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Download full textOswald, Gina R.; Huber, Mary J.; Bonza, Angela – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2015
This article describes the approach implemented by one university to mitigate typical barriers encountered by college students with disabilities when attempting to find post-graduation employment. The unique vocational program offered is reinforced by the successful employment outcomes and case studies discussed in this review. Over a span of five…
Descriptors: College Students, Disabilities, Job Search Methods, Employment Services
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1985
This document is a transcript of an oversight hearing on the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). It is the first in a series designed by the House Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities, Committee on Education and Labor, to evaluate the program. In his introduction, the subcommittee chairman voiced his concern about proposed budget cuts in…
Descriptors: Employment Experience, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Zandniapour, Lily – 2000
Sectoral employment training programs attempt to provide disadvantaged people with good jobs that pay living wages and offer opportunities for advancement, using innovative approaches to employment training and interacting with industries to create systemic change in labor markets. The Sectoral Employment Development Learning Project (SEDLP) is a…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adults, Disadvantaged, Employment Experience
Mitra, Sudhansu B. – 1983
How educational experiences and programs sponsored by the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) could better prepare inner-city youth, particularly black, disadvantaged youth, to perform successfully in a number of jobs or occupations was the subject of this study. The Harbor City Learning program, a partially CETA-funded project in…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Black Youth, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropouts
LONDON, H.H. – 1967
THIS STUDY EXAMINED THE SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUND CHARACTERISTICS OF MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING ACT EX-TRAINEES, THE SOCIOECONOMIC CHANGES THAT OCCURRED AFTER TRAINING, THE LONG- AND SHORT-RANGE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE SERVICES RECEIVED UNDER THE MDTA PROGRAM, AND HOW THESE MAY BE IMPROVED. FOR APPROXIMATELY 500 PERSONS WHO COMPLETED AN MDTA…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Educational Background, Employment Experience, Family Characteristics
State Univ. of New York, Delhi. Agricultural and Technical Coll. – 1972
A questionnaire was mailed to an unstratified random sample of 250 graduates from a population of 2,159 who graduated between 1966 and 1970, in order to obtain comprehensive data regarding the demographic characteristics of graduates, the graduates' evaluation of experiences at Delhi College, the status of employed graduates, evaluation of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Demography, Employment Experience, Followup Studies
Ammarrell, Natalie; Moore, Timothy – 1985
Inner City, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Polaroid Corporation, located in the Roxbury section of Boston. Without the use of public funding, Polaroid created this job training program 17 years ago to provide Boston's unemployed residents with entry into meaningful employment. Training occurs within the framework of an actual…
Descriptors: Dismissal (Personnel), Employment Experience, Employment Level, Employment Patterns
HOOS, IDA R. – 1967
A DISCUSSION OF INSTITUTIONAL RETRAINING PROGRAMS UNDER THE MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING ACT (1962) OUTLINES MANPOWER REPORTING AND TRAINING PROVISIONS OF THE ACT ITSELF, DISCUSSES PROBLEMS OF IMPLEMENTATION IN CALIFORNIA (I.E., DIFFICULTY IN FURNISHING ON-THE-JOB PROGRAMS AND PROPER COUNSELING), OUTLINES NATIONAL AND REGIONAL TRAINING UNDER…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Distributive Education, Employment Experience, Evaluation
Myers, Douglas D.; And Others – 1975
This document presents one in a series of twenty-three case studies derived from in-depth interviews using a sampling of former participants in the Mountain-Plains program, a residential, family-based education program developed to improve the economic potential and lifestyle of selected student families in a six-state area. Each case study…
Descriptors: Career Education, Case Studies, Community Involvement, Counseling Services
Myers, Douglas D.; And Others – 1975
This document presents one in a series of twenty-three case studies derived from in-depth interviews using a sampling of former participants in the Mountain-Plains program, a residential, family-based education program developed to improve the economic potential and lifestyle of selected student families in a six-state area. Each case study…
Descriptors: American Indians, Career Education, Case Studies, Community Involvement
Myers, Douglas D.; And Others – 1975
This document presents one in a series of twenty-three case studies derived from in-depth interviews using a sampling of former participants in the Mountain-Plains program, a residential, family-based education program developed to improve the economic potential and lifestyle of selected student families in a six-state area. Each case study…
Descriptors: Career Education, Case Studies, Community Involvement, Counseling Services
Myers, Douglas D.; And Others – 1975
This document presents one in a series of twenty-three case studies derived from in-depth interviews using a sampling of former participants in the Mountain-Plains program, a residential, family-based education program developed to improve the economic potential and lifestyle of selected student families in a six-state area. Each case study…
Descriptors: Career Education, Case Studies, Community Involvement, Counseling Services
Myers, Douglas D.; And Others – 1975
This document presents one in a series of twenty-three case studies derived from in-depth interviews using a sampling of former participants in the Mountain-Plains program, a residential, family-based education program developed to improve the economic potential and lifestyle of selected student families in a six-state area. Each case study…
Descriptors: Career Education, Case Studies, Community Involvement, Counseling Services
Myers, Douglas D.; And Others – 1975
This document presents one in a series of twenty-three case studies derived from in-depth interviews using a sampling of former participants in the Mountain-Plains program, a residential, family-based education program developed to improve the economic potential and lifestyle of selected student families in a six-state area. Each case study…
Descriptors: Career Education, Case Studies, Community Involvement, Counseling Services
Myers, Douglas D.; And Others – 1975
This document presents one in a series of twenty-three case studies derived from in-depth interviews using a sampling of former participants in the Mountain- Plains program, a residential, family-based education program developed to improve the economic potential and lifestyle of selected student families in a six-state area. Each case study…
Descriptors: Career Education, Case Studies, Community Involvement, Counseling Services
