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Download full textWonacott, Michael E. – 2003
Reauthorization of welfare reform legislation has focused attention on the effectiveness of short-term training as a means for welfare recipients to attain self-sufficiency. Its effects on employment and earnings have been one focus of recent evaluations of federal programs. Although some Job Opportunities and Basic Skills programs produced…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Disadvantaged, Education Work Relationship, Employment Level
Fort Wayne Women's Bureau, Inc., IN. – 1981
Career Doors was a developmental project designed to develop motivational instructional materials that introduce and reinforce the connection between educational and employment decisions made by undereducated adults and to produce a variety of audio visual materials for use in existing Indiana adult education programs. Since the project was…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Career Education, Demonstration Programs
Evans, Rupert E. – 1981
If it is to play a key role in the reindustrialization of the United States, vocational education must be improved. Although vocational education has grown substantially in size in recent years, its quality is spotty, characterized by excellent programs in some communities and poor programs in others. In order to contribute to reindustrialization,…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Disabilities, Economic Development, Education Work Relationship
Shepherd, Jan; Saxby-Smith, Sue – 2001
A 2-year project examined the effectiveness of courses for returning workers in enabling women to make a sustained return to paid employment in the following countries: France; Spain; Ireland; and the United Kingdom. In each country, a short foundation-level program and a longer accredited return-to-work program were selected for evaluation.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Education Work Relationship, Educational Needs
Idaho State Div. of Vocational Education, Boise. – 1998
Idaho's displaced homemaker program exists to reduce the incidence of poverty among the 59,498 displaced homemakers (according to the 1990 census) and 22,147 single mothers in the state. Of those who participated in Idaho's displaced homemaker programs in fiscal year 1998 (FY1998), 924 (33%) earned less than $5,000 annually, and two-thirds had…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Displaced Homemakers, Education Work Relationship
Idaho State Div. of Professional-Technical Education, Boise. – 1999
Idaho's displaced homemaker program exists to reduce the incidence of poverty among the 59,498 displaced homemakers (according to the 1990 census) and 22,147 single mothers in the state. Of those who participated in Idaho's displaced homemaker programs in fiscal year 1999 (FY1999), 852 (33%) earned less than $5,000 annually. Yet, only 95 received…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Correctional Education, Displaced Homemakers
