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BROOKS, LYMAN B.; AND OTHERS – 1964
PROGRAMS WERE PLANNED AND DEVELOPED TO PROVIDE UNSKILLED WORKERS WITH THE TRAINING NECESSARY TO COMPETE IN THE CURRENT LABOR MARKET. SUBJECTS WERE ASSIGNED TO FOUR GROUPS--(1) THE MAIN EXPERIMENTAL GROUP, (2) THE SUBSIDIARY EXPERIMENTAL GROUP, (3) THE SUBSIDIARY CONTROL GROUP, AND (4) THE MAIN CONTROL GROUP. THE GROUPS RECEIVED VARIOUS TREATMENTS…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Employment Problems, Evaluation Methods, Labor Force Development
Demik, Gary H.; And Others – 1975
The report describes the development of a model training program, Training and Technology, and subsequent efforts to diffuse the innovation. Before the inception of TAT, a survey study, Resources for Southern Manpower Development, had indicated that the South had considerable manpower development potential and need. TAT was organized by Oak Ridge…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged, Industrial Training, Institutional Cooperation
Edelson, Paul J.; And Others – 1997
This booklet, which is intended for practitioners in continuing higher education, examines the role of higher education in retraining displaced professionals. The booklet begins with brief descriptions of four innovative university programs for displaced professionals and an exploration of higher education's role in retraining displaced…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Education, Career Development, Careers
Download full textBELBIN, R. MEREDITH – 1966
THE ROLE OF THE ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT IS ILLUSTRATED IN REPORTS OF VARIED RETRAINING PROGRAMS (PART OF THE ACTIVE MANPOWER POLICY) IN GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE, AND SWEDEN. THE PROGRAMS INCLUDE SUCH ACTIVITIES AS--(1) FINANCIAL ENCOURAGEMENT OF INDUSTRY TO PARTICIPATE IN TRAINING THE OLDER ADULT, (2) RETRAINING TO MEET…
Descriptors: Adult Dropouts, Adult Learning, Adult Vocational Education, Deduction
National Society of Professional Engineers, Washington, DC. – 1972
This final report describes the Skills Conversion Project conducted by The National Society of Professional Engineers under contract to the Department of Labor to study methods of utilizing the large pool of highly skilled unemployed technicians and professional personnel who were formerly employed in the aerospace and defense industries. If…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Aerospace Industry, Career Development, Demonstration Programs
PDF pending restorationEmployment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1986
This book summarizes the projects funded by the Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Development of the Employment and Training Administration. It includes projects completed between 1978 and December 31, 1986. Report entries are arranged by National Technical Information Service order number. Each entry includes the following: title, corporate…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Career Development
National Governors' Association, Washington, DC. – 1992
This publication discusses reforms in lifelong learning undertaken in the 11 states represented on the National Governors' Association Action Team on Lifelong Learning. It is a catalog of initiatives to create greater opportunities for youth and adults to obtain skills needed to compete effectively in a global economy. The reforms discussed in…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accountability, Adult Programs, Adult Vocational Education
National Council on Vocational Education, Washington, DC. – 1989
This document contains the National Council on Vocational Education's recommendations for improving the effectiveness of the vocational-technical educational system. They follow a list of council members, explanations of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act and the purpose of the council, a quiz on vocational-technical education for the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Advisory Committees, Competence
Blalock, Ann Bonar, Ed. – Evaluation Forum, 1995
In this issue various concepts of economic change are examined. Part I looks at economic change as a context for focusing on workforce issues. Parts II and III discuss what is being done to address this contemporary problem. This issue contains the following papers: "Presidential Perspectives on Economic Change and Restructuring: An…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Competition, Cooperative Planning
