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Download full textWiegardt, Liz; Weinstock, Phyllis – 1994
In the face of steadily declining numbers of small-operation farmers and ranchers, the Economic Dislocation and Worker Adjustment Assistance Act's Farmers and Ranchers Demonstration Project funded projects in four states to develop strategies for serving farmers. The experiences of these four projects in Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, and South…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Demonstration Programs, Dislocated Workers, Employment Programs
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1994
This document contains testimony from two Senate hearings on the Reemployment and Training Act of 1994 by U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert B. Reich and other witnesses concerning the Act and the need for changes in the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act, which requires employers to notify employees of impending layoffs.…
Descriptors: Adults, Dislocated Workers, Employment Practices, Employment Programs
Leigh, Duane E. – 1994
The federal government's experience with adult retraining programs began in 1962 with the passage of the Manpower Development and Training Act and creation of the Trade Adjustment Assistance program. When the 1973 Comprehensive Employment and Training Act expired in 1982, Congress enacted the Job Training Partnership Act. During the 1980s, states…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Demonstration Programs, Dislocated Workers
National Society of Professional Engineers, Washington, DC. – 1972
The purpose of this federally funded program is to study the transition mechanisms required to transfer available technical manpower from aerospace and defense industries into other areas of employment in private industry and public service. Selected industries and public service areas were assigned to 14 study teams for researching the likelihood…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Aerospace Industry, Employment Programs, Federal Programs
National Alliance of Business, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1988
This guide is intended to serve as a reference tool to individuals responsible for planning and implementing a work force reduction program. The information included in the guide represents a synthesis of practices that have worked for a number of companies, individuals, and communities that have had to cope with a work force reduction. The first…
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Dislocated Workers, Employer Employee Relationship, Employment Practices
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Education, Workforce, and Income Security Issues. – 2002
A study examined the skill grant and scholarship grant programs. Findings indicated skill grantees offered training through various service delivery options to people needing skill upgrading; scholarship grantees provided scholarships to low income students for college degree programs in computer science, mathematics, and engineering. The skill…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Bachelors Degrees, Computer Science, Engineering
Barnow, Burt S., Ed.; King, Christopher T., Ed. – 2000
This book, which is intended for policymakers, administrators, and researchers, contains 13 research papers and reviews of the literature on increasing the effectiveness of publicly funded training. The following papers are included: "Publicly Funded Training in a Changing Labor Market" (Burt S. Barnow, Christopher T. King); "The…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cost Effectiveness, Disadvantaged, Dislocated Workers
