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Download full textDimeny, Ervin, Comp.; Williamson, Deborah, Comp.; Yates, Lisa, Comp.; Hinson, David, Comp. – Urban Institute, 2019
The apprenticeship movement is reshaping skills, policies, and programs in the United States at a critical moment in our country's history. This reader offers a chorus of voices emanating from different countries and populations, echoing commitment to bright, sustainable workforce futures through a well-crafted approach to this talent development…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Outcomes of Education
Pennsylvania State Employment Service, Harrisburg. Automation Manpower Services Section. – 1965
To provide information on the relationship of automation to changing occupational patterns and related worker displacements, examples of automation and technological change in industry are given. Some summary findings are: (1) Technological advancements cause some jobs to disappear and also cause some new jobs to appear, (2) Many workers dispaced…
Descriptors: Automation, Employment, Industry, Job Layoff
Peer reviewedZippay, Allison – Evaluation Review, 1991
The reemployment, retraining, and relocation experiences of a random sample (n=112) of displaced steelworkers (97 percent males, 85 percent whites, and 14 percent Blacks) from a small metropolitan community in western Pennsylvania were studied using a cross-sectional survey research design. Respondents actively pursued retraining and employment in…
Descriptors: Adults, Cross Sectional Studies, Dislocated Workers, Income
Jacobson, Louis S.; LaLonde, Robert J.; Sullivan, Daniel G. – 2001
This paper presents new evidence regarding the benefits of retraining prime-aged adults by analyzing the impacts of community college schooling on displaced workers in Washington State during the 1990s. The authors also conducted a similar analysis of a small program that provided community college courses to workers displaced from their jobs…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Age Groups, Community Colleges, Dislocated Workers
Jacobson, Louis; And Others – 1993
A study examined the earnings losses suffered by a group of experienced workers who separated from their firms in the early and mid-1980s. The quarterly earnings histories of a large number of Pennsylvania workers covering the period 1974 through 1986 merged with employment information about their firms served as the data set. Workers' earnings…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Costs, Dislocated Workers, Economic Climate
Juravich, Tom; Gall, Gilbert J. – 1989
A study asked trade union leaders in Pennsylvania about present and future levels of worker dislocation, how familiar they were with programs for dislocated workers, what factors caused job dislocation, and what factors affected the use of existing programs. Data were collected through a telephone survey of all 1,824 local unions who were…
Descriptors: Career Change, Dislocated Workers, Dismissal (Personnel), Employment Patterns
Baldwin, Fred D. – Appalachia, 1998
The Northeastern Pennsylvania Industrial Resource Center and the Mount Rogers Regional Adult Education Program (Virginia) cross-train and upgrade workers' skills to adapt to changing workplaces and keep companies and communities competitive; customize curriculum to meet employers' needs; and provide GED and other adult education programs. (SAS)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Economic Factors, Education Work Relationship, High School Equivalency Programs
National Governors' Association, Washington, DC. – 1992
This booklet contains descriptions of the approach of each state member of the Action Team on Lifelong Learning in meeting the challenge to prepare and upgrade the skills of the work force. Each one-page discussion is followed by the name, address, and telephone number of a contact person in the state. The reported approaches of 10 states…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Articulation (Education), Competition, Economic Progress
Nagy, Mark C.; Gregory, Lynn W. – 1984
This report contains findings from a study to examine the impact of Pennsylvania's Customized Job Training (CJT) program upon clients (trainees), business/industry, local education agencies (LEAs), and local communities and the commonwealth. Chapter 1 details study purposes, design, and procedures. Chapter 2 presents a summary description of the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Entry Workers, Improvement Programs, Inplant Programs
Philadelphia Public Schools, PA. – 1965
This report describes a compensatory education program in six elementary schools and one junior high school in a racially mixed area of Philadelphia. Current and additional personnel were used, and existing class size and physical plant were maintained. The program provided a community coordinator in each school to work with parents, a bilingual…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Ancillary Services, Arithmetic, Attitude Change
Indiana Univ. of Pennsylvania. Center for Vocational Personnel Preparation. – 1990
This document reports on a project designed to customize training for employees of manufacturing industries in six western Pennsylvania counties. Project goals were to facilitate collaborative vocational and technical training programs between educational institutions and private sector companies and to establish demonstration sites, manufacturing…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Manufacturing, Demonstration Programs, Education Work Relationship, Electricity
SELECTION FOR TRAINING, DO PRESENT PRACTICES MILITATE AGAINST OLDER WORKERS. PANEL AND WORKSHOP III.
PALLONE, NATHANIEL J.; AND OTHERS – 1966
FOUR PAPERS WERE PRESENTED ON WORK DONE IN THE FIELD OF SELECTION OF OLDER WORKERS (OVER 45) FOR VOCATIONAL TRAINING. IN SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, A PROGRAM WAS DESIGNED FOR THE EDUCATIONAL REHABILITATION OF 100 HARD-CORE UNEMPLOYED WHOSE GATB SCORES DISQUALIFIED THEM FOR VOCATIONAL TRAINING. THE U.S. EMPLOYMENT SERVICE HAS UNDERTAKEN A PROGRAM OF…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Age Differences, Aptitude Tests, Career Counseling
Indiana Univ. of Pennsylvania. Center for Vocational Personnel Preparation. – 1990
This process manual explains the procedures followed by a project that provided training for employees of manufacturing industries. It also focuses on the project's attainment of two other objectives: (1) helping industry in the target area become more competitive with foreign rivals; and (2) building a network between industry and education. A…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Computer Assisted Manufacturing, Demonstration Programs, Education Work Relationship
