training refers to an arrangement in which a business, a government agency, or a community…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Contract Training, Economic Development, Educational Trends
Feifer, Irwin – 1972
The first part of the report presents projects in the operational, evaluative, or exploratory research phase from December 16, 1972 to April 15, 1974. The second part reviews the projects and products completed during the period from December 16, 1970 to December 15, 1971. Training materials and reports evolving from the research are listed as…
Descriptors: Career Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Experimental Programs, Federal Programs
Olympus Research Corp., Salt Lake City, UT. – 1972
The major purposes of this evaluation were to: (1) assess the effectiveness of the Individual Referral (IR) program in providing training in broadening occupational choices and in making institutional training available to enrollees in areas where class-size projects are not feasible; (2) develop comparable data on such items as trainee…
Descriptors: Employment Opportunities, Guidance Programs, Job Training, Labor Force Development
McClure-Lundberg Associates, Washington, DC. – 1978
This booklet describes various aspects of the Skill Training Improvement Program (STIP) in Washington, Minnesota, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and California. Information concerning the funding, administration, coordination, specific activities developed, and effectiveness of the STIP program in each of the five States is provided. Also taken into…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Educational Programs, Employers
Division of Manpower Development and Training. , BAVT. – 1971
This guide was prepared to assist administrators and directors of training in planning and operating programs to train or upgrade personnel in general household service occupations and special areas. Topics cover: (1) Purpose of the Training Program, (2) Planning the Program, which includes establishing the need, program objectives, and advisory…
Descriptors: Child Care, Course Content, Curriculum Guides, Home Management
Division of Manpower Development and Training. , BAVT. – 1972
The tenth annual report on institutional training under the Manpower Development and Training Act is organized as follows: (1) MDTA institutional training highlights: 1962-71; (2) the program in profile--training opportunities, characteristics of institutional trainees, occupations of training, institutional training programs, state programs,…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Annual Reports, Career Opportunities, Job Training
Martin, Victor – 1965
The program of Accelerated Vocational Training (AVT) for adults in France, Great Britain, The Netherlands, and Belgium, originally developed mainly in the basic manual crafts of building and metalwork, is now covering more occupations and is intended to develop trade skills to a level of qualification comparable, if not equivalent, to that which…
Descriptors: Acceleration, Adult Vocational Education, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries
Boyd, Willie E. – 1972
Under the provisions of Title IB of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 (as amended), the Public Service Careers Plan B (PSC-B) program, funded by the U. S. Department of Labor, was designed to stimulate permanent employment opportunities for the disadvantaged and to encourage the upgrading of existing low-paid workers in agencies receiving…
Descriptors: Career Development, Disadvantaged, Educational Programs, Employment Opportunities
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