The focus-group interview format was used to investigate the implementation of the Career Ladders teacher-incentive program in a rural school district in Arizona. Two interviews were planned for each of the following groups: (1) school board members; (2) Career Ladders steering committee; (3) administrators; (4) central office staff; (5) parents;…

The Workplace Education Initiative was created in Massachusetts to provide workers with the opportunity to develop basic literacy skills, to increase employer and union awareness of the extent of functional illiteracy among workers as well as its cost, to develop a number of partnership models that link the acquisition of basic education skills…

The annotated bibliography attempts to coordinate information on nontraditional health care delivery systems in remote regions of the world, especially in developing countries. The literature abstracted focuses primarily on new models of health care delivery and on the training and utilization of auxiliary health workers. It is intended to be…

The document contains the proceedings of a conference on manpower research at the Federal, State, and local levels. Two papers from the opening general session focus on the interrelationship of economic, demographic, and educational changes based on its effects on occupational education. J. C. Pettinger's keynote speech presented issues regarding…

The report provides an account of how the U.S. Office of Education's discretionary vocational education research program for fiscal year 1974 was planned and implemented under the administration of the new Bureau of Occupational and Adult Education and its component new Division of Research and Demonstration. The report contains basic information…

Profound changes in our socioeconomic structure seem to question the relevance of both "institutional" as well as "open school" forms of education. The educator is faced with the challenge of selecting a model, combining models, or devising a new one. Dealing with these fundamental questions, 10 articles have been selected for their potential…

These guidelines, drawn from a number of sources, are designed to present in summary and outline form the multiple aspects of establishing and operating educational programs for health occupations which require less than a baccalaureate degree. To assure usefulness to lay persons, educators, practitioners, and others concerned with health…

Included in these bulletins are descriptive analyses of various New Careers Training programs, issues related to Civil Service requirements, health, training models, rehabilitation, veterans' problems, and colleges as user agencies. Outlined are various steps for developing new careers jobs and for giving technical assistance. Solutions carried…

Highlighting vocational education philosophies and needs in individual school districts in Alaska, this position report of the current status of state vocational education programs was developed by the staff of Alaska's Division of Vocational and Adult Education in order to inform the State Board and the Alaskan Legislature of programmatic needs.…

This fifty-ninth annual report of the United States Department of Labor for the fiscal year 1971 contains a 6-page report by the Secretary of Labor, 11 separate Federal Department reports, and a variety of appended tables covering such areas as enrollments and funding for various government programs. Detailing the initiation or improvement of a…

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…

REPORTS WERE SUBMITTED OF EIGHT RESEARCH PROJECTS CONDUCTED BY DIFFERENT PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS WHO INVESTIGATED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES IN VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION FOR NONMETROPOLITAN AREAS. THE REPORTS TREATED SUCH SUBJECT AREAS AS THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS, OCCUPATIONAL PROBLEMS AND VOCATIONAL…

Developed by Jobs for the Future (JFF), "Pathways to Advancement" exemplifies a growing field of practice in career ladders and low-skilled worker advancement models. The Pathways model presents a framework for providing publicly funded employment and training services that meet the needs of employers, job seekers, and incumbent…

This document describes the proposed 2003 activities of the European Training Foundation (ETF) to support vocational education and training reform in non-European Union (EU) countries in the context of the EU's external relations program. The activities listed cover these four main groups of countries across three continents: the Mediterranean…

This document reports on a Congressional hearing on assistance to workers dislocated or unemployed due to the serious economic deterioration impacting the country, partly due to the events of September 11, 2001. Testimony includes statements of United States Representatives John Boehner and George Miller; Michael Hannah, representing Local 13358,…