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Download full textBishop, John; Hollenbeck, Kevin – 1986
A study examined the effect of the Targeted Jobs Tax Credit (TJTC) on a variety of employer- and employment-related outcomes. Data were collected from two databases and a set of case studies. Although most employers report having heard of TJTC, only a small number of firms were actually participating in the program. TJTC did not appear to change…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Disabilities, Disadvantaged, Economically Disadvantaged
Hollenbeck, Kevin – 1996
Focus group interviews were held with approximately 60 of the several hundred high school students who are participating in school-to-work transition programs offered through the Kalamazoo County (Michigan) Education for Employment (EFE) consortium, The 10 focus groups held involved 5-8 students each and were distributed across program types as…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Consortia, Education Work Relationship, Educational Benefits
Hollenbeck, Kevin – 1986
A study examined the effects of the Targeted Jobs Tax Credit (TJTC) on employment patterns among those eligible for and those ineligible for TJTC. The rate at which TJTC-eligible persons penetrated the labor market and the resultant displacement of persons not eligible were examined in terms of TJTC-related variables, personal characteristics, and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Disabilities, Disadvantaged, Dislocated Workers
Hollenbeck, Kevin – 1989
Among the suggestions that have been put forward to increase the collaboration between the business sector and educational institutions as a means for accomplishing program improvement are supporting the existing system where the schools are generally healthy, fostering innovative change, and working for major structural reforms in the system.…
Descriptors: Business Responsibility, Economics, Education Work Relationship, Educational Improvement
Hollenbeck, Kevin – 1996
The Manufacturing Technology Program (MTP) is a partnership between General Motors, the United Auto Workers, and the public schools in Flint, Michigan, that originated as a preapprenticeship program and has since expanded into a program preparing youth for manufacturing. The programs' effectiveness was examined through a comparison group-based…
Descriptors: Career Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Females, High Schools
Hollenbeck, Kevin – 1999
The career and technical education (CTE) provided in grades K-12 in the county's vocational-technical center and 12 local public school districts of Lenawee County, Michigan, was benchmarked with respect to its attention to career development. Data were collected from the following sources: structured interviews with a number of key respondents…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Benchmarking, Career Development, Change Strategies
