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Download full textContract Research Corp., Belmont, MA. – 1975
The Federal Bonding Program, providing fidelity bonding for individuals excluded from insurance policy bonding and thus ineligible for certain types of employment, is analyzed. The first section of the document contains a brief history of the program, a discussion of the data analysis approach, a series of 36 summary findings, conclusions, and…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Demography, Disadvantaged, Employer Employee Relationship
Civil Service Commission, Washington, DC. Bureau of Training. – 1977
This document provides information on training provided to federal employees in approximately sixty departments and agencies during fiscal years 1974-1976. The report was developed to provide federal executives and managers with information for purposes of comparisons and future planning. Following brief introductory and summary sections, this…
Descriptors: Demography, Educational Objectives, Employment Level, Equal Education
Douthit, Dorothy B.; Lung, Julina – 1975
Third year project activities, aimed at disadvantaged Samoans living in Hawaii, 20 Years of age or older, unemployed or underemployed, and unable to effectively compete for or maintain jobs, are summarized in the document. Third year's aims included: (1) providing basic education to 75 adult Samoans through vocational interest areas, (2) using…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Bilingual Education, Curriculum Development, Demonstration Programs
Office of Child Development (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1970
This report is the second in a series designed to describe children, their families, and staff members who have participated in Project Head Start center activities. The data depicts center and participant characteristics for the Full Year 1967-1968 and Summer 1968 Head Start programs, and, in combination with data in the report on previous…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Dental Health, Facilities, Family Characteristics
Bailey, C. J., Comp.; And Others – 1972
The workshop concentrated on the training of teacher-trainer teams in the areas of individualized reading and mathematics and the characteristics of disadvantaged adult learners. Each participant had an individual learning prescription for the three weeks based on his formal preparation, work experience, job responsibilities, own feelings of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adults, Individual Characteristics
Fishel, Leo; And Others – 1982
This study presents information about employer-supported child care, evaluates its prospects for further development in Appalachia, and recommends ways the Appalachian Regional Commission can best encourage such development. A background investigation and four surveys were conducted. The background investigation included a review of the literature…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Employed Women, Employer Attitudes, Employer Supported Day Care
Osso, Nicholas A. – 1971
This is the third in a series of annual publications providing information on the adult basic education programs sponsored by the United States Office of Education under Public Law 89-750. These publications have been based upon data compiled from annual reports on adult education filed with the Office of Education by each State, the District of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adult Dropouts, Age
Shegog, Bedeliah; And Others – 1972
The document describes the methods, procedures, and results of the evaluation of the Quitman County Project, an adult basic education demonstration program with 147 participants in four learning centers in Mississippi. Data were collected by means of site visits, observation, interviews and standardized achievement tests. In terms of student…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Adult Basic Education, Adult Dropouts, Adult Education
STERN, GEORGE G.; AND OTHERS – 1966
A QUANTITATIVE COMPARISON OF THE PSYCHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PEACE CORPS TRAINING UNITS AND TRAINEES WAS MADE TO PROVIDE A BASIS FOR RATING PROGRAM QUALITY, ESTABLISHING UNIFORM TRAINING OBJECTIVES AND PROCEDURES, ENABLING TRAINING INSTITUTIONS TO IDENTIFY AND IMPROVE AREAS OF WEAKNESS, AND SELECTING TRAINEES. AN ANALYSIS OF 63 PEACE CORPS…
Descriptors: Achievement, Affiliation Need, Cross Cultural Training, Educational Environment
Franklin, William S. – 1975
The report describes a study of industry-sponsored upgrading programs for journeymen in construction unions. Interviews with union and training officials, as well as 405 journeymen and 99 contractors, revealed that upgrading activities were concentrated in electrical work, carpentry, and the pipe trades, and that both the number of programs and…
Descriptors: Building Trades, Carpentry, Construction Industry, Electricians
Lewis, Charles E.; And Others – 1970
This report describes a developmental project in occupational education aimed at the unemployed, underemployed, and economically disadvantaged adults living in the 7-county northeastern North Carolina area served by The College of The Albemarle, one of 13 state community colleges. Partially funded by a foundation grant, this project included a…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Career Development, Developmental Programs, Disadvantaged Environment
Southern Illinois Univ., Carbondale. Dept. of Occupational Education. – 1974
The document describes the implementation of the Illinois Occupational Education Administration project, an effort to refine a delivery system for imparting 159 identified competencies known to be essential to the successful work of Occupational Education administrators. The overall objective of the training phase was to recruit, train, obtain…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Competency Based Education, Delivery Systems, Educational Programs
