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Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. – 1990
This document reports the oral and written testimony of witnesses at a Congressional hearing held to review the vocational program and examine H.R. 3053, which would allow the Secretary of Veterans' Affairs to issue exemplary rehabilitation certificates for certain persons discharged from the Armed Forces. Witnesses included Members of Congress,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Employment Programs, Federal Programs, Hearings
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Office of Educational Evaluation. – 1985
The Training Opportunities Program (TOP) is an occupational project for New York City high school students. TOP trainees are placed in businesses and agencies with facilities, equipment, and human resources not available in the public schools. In 1983-84, the third year of the program's operation, TOP was funded to serve 2,000 students. An…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Cooperative Programs, High Schools
Smith, Clifton L.; And Others – 1984
Studies were conducted to determine the goals of five organizations for high school vocational students and the extent to which local clubs are meeting these goals and developing affective skills and leadership abilities through appropriate activities. Survey questionnaires were developed and administered to many local chapters of the following…
Descriptors: Extracurricular Activities, High Schools, Leadership, Leadership Qualities
Gourlay, Traci – 1988
Quantitative assessment instruments have been developed to identify those skills or behaviors which individuals with developmental disabilities need in order to become competitively employed, and to measure individuals' progress in the program and hence measure program effectiveness. Such assessment instruments are problematic, as each employment…
Descriptors: Adults, Developmental Disabilities, Diagnostic Tests, Evaluation Methods
Russell, Milicent D. – 1989
A second-grade teacher implemented a practicum intervention designed to increase involvement of black parents in their children's educational and social development during the primary school years. Practicum goals were to improve social development of the students; increase the number of volunteers who had fulfilled city requirements; and increase…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Blacks, Elementary School Students, Inservice Teacher Education
Michigan State Dept. of Management and Budget, Lansing. Office of Management Practices. – 1984
General and targeted programs and agencies in the Michigan Departments of Education, Social Services, and Labor that address the employment and training needs of the State's Hispanic population are described and analyzed in this report. Three different papers, each dealing with programs offered by one of the three departments, are bound together…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Programs, Ethnic Groups
Wichita Public Schools, KS. – 1986
The Kansas Volunteer Tutor Utilization (KV-TUTOR) project was undertaken to explore some of the possibilities of using volunteer tutors in adult basic education (ABE) programs. A volunteer structure was developed at 16 local ABE programs throughout the state. KV-TUTOR actively promoted these volunteer systems by contacting (through letters, phone…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Coordination
Australian Inst. of Multicultural Affairs, Melbourne (Australia). – 1985
This 7-chapter report reviews unemployment among migrant and refugee youth in Australia, examines the employment and training programs that exist for this population, identifies unmet needs, and suggests programs or services to meet those needs. An overview of the labor market programs and services available is contained in Chapter 2. Chapters 1…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Employment Opportunities, Employment Programs, Employment Services
Georgia State Univ., Atlanta. – 1985
This handbook is intended as a management resource for postsecondary and adult vocational education programs. Its uses include assessment of the effectiveness of current programs; identification of the need for new or expanded programs; development of an action plan for initiation, improvement, expansion, or termination of programs; and the…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Budgets, Educational Planning, Job Training
Howell, Robert E.; And Others – 1982
Between 1965 and 1976 more than 700 rural leaders participated in one of four statewide public affairs leadership development programs conducted by educational institutions in Pennsylvania, California, Michigan, and Montana. The W.K. Kellogg Foundation provided over $4 million in financial assistance. The programs were designed to: increase…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agriculture, Extension Education, Farmers
Travers, Jeffrey; And Others – 1981
This report summarizes findings from an ethnographic study of the Child and Family Resource Program (CFRP), a Head Start demonstration program providing child development and family support services to low-income families with young children. Designed to describe program operations from the perspective of staff and client families, the study was…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Development, Early Childhood Education, Employed Women
Employment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. Office of Policy, Evaluation and Research. – 1981
This report summarizes findings and recommendations from Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) research, demonstrations, and evaluation conducted in FY 1980-81. Chapter 1 presents research, experimentation, and demonstration study findings for projects completed February 1980 through June 1981. Findings are grouped into three…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Education, Cost Effectiveness, Demonstration Programs
National Alliance of Business, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1982
Analysis of data pertaining to the nature, scope, and effectiveness of business involvement in employment and training programs reveals that private sector experiments in employment and training, such as the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) Title VII and the Skill Training Improvement Program (STIP), have produced results superior…
Descriptors: Business, Delivery Systems, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation
Smith, Jeanne – 1984
The purpose of this project was to strengthen a volunteer literacy council's ability to offer an innovative curriculum and program monitoring system that meets the total literacy needs of O-4 level students, thus increasing student and tutor motivation and retention. The project designed volunteer staff training seminars to meet these objectives.…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Inservice Teacher Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1981
This document is a transcript of hearings on evaluation of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA). Focus of the hearing was on mismanagement and misappropriation of CETA contract funds, especially in the last days of the Carter administration. Testimony was given by various present and former officials of the Department of Labor,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Employment Programs, Federal Programs
