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Yaney, Joseph P.; Roderick, Roger D. – 1974
A study of participation in training had as subjects black and white employees who were 17-24 years of age, not enrolled in school from 1966 to 1969, and who received company-sponsored training. Most of the employees were in lower socio-economic status jobs. Some 19% of the black youths received some pretraining, while approximately 10% of the…
Descriptors: Blacks, Comparative Analysis, Disadvantaged Youth, Industrial Training
National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, Washington, DC. Div. of Behavioral Sciences. – 1974
The report provides an assessment of the six Experimental Manpower Laboratories set up by the Manpower Administration to engage in long-term research concerned with developing improved manpower service-delivery systems. An advisory committee under the auspices of the National Research Council was established to conduct the assessment. The six…
Descriptors: Administration, Correctional Rehabilitation, Disadvantaged, Industrial Training
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1972
This study was conducted to assess the results of institutional manpower training in South Carolina conducted under the Manpower Development and Training Act at two skills centers, at 10 state instructional centers, and at public and private facilities throughout the state. The study found that about 72 percent of 9,800 trainees graduated, and…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Disadvantaged, Federal Programs, Labor Force Development
Leslie (C.E.) and Associates, Glen Head, NY. – 1972
In order to develop an understanding of vocational education personnel development and to explore the management of change as related to implementation and improvement of the system, 228 vocational educators and leaders in industry at a 2-day national summer workshop sponsored by the U.S. Office of Education agreed on the need for a comprehensive,…
Descriptors: Career Development, Change Agents, Educational Needs, Labor Force Development
Berry, Dale W.; Van Dresser, Steven L. – 1972
This is Volume I of a 2-volume report which constitutes a national evaluation of manpower services being provided to veterans primarily through the nationwide network of employment service agencies. It assesses and analyzes the nature and extent of manpower services available to veterans, the relevance and quality of the services, the…
Descriptors: Employment Services, Federal Programs, Labor Force Development, Labor Utilization
National Commission for Manpower Policy, Washington, DC. – 1978
This third volume of a three-volume report of the National Commission for Manpower Policy on Public Service Employment (PSE) contains four papers prepared for the commission's use by various scholars in the field: "Evaluating the Economic Stimulus Package from an Employment and Training Perspective," by John Palmer; "Public Service Employment as…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Economic Development, Economic Research, Employment Patterns
Pacific Training and Technical Assistance Corp., Berkeley, CA. – 1972
The focus of the report is on the record and potential of urban Work Incentive (WIN) Programs for improving the status of disadvantaged workers. The single most important observation is that WIN Program efforts have no significant impact on the number or quality of jobs attained by the disadvantaged. These indices of program output are almost…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Development, Economically Disadvantaged, Labor Force Development
FORSYTH, G.R.; NININGER, J.R. – 1966
PROGRAM 5 TRAINING FOR THE UNEMPLOYED CAME INTO EXISTENCE UNDER THE TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1960. THIS STUDY WAS CONDUCTED TO EVALUATE THE PROGRAM'S EFFECTIVENESS AND PROVIDE GUIDELINES FOR ITS FUTURE OPERATION. THE STUDY CONCENTRATED ON (1) THE PROGRAM TRAINEES, (2) EMPLOYER KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, AND USE OF THE…
Descriptors: Employers, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Government Role
Ultrasystems, Inc., Irvine, CA. – 1972
In order to assist the Manpower Administration of the U. S. Department of Labor in the planning, development, and expansion of over a hundred computerized "job banks," located in nearly every State, field interviews were conducted with job applicants, employers, Employment Service staff, and community agencies to evaluate the current…
Descriptors: Community Relations, Databases, Employment Services, Federal Programs
Booz, Allen Public Administration Services, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1972
This report is one of two evaluating job development activities being carried on in 16 metropolitan areas. Programmatic activities being explored include those of: (1) The Concentrated Employment Program, (2) The Work Incentive Program, (3) Job Opportunities in the Business Sector, (4) MDTA Institutional Program, (5) The Employment Service…
Descriptors: Employer Employee Relationship, Employment Problems, Employment Programs, Job Development
Olympus Research Corp., Salt Lake City, UT. – 1972
Reasons for the failure of the Manpower Development and Training Act (MDTA) of 1962 to meet its major objective of alleviating skills shortages are recorded and analyzed. The lack of skills shortages was admitted to be the main reason for the shortcomings in performance, although the term "skills shortage" had yet to be defined and…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Career Development, Demand Occupations, Employer Attitudes
Hokenson, Earl; And Others – 1976
Research identifying the differences, and the relative importance of those differences, between successful and unsuccessful participants in the Work Incentive (WIN) Program is presented in terms of both successful employment at termination from WIN and employment after WIN participation. Over 800 former and current WIN 1 and 2 participants in…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Employment Opportunities, Employment Potential, Employment Programs
Hyatt, Norman F.; Gloriod, John A. – 1972
This evaluation of 9 months of the first year of the federally funded Utah Manpower Development and Training Act Skills Center with 89 enrollees examines the program's effectiveness by means of a literature review, personnel interviews, preparation of training program objectives, and the utilization of these objectives as success criteria for the…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Objectives, Federal Programs, Goal Orientation
McCoy, Carol P. – 1993
This book is a tool kit for human resource development (HRD) and training managers, trainers, and administrative assistants in small HRD departments. Part 1 deals with the challenges and opportunities of managing a small HRD department and with planning the strategy. Chapter 1 gives a sense of the workings of small HRD departments. Chapter 2…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Employer Employee Relationship, Employment Practices, Job Training
Nathan, Richard P.; And Others – 1978
This second volume of a three-volume report of the National Commission for Manpower Policy on Public Service Employment (PSE) contains the interim report of the Brookings Institution to the Commission based on their onsite monitoring of the program. The report is divided into seven chapters. Chapter 1 provides an overview of the report, and…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Economic Development, Economic Research, Employment Patterns
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