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SCHMIDT, EMERSON P.; STEWART, CHARLES T. – 1967
HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RESULTS IN ECONOMIC LOSSES TO THE ECONOMY AND IMPOSES SUFFERING ON MILLIONS OF INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES. OF THE MANY TYPES, LONG-TERM STRUCTURAL UNEMPLOYMENT AFFECTS MORE THAN ONE MILLION WORKERS AND IS MOST INTRACTABLE TO TREATMENT AND DISTURBING IN TERMS OF HUMAN HARDSHIP. MOST OF THE WORKERS CLASSIFIED AS STRUCTURALLY…
Descriptors: Automation, Job Training, Labor Force Development, Labor Utilization
Office of Manpower, Automation, and Training (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1965
FIFTY-SEVEN SELECTED RESEARCH STUDIES RELATED TO SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS IN JOB TRAINING AND HARD CORE UNEMPLOYMENT, ARE INCLUDED. PUBLICATION DATES RANGE FROM 1931 THROUGH 1964. THE 23 STUDIES CONSIDERED OF MAJOR IMPORTANCE ARE GROUPED IN THE FIRST SECTION. THE REMAINING 34 REFERENCES WERE SELECTED AS A SAMPLING OF JOURNALISTIC AND EDITORIAL…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Labor Force Development, Labor Utilization, Psychological Needs

Katsinas, Stephen G. – Community Services Catalyst, 1993
Traces the development of the Clinton Administration's economic policy, including an overview of reports authored prior to July 1992 which influenced the Clinton/Gore workforce development strategies. Presents the key components of the Clinton economic plan, locates the plan in a historical context, and analyzes the six specific planks of the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Economic Development, Job Training, Labor Force Development
Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge. Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning. – 1971
The report of Project ADAPT (Aerospace and Defense Adaptation to Public Technology), describes the design, execution, and forthcoming evaluation of the program. The program's objective was to demonstrate the feasibility of redeploying surplus technical manpower into public service at State and local levels of government. The development of the…
Descriptors: Aerospace Industry, Career Change, Job Layoff, Labor Force Development
Committee for Economic Development, New York, NY. Research and Policy Committee. – 1987
The net effect on employment of structural changes now occurring in the United States will be determined by the actions that government, management, and labor take to create and support the conditions for new opportunity and to encourage people to move from old to new work. Many of the measures that need to be taken to ensure profitability involve…
Descriptors: Adults, Compensation (Remuneration), Competition, Economic Factors
Huddleston, Kenneth F.; Fenwick, Dorothy – Training and Development Journal, 1983
Productivity is a central issue these days in any discussion about the economy. However, there is much more talk about productivity than there is real knowledge. We need a clear understanding of what direction productivity improvement efforts will take and what efforts are required to retrain the existing work force. (SSH)
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Economic Development, Economic Factors, Education Work Relationship
National Commission on Work-Based Learning (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1992
This document contains minutes of the fifth meeting of the National Advisory Commission on Work-Based Learning. The meeting's stated objective was to produce a set of specific action steps for the U.S. Department of Labor to promote work-based learning. A summary of introductory remarks (Jack MacAllister) is followed by a description of the…
Descriptors: Accounting, Adult Education, Employer Employee Relationship, Human Resources
Committee for Economic Development, New York, NY. Research and Policy Committee. – 1970
This policy statement on job training for the urban poor explores ways of abating poverty, considers current manpower training and employment programs, and makes a number of recommendations for strengthening and improving them. In addition, concern is expressed for increasing the productivity of the national economy by making the labor force as a…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropouts, Employment Programs
Labor/Higher Education Council, Washington, DC. – 1989
At the meeting reported in this document, 65 union leaders and staff interacted with officials from 16 colleges and universities and 8 higher education associations to discuss and report on issues of labor-higher education collaboration. These edited proceedings include the following presentations: "Developing the Intellectual Equivalent of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cooperative Programs, Economics, Education Work Relationship
Baldwin, Fred D. – Appalachia, 1998
Describes the Fund for Appalachian Industrial Retraining (FAIR) program, which has trained over 14,000 multiskilled workers in Appalachian manufacturing in the last four years. FAIR works with firms in 18 Appalachian Ohio counties, arranging onsite and offsite programs and providing matching funds for customized training. (SAS)
Descriptors: Corporate Education, Education Work Relationship, Human Resources, Industrial Training
National Society of Professional Engineers, Washington, DC. – 1972
The opportunity for employment of displaced aerospace and defense professionals within the electric power utility industry was investigated by the Seattle Skills Conversion Project Team of the National Society of Professional Engineers, as part of a study conducted for the U.S. Department of Labor. The study concluded that a possibility for…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Aerospace Industry, Career Development, Electrical Systems
National Society of Professional Engineers, Washington, DC. – 1972
In order to determine the potential utilization of displaced aerospace and defense technical professionals in oceanography and ocean engineering, a study of ocean-oriented industry in Florida and Southern California was conducted by The National Society of Professional Engineers for the U.S. Department of Labor. After recent consolidation, this…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Aerospace Industry, Career Development, Employment Projections
National Society of Professional Engineers, Washington, DC. – 1972
The National Society of Professional Engineers, under contract to the U.S. Department of Labor, conducted a study to investigate the conversion of skills of displaced aerospace defense technical professional to other industries. The Long Island team of the study project investigated the banking, finance, and insurance industries. Approximately 250…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Aerospace Industry, Banking, Career Development
National Society of Professional Engineers, Washington, DC. – 1972
The greatest employment opportunity for safety professionals at the present time is with the Department of Labor for enforcement of the Williams-Steiger Act, which establishes the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). As part of a federal study of job possibilities for displaced aerospace and defense technical professionals, it was…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Aerospace Industry, Career Development, Employment Projections
Baldwin, Fred D. – Appalachia, 1998
The Northeastern Pennsylvania Industrial Resource Center and the Mount Rogers Regional Adult Education Program (Virginia) cross-train and upgrade workers' skills to adapt to changing workplaces and keep companies and communities competitive; customize curriculum to meet employers' needs; and provide GED and other adult education programs. (SAS)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Economic Factors, Education Work Relationship, High School Equivalency Programs