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Download full textApker, Wesley – 1979
Vocational education programs cannot and should not serve all the population groups targeted by the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA). Rather, they should and must collaborate and cooperate with the manpower community. In order to do that five major policy issues need to be dealt with: getting agreements to collaborate, prime…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Federal Programs
Spirer, Janet E. – 1980
Underutilization of evaluation findings relative to the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) legislation may not stem primarily from factors usually identified in the literature (e.g., methodological reasons) but may be superseded by a more potent factor such as the prominence of the policy or program on the national agenda. Viewed…
Descriptors: Economic Climate, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation, Job Training
Owen, Sharon K.; And Others – 1981
The purpose of the study described here was to determine if Project School to Work, which involved funding (through Title IV of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act) a team of facilitators to help a consortium of schools plan and implement career education programs, could be replicated. Three things were looked at: (1) what had taken…
Descriptors: Career Education, Consortia, Demonstration Programs, Job Skills
Kolberg, William H. – 1978
This is a study of the development and passage of employment legislation between 1973 and 1977. A primary focus is on how the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) became law. The author is former Assistant Secretary of Labor and Administrator of the Employment and Training Administration, 1973-1977. The first of four chapters traces…
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation, History
National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, Washington, DC. Committee on Evaluation of Employment and Training Programs. – 1978
This document presents the principal findings and recommendations of a study conducted by the Committee on Evaluation of Employment and Training Program to assess the impact of CETA (Comprehensive Employment and Training Act) on manpower programs. This report is divided into two parts. Part 1 provides an overview of CETA's history, summarizes…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Economic Factors
Petty, Reginald E. – 1978
Examining the trends and issues in vocational education, this speech focuses on the historical basis for vocational education, the current situation in vocational education, vocational education in the 1980's, the role of vocational education in economic development, and research related to these topics. Issues which are currently being discussed…
Descriptors: Career Education, Economic Factors, Educational Legislation, Educational Research
Employment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1979
To assess the feasibility of large-scale, countercyclical public job creation, a study was initiated. Job creation program activities were examined in terms of how many activities could be undertaken; what would be their costs; and what would be their characteristics (labor-intensity, skill-mix, and political acceptability) that might contribute…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Community Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Employment Opportunities
Mirengoff, William; Rindler, Lester – 1978
This document presents the final report of a study conducted by the Committee on Evaluation and Training Programs to assess the impact of CETA (Comprehensive Employment and Training Act) on manpower programs. The report examines the differences between CETA Title I programs and their predecessors and compares legislative goals with results. It…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Delivery Systems
Attwood, Madge, Ed. – 1981
This monograph presents the views of four scholars concerning the relationship between education and work. In a paper entitled "Research and Evaluation Issues in Vocational Education," John T. Grasso focuses on the responsibility of vocational education to youth. The second paper, "Occupational Training: For Employers, for Trainers,…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Assessment, Educational Benefits, Educational Legislation
