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Download full textYglesias, Kenneth D., Ed. – 1987
This collection of papers describes the role of the public community college in contracting with local Private Industry Councils (PIC) through the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). Some papers examine training programs and special assessment and intake projects funded by the JTPA, while others discuss vocational assessment procedures that are…
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Employment Programs, Hispanic Americans
Laventhol & Horwath, Philadelphia, PA. – 1988
This guide provides assistance in using two primary management tools--the performance standards and performance-based, fixed unit price contracts--to achieve satisfactory results in Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) programs. The guide is organized in six chapters. Chapter 1 reviews the original purpose of the JTPA and introduces the investment…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Cost Effectiveness, Employment Programs, Evaluation Methods
Department of Labor, Chicago, IL. Region V. – 1989
This document is the first volume of a two-volume resource guide to help states and localities take advantage of new Federal initiatives to increase services to youth under the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). It summarizes the performance management principles and options available to program administrators identified in discussion papers…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, At Risk Persons, Community Programs, Cooperative Programs
Department of Labor, Chicago, IL. Region V. – 1989
This document comprises the second volume of a two-volume resource guide to help states and localities take advantage of new Federal initiatives to increase services to youth under the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). This volume comprises the discussion papers that formed the basis for the options summarized in the first volume. The papers…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Community Programs, Cooperative Programs, Employment Programs
National Commission for Employment Policy (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1989
In regard to the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA), the National Commission for Employment Policy: supports the states' current ability to establish and operate programs that best meet their needs; believes the role of the private sector in developing, operating, or overseeing job training efforts should not be reduced; and strongly supports…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Advisory Committees, Basic Skills, Economically Disadvantaged
Grubb, W. Norton; And Others – 1990
This document provides the case studies for an original report on the status of coordination among job related education and training programs. The document contains case studies of state-level coordination in Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Tennessee, and Washington. It also includes a section on coordination in selected California…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Adults, Agency Cooperation, Education Work Relationship
Grubb, W. Norton; And Others – 1990
Case studies of a wide variety of state and local job related education and training programs revealed enough about the range of coordination activities nationally to permit generalizations about the current state of coordination. In a 2-year effort to examine the coordination of vocational education and Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA)…
Descriptors: Adults, Agency Cooperation, Education Work Relationship, Employment Practices
