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Miami-Dade Community Coll., FL. – 1985
Part of a systematic, in-depth assessment of Miami-Dade Community College's (MDCC's) educational programs, student support systems, and selected campus-level activities, this volume of the college's institutional self-study report examines the impact and effectiveness of the Center for Business and Industry (CBI) at MDCC's Wolfson Campus.…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Cooperative Programs, Job Training, Participant Satisfaction
Peer reviewedSnowdon, Bill – Community Services Catalyst, 1986
Describes the involvement of the Moncton Campus of the New Brunswick Community College and Correctional Service of Canada in offering vocational training programs at Dorchester Penitentiary, a maximum security facility. Provides an assessment of the program from the teacher's point of view. (AYC)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Colleges, Cooperative Programs, Correctional Education
Download full textCrawford, Clarence C. – 1995
Today, 163 federal programs scattered across 15 federal agencies provide employment training assistance. Although they frequently target the same clients, share the same goals, compete for funds, and provide similar services, agencies maintain separate administrative structures that devote staff and other resources to administer, monitor, and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cooperative Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Employment Programs
PDF pending restorationWalker, Gary; And Others – 1985
This report describes and assesses the actual Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) program that is implemented. It covers the initial operating period, the nine months from October 1, 1983, through June 30, 1984, of Title II-A, Training Services for the Disadvantaged. Chapter I is an introduction. Chapter II discusses the basic configuration of the…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Disadvantaged, Employment Programs
Trutko, John; And Others – 1991
A study assessed the role of program coordination in enhancing Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) program effectiveness and efficiency. Information was collected through a review of more than 100 reports on JTPA coordination, telephone interviews with staff from 60 JTPA coordination projects, and case studies of nine of the coordination projects.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Community Cooperation, Compliance (Legal)
American Association of Community and Junior Colleges, Washington, DC. – 1986
In 1985, the Sears-Roebuck Foundation awarded the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges (AACJC) and the Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) a 2-year, $950,180 grant, known as the Partnership Development Fund, to enhance collaboration between community, technical, and junior colleges and business/industry/labor, public…
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Cooperative Programs, Economic Development
Illinois State Council on Vocational Education, Springfield. – 1994
The Illinois Council on Vocational Education surveyed by mail 186 educational and Job Training Partnership ACT (JTPA) representatives to evaluate the coordination between the state's vocational education system and its job training system. The response rate was 51 percent. Findings indicated that the majority of the service delivery area (SDA)…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Florida State Legislature, Tallahassee. Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability. – 1995
The Enterprise Florida Jobs and Education Partnership was developed to create and maintain a highly skilled work force able to respond to rapidly changing technology and market opportunities essential to a competitive Florida economy. A review of the partnership found the following: (1) the partnership has adopted a research design as required by…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Education Work Relationship, Employment Programs, Institutional Cooperation
Further Education Unit, London (England). – 1989
A collaborative project, called MainFrame, has been developed among local education authority (LEA)-managed Youth Training Schemes (YTS) in Bedfordshire, Haringey, and Sheffield, England, and joined by Liverpool LEA and the Wirral Metropolitan College. Such coordination of training programs can be beneficial for staff and trainees. Some of the…
Descriptors: College Programs, Cooperative Programs, Educational Needs, Foreign Countries
O'Shea, Daniel P.; Long, Donald W. – 1995
An evaluation was conducted of the Better Opportunities for New Directions (BOND) demonstration that tested the conformance between the Texas Food Stamp Employment and Training (E&T) and Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) programs. The research design was a longitudinal panel approach. First-round interviews with 54 individuals probed…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Demonstration Programs
O'Shea, Daniel P. – 1996
A process evaluation was conducted of the Better Opportunities for New Directions (BOND) demonstration that tested the conformance between the Texas Food Stamp Employment and Training (E&T) and Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) programs. JOBS policies and procedures were applied to eligible Food Stamp recipients; staff serving the two…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Demonstration Programs
Leach, James A.; Barnard, Wynette S. – 1983
To collect information related to seven research questions regarding cooperation/collaboration among employment training delivery systems, a three-step approach was used. This included a literature review, interviews with local representatives of employment training systems, and a questionnaire mailed to representatives of the seven major…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Apprenticeships, Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs
Calman, Ruth C. – 1982
As part of Scarborough's (Ontario) Co-operative Evaluation and Development of School Systems (CEDSS) project, an evaluation was conducted of the Board of Education's cooperative education program, which involved in-school instruction with on-the-job experience. The evaluation, which involved surveys of cooperative education students, a control…
Descriptors: Cooperative Education, Cooperative Programs, Field Experience Programs, Foreign Countries
Crane, Eric C.; And Others – 1995
The Minnesota State Council on Vocational Technical Education evaluated programs funded under the Perkins Act and the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) for program years 1992 and 1993. A survey and two focus groups, one for the Twin Cities metropolitan area, and one for greater Minnesota, assessed coordination while the Council addressed the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Employment Programs
Employment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Development. – 1993
This publication summarizes state vocational education (VE) council biennial evaluations of Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA)/VE coordination in Fiscal Years 1991-92. It is presented in the form of a table with information under these headings: situations/needs, coordination highlights, and recommendations. Information is provided for 41…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Federal Legislation
