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Verdile, Benjamin V. P.; Massimiano, Santo A. – School Shop, 1973
The Camden campus of Rutgers University, currently in its eighth year of operation, has provided numerous men and women from the community with employable skills. (Author/MU)
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Classroom Guidance Programs, Individualized Instruction, Job Training
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1972
This study was conducted to assess the results of institutional manpower training in South Carolina conducted under the Manpower Development and Training Act at two skills centers, at 10 state instructional centers, and at public and private facilities throughout the state. The study found that about 72 percent of 9,800 trainees graduated, and…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Disadvantaged, Federal Programs, Labor Force Development
Ribbens, Harvey – American Vocational Journal, 1973
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Furniture Industry, Machine Tool Operators, Newspapers
Download full textOlympus Research Corp., Salt Lake City, UT. – 1971
Skills centers represent a fairly new and different component of national manpower policy. The 70 Manpower Development and Training Act (MDTA) Skills Centers are designed to provide comprehensive manpower services for the disadvantaged, including training, basic education, communication skills, counseling, placement, and follow-up. Based on visits…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Vocational Education, Career Counseling, Disadvantaged
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1972
Patterned after a model developed in Philadelphia in 1964 without Federal funds, the Opportunities Industrialization Center (OIC) program emphasizes minority group leadership and seeks to attract the unemployed and underemployed who ordinarily would not have been attracted to public manpower programs. The program basic education, skill training,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Vocational Education, Employment Programs, Federal Programs
Peer reviewedAdnett, N. J.; Tennant, A. – Journal of European Industrial Training, 1978
To relieve the increasing shortage of skilled workers in the United Kingdom, the government established boards to stimulate and regulate private industry's training efforts and also provided direct training services in Skillcentres (formerly Government Training Centres). The article describes the Skillcentres program, training objectives, program…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Federal Programs, Foreign Countries, Government Role
DeRamus, Betty – 1968
This report on the Detroit Great Cities School Improvement Program (begun in 1959 and subsequently aided by Federal funds) is punctuated throughout by individual case histories, and describes in a loose narrative fashion the compensatory and special education projects, mental health and guidance services, and skill training centers for low income…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Vocational Education, Compensatory Education
Eppley, George, Ed. – 1979
A rationale is presented for the establishment of a comprehensive skills center designed to provide low-cost, vocational training that would enable the unskilled and unemployed population of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, to fill area manpower needs. The report first compares the present composition of the county work force with the manpower needs of…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, College Role, Community Colleges, Economically Disadvantaged
HOOS, IDA R. – 1967
A DISCUSSION OF INSTITUTIONAL RETRAINING PROGRAMS UNDER THE MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING ACT (1962) OUTLINES MANPOWER REPORTING AND TRAINING PROVISIONS OF THE ACT ITSELF, DISCUSSES PROBLEMS OF IMPLEMENTATION IN CALIFORNIA (I.E., DIFFICULTY IN FURNISHING ON-THE-JOB PROGRAMS AND PROPER COUNSELING), OUTLINES NATIONAL AND REGIONAL TRAINING UNDER…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Distributive Education, Employment Experience, Evaluation
