Discusses conditions that contribute to worker displacement, and suggests that retraining and adult education are only part of the solution. Lists six other recommendations which, if implemented, would contribute to the resolution of this problem. (NRJ)

Describes the partnership formed by five Indiana state agencies in order to provide and coordinate job placement, counseling, rehabilitation, and unemployment insurance services. Lists examples of the partnership's successes. (NRJ)

Many older adults are not ready to retire from life. What they choose to do will be affected by legislation, economic and social needs, personal ambitions, previous experiences, and perhaps a willingness to pursue further training or education. (CT)

Many postsecondary technical education programs are facing obsolescence and need more than another course or piece of equipment to be effective. Educational institutions must restructure their programs, redesign their laboratories, and retrain their faculty. The business and industrial community is the direct beneficiary of a strong vocational…

A postsecondary training program in various aspects of coal mining has been established in western Maryland through community college credit and noncredit courses leading to a certificate or associate degree for mine employees and others. Maryland's industrial training program includes state aid to industry to provide needed job skills training.…

Five community responses to unemployment are described: (1) retraining for California auto workers; (2) upgrading and retraining at Indian Meridian Vo-Tech, Oklahoma; (3) Greater Lowell Regional Vocational Technical School's high-tech training program; (4) metropolitan reemployment project, St Louis, Missouri; and (5) Trade Readjustment Act…

The growing shortage of skilled workers in industrial maintenance, the growing complexity of equipment, and the automation of production processes call for improved and increased employee training and retraining. A General Motors training supervisor notes how education and industry can cooperate to provide this education and training. (MF)

Describes development of a coal mining training curriculum in West Virginia for adults and high school students, as well as programs to retrain people in new equipment repair and in the emergency medical services required by state law. (MF)

Describes the skill training and retraining provided to workers in Atlanta, Georgia through arrangements between the employing companies and the Atlanta Area Technical School. The school offers specialized training in day classes and also in part-time evening courses off-campus according to company training needs. (MF)

Describes the organization and planning by labor unions, government agencies, and vocational educators from schools, colleges, institutes, and skill centers in Mansfield, Ohio to provide vocational counseling and retraining for more than 900 unemployed rubber workers. Includes information on other retraining programs and reflections on the need…