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Sack, Michael; Allen, Lili – Jobs for the Future, 2019
Despite the growing popularity of apprenticeships, pre-apprenticeships, and in-school youth apprenticeships in the United States, young adults who lack the credentials and connections to seamlessly enter postsecondary pathways remain overlooked. Young-adult-serving agencies and community-based organizations (CBOs) are underutilized key actors in…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Apprenticeships, Community Role, Community Organizations
Rogers, Bethany – History of Education Quarterly, 2009
This article focuses on the period between 1966 and 1968, when the original vision of the policymakers of the National Teacher Corps (NTC) and the federal staffers who created the NTC initiative held sway. In their vision, the "best and brightest" (according to their criteria) could better solve the problems of educating so-called disadvantaged…
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, Federal Programs, Disadvantaged, Liberal Arts
Sawchuk, Stephen – Education Week, 2009
Since its inception, the program has tackled the most challenging issue facing the teaching profession: how to align systems for managing schools' human capital with goals for improving student achievement. In addition to pay, the Teacher Advancement Program (TAP) shapes new approaches to on-the-job training, career advancement, and evaluation in…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Teaching (Occupation), Teacher Promotion, Federal Programs
Manpower, 1970
In July 1968, the First National City Bank in New York (Citibank) received a government contract to train the disadvantaged by providing orientation, counseling, job related education, supervisor training, child care, transportation, and some medical and dental care. The Job Opportunities in the Business Sector Program (JOBS) stipulated pay of $70…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Federal Programs, On the Job Training, Program Descriptions
Manpower, 1970
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Dental Technicians, Disadvantaged, Federal Programs
Drewry, Joanna – Canadian Vocational Journal, 1973
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Labor Force Development, Labor Needs, Labor Utilization
Kirbride, Joe B. – Manpower, 1970
A federally sponsored program coordinated by the AFL-CIO Appalachian Council to aid the disadvantaged and unemployed in locating jobs. Job development and on-the-job training are both an integral part of the program. (BC)
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Federal Programs, Job Development, Job Placement

Taggart, Robert; Brack, Roland – Children Today, 1979
Describes several work training programs for youth administered by the Department of Labor, Office of Youth Programs. (SS)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Employment Opportunities, Federal Programs, On the Job Training
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 1974
The study was made: to review legislation authorizing the Job Opportunities in the Business Sector (JOBS) program and related Department of Labor policies and instructions; to examine records and documents relating to JOBS contracts at both Labor and selected contractors; and to discuss the contracts examined with Labor and contractor officials.…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Savage, Thomas – Canadian Vocational Journal, 1989
Discusses government training programs in Canada and how they might be improved; the need for a more comprehensive training strategy; and apprenticeship and on-the-job training programs. (JOW)
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Federal Programs, Foreign Countries, On the Job Training
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. – 1968
This volume supplied background information for employment and training legislation for the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare of the United States Senate for 1968. It includes: (1) excerpts from reports and recommendations of national committees and commissions on civil disorders, rural poverty, technology and automation, food and fiber, and…
Descriptors: Evaluation, Federal Programs, Job Training, Labor Legislation
Gilliard, R.W.; And Others – 1968
The project was created to train the unemployed and underemployed in the Mobile area in skills qualifying them for jobs in Alabama's expanding industrial complex. Developments in the administration, recruiting, counseling, community service, training, job development and placement, and followup of the project from January 1, 1968 through February…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Job Placement, On the Job Training, Program Administration
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. – 1970
The Job Opportunities in the Business Sector (JOBS) program has shown since its establishment in 1968 that a program involving hiring first, and then training, can be successful. Many employers with JOBS contracts have instituted effective programs to bring the disadvantaged into the labor force. However, there has been inadequate supervision of…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Employment Opportunities, Employment Programs, Federal Programs
Taylor, David P.; Piore, Michael J. – 1969
In the last several years, Federal funds have subsidized occupational training programs which have occurred on the job under employer sponsorship and supervision. This report examines the question of whether Federal financing is substituted for private efforts which would occur in its absence, and how such substitution can be avoided in the design…
Descriptors: Blue Collar Occupations, Employers, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1975
The document reports on a survey of the Veterans' Administration's (VA) on-job training programs under the current G.I. bill in order to determine whether full use was being made of the program as a source of veteran employment. The survey covered eight selected VA regional offices. Available information shows that since the program began in 1967…
Descriptors: Employment Opportunities, Employment Programs, Employment Services, Employment Statistics