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Randolph, Alice H.; Swann, Karen – Vocational Guidance Quarterly, 1980
To ease the transition of laid-off Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) workers, a series of workshops were held to provide information and identify needs. Although most participants were satsified with CETA services, they did not feel they received help in finding new jobs. (JAC)
Descriptors: Employment Opportunities, Followup Studies, Job Layoff, Job Search Methods
Crandell, Dorothy – 1981
A description, analysis, and evaluation are provided of the Career Development Network (CDN), a collaborative project involving 6 State University of New York (SUNY) community colleges, 7 Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) prime sponsors, the New York Department of Labor, local program centers and social service agencies, and about…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Cooperative Programs
Download full textGeneral Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 1982
The Department of Labor estimated that 300,000 people would lose their jobs because of the termination of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act's (CETA's) public service employment programs. The General Accounting Office (GAO) reviewed the Department of Labor's efforts to find permanent unsubsidized jobs or new training opportunities for…
Descriptors: Adults, Employment Programs, Employment Services, Federal Programs
Briney, Margorie; Long, James S. – 1985
This 1984 study (1) estimated the more enduring benefits of a Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) prevocational program for those who completed the program in 1979; and (2) identified the features of the CETA program that completers recalled as having contributed to these benefits. The 18-week CETA prevocational program was offered by…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Educational Benefits
Wheeler, Linda – 1980
The 1979/80 Comprehensive Employment and Training Act Youth Employment Training Program in the Phoenix Union High School District was evaluated in two ways: (1) enrollment figures and participant demographics were compared to project goals; and (2) opinion surveys of participants, job-site supervisors, youth advisors, and parents of participants…
Descriptors: Employer Attitudes, Federal Programs, Followup Studies, Graduate Surveys
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 1982
In-school youth programs that operated under Title IVA-3, Youth Employment and Training Programs (YETP), and under Title IIB of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) were reviewed. Standardized survey questionnaires mailed to former participants in the IIB and YETP in-school youth programs focused on post-termination education,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Research, Employment Programs
Westat Research, Inc., Rockville, MD. – 1980
This report is one of the products of the knowledge development effort implemented under the mandate of the Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act of 1977 (YEDPA). It describes an aspect of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) program--the personal characteristics, economic backgrounds, and pre-CETA year experiences of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Background, Cost Effectiveness, Demonstration Programs
Johnson, John A. – 1981
A study examined the following four alternatives to traditional vocational-technical high schools for delivering vocational education: apprenticeship programs, Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) programs, cooperative education, and industrial training. Two survey instruments were created specifically for the study: (1) a worker…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Comparative Analysis, Competence, Cooperative Education
McMillan, Samuel H., Jr. – 1980
A study examined the student/client completion of a competency-based high school diploma for CETA clients. Using follow-up forms, attendance records, correspondence, telephone calls, and client information sheets, researchers collected data from clients and staff pertaining to 102 of the 238 program clients from five sites in Texas (Abilene,…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Competency Based Education, Counselor Attitudes, Dropout Rate
