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Download full textSattar, Samina – Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 2010
This study, being conducted through the Center for Improving Research Evidence (CIRE) at Mathematica Policy Research for the venture philanthropy organization REDF (formerly The Roberts Enterprise Development Fund), presents the evidence on the effectiveness of interventions that include work experience as a strategy to improve employment outcomes…
Descriptors: Work Experience Programs, On the Job Training, Internship Programs, Program Effectiveness
Push Literacy Action Now, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1992
PLAN, Inc., a nonprofit, community-based literacy training program, conducted a workplace literacy training program in partnership with the Washington (D.C.) Hospital Center (WHC). During an 18-month period, the program provided workplace literacy training and career development skills to employees in several service departments and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Hospital Personnel
Stephens, Marguerite – 1994
A collaborative project involved Collins and Aikman, Inc., Pitt Community College, and the U.S. Department of Education in an effort to improve the literacy level of the company's work force in order to increase productivity. A pretest of about 400 of the company's 513 workers in 1 division uncovered educational needs in reading and mathematics…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Educational Needs
United Cerebral Palsy of Monmouth and Ocean Counties, Long Branch, NJ. – 1984
A project was undertaken to create a program of training to prepare physically handicapped but mentally alert clients of United Cerebral Palsy of Monmouth and Ocean Counties, Inc. in New Jersey for employment in various child care situations. Training was provided at the adult program site, Camp Oakhurst. During the project, 10 clients of the…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Cerebral Palsy, Child Care Occupations, Child Caregivers
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
Jones, Paul L.; Medley, Vickie – 1987
The Memphis-Project Literacy U.S. (M-PLUS) coalition tried the reading immersion concept with a defined target audience in the workplace. Fifty-six employees of the Defense Depot and the City of Memphis (Tennessee) were admitted to the program based on test scores of between 2.0 and 7.0 grade levels on the Gates-MacGinitie Reading Test. The…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Corporate Education
Pensacola Junior Coll., FL. – 1992
The Job Enhancement Training (JET) Program was a partnership between Pensacola Junior College (PJC) and Armstrong World Industries (Florida). The partners implemented a workplace literacy training program at the company's Pensacola plant using a five-phase social context curriculum model. The curriculum, based on job analysis, used small-group…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Basic Skills
Massachusetts Career Development Inst., Springfield. – 1993
The Massachusetts Career Development Institute (MCDI) refined and expanded the existing program of Workplace Education at the Geriatric Authority of Holyoke (GAH), Massachusetts. The 18-month program provided educational and support services on site to 60 employees at the GAH. Classes were held in English as a second language, adult basic…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, English (Second Language)
Mangum, Garth; Mangum, Stephen; Sum, Andrew – 1998
The 36-year effort to provide a second chance at labor market success for disadvantaged and dislocated youth and adults was reviewed. The following issues were considered: (1) current legislative proposals; (2) lessons from past employment and training programs; (3) the labor market challenges faced by young adults, older workers, dislocated…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Programs, At Risk Persons, Career Education
