The Opportunities Industrialization Center (OIC) is the nation's major community-based organization providing manpower development services to the disadvantaged. Chapter 1 of this report introduces the topic and outlines the major issues to be considered. Chapter 2 describes the nature of the urban job crisis and the social and economic conditions…

Based on actual experiences of 150 collaborative councils (including work-education and industry-education-labor councils), this handbook presents issues, questions, and examples that should be considered by anyone initiating collaboration between education organizations and the private sector. Chapter 1 overviews some community problem-solving…