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Direct linkHans Dorval – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This Dissertation in Practice (DiP) on Human Resource Development was conducted to investigate the establishment and implementation of a new position within a postsecondary workforce innovation department. This position was developed during the COVID-19 epidemic to cater to lower socioeconomic communities with lower post-secondary education…
Descriptors: Career Pathways, Labor Force Development, Postsecondary Education, Innovation
Download full textMDRC, 2019
The purpose of this Policy Impact Snapshot is to identify the major categories of career and technical education (CTE) currently available within our nation's secondary and postsecondary education systems and describe the existing research on whether these programs are achieving desired outcomes for students. This Policy Impact Snapshot describes…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Apprenticeships, Job Skills, Job Training
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 1985
This report addresses three major issues concerning the Army's program for developing extension training materials: (1) indications of low usage of Army Training Extension Course lessons by soldiers in the field; (2) improvements needed in the process for developing extension training materials; and (3) the need for further evaluation before the…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Delivery Systems, Instructional Materials, Job Training
Lapp, H. J., Jr. – 1987
A training evaluation system should address four major areas: reaction, learning, behavior, and results. The training evaluation system at GPU Nuclear Corporation addresses each of these areas through practical approaches such as course and program evaluation. GPU's program evaluation instrument uses a Likert-type scale to assess task development,…
Descriptors: Course Evaluation, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Industrial Training
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1991
The Job Training Reform Act Amendments were introduced in the House of Representatives to amend the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) to improve the delivery of services to hard-to-serve youth and adults and for other purposes. This report summarizes this proposed legislation, which was recommended for passage by the Committee on Education and…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
National Association of County Training and Employment Professionals, Washington, DC. – 1989
The National Association of County Training and Employment Professionals represents the service delivery areas (SDAs) that operate and administer programs funded by the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). With renewal and overhaul of the JTPA on the legislative horizon, the association made the following recommendations: (1) eligibility should…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Eligibility, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation
Further Education Unit, London (England). – 1988
This bulletin reports the outcome of a short study that investigated the issue of work-related nonadvanced further education (WRNAFE) opportunities for the unemployed, reviews planning strategies for the unemployed, and examines the practices observed in a small selection of local education agencies (LEAs) in Great Britain. Various plans for…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Foreign Countries, Institutional Cooperation, Job Training
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. – 1990
This document is a transcript of oral and written testimony given by witnesses at a Congressional hearing that examined veterans' employment and training programs administered by the Department of Labor, and H.R. 4087, a bill to amend certain aspects of those programs. (H.R. 4087 aims to make employment counseling available to veterans and to…
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Hearings
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of National Security and International Affairs. – 1989
A study was made to determine the extent to which Army reservists (the National Guard and the Army Reserve) are training in critical tasks and battlefield survival and to identify the factors affecting this training. Information was gathered by interviewing officials at headquarters offices, analyzing overall Army training information, and…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Job Training, Military Personnel, Military Training
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1991
Proposed Senate Bill 367, the Nontraditional Employment for Women Act, contains provisions to amend the Job Training Partnership Act to encourage a broader range of training and job placement for women. The two major components of the bill are: (1) planning and reporting requirements; and (2) a 4-year demonstration program to foster the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Females
Congress of the U. S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Government Operations. – 1994
This document records the oral testimony and written reports of witnesses who testified at a Congressional hearing on moving the United States toward a comprehensive employment training system. Witnesses included members of Congress, state officials, labor representatives, and association officials concerned with employment and training. At the…
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Job Training
Sellin, Burkart, Ed. – CEDEFOP Flash, 1989
On June 5, 1989, the Council of Ministers for Employment and Social Affairs of the European Economic Community passed a detailed and comprehensive Resolution on continuing vocational training in Europe. Some of the possible consequences of the resolution are the following: (1) the prospects for the implementation of the Resolution are highly…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Educational Finance, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Small Business. – 1994
This document records the oral and written testimony given by witnesses at a series of three Congressional hearings conducted in 1993 to review federal retraining programs for dislocated workers. Witnesses included representatives of federal and state agencies, and Private Industry Councils. Witnesses testified about their programs and what has…
Descriptors: Dislocated Workers, Educational Needs, Employment Programs, Federal Programs
Smith, Edward J. – 1986
The Carnation-ILWU (International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union) Project attempted to find employment for a group of unskilled and semiskilled manufacturing workers displaced by the closing of the Carnation Company of Oakland, California. Although more than 2,000 employers were contacted in Alameda County in the year following the…
Descriptors: Dislocated Workers, Employer Attitudes, Employment Programs, Federal Programs
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1991
An assessment was made of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA)'s vulnerability to waste, abuse, and mismanagement and the adequacy of federal, state, and local program oversight to prevent and detect such practices. The study examined JTPA activities in 2 federal regions, 6 states, and 12 service delivery areas, mostly for the program year…
Descriptors: Audits (Verification), Compliance (Legal), Employment Programs, Federal Programs
