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Peer reviewedAutry, George B. – Community College Review, 1976
This article describes two formulae designed to measure the effect of job preparedness programs at six North Carolina community colleges. Increased taxes due to increased earnings "pay back" the program costs in less than two years. And trainees, through increased wages, "earn back" training costs in approximately five months. (NHM)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Educational Economics, Expenditures, Labor Force Development
Download full textHoeck, Jeanne; MacDougall, Peter R. – 1982
As part of a study to determine the feasibility of the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) contracting with foreign countries to provide technical education and training, structured interviews were conducted with community colleges currently participating in contract education for third world countries. Twelve colleges, including the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Contracts, Educational Benefits, Foreign Countries
Stanley, Pat; Prentiss, John – 1992
In 1988, the Chancellor's Office of the California Community Colleges (CCC) established an Economic Development Program (EDP) to support community colleges' efforts to provide education, training, and technical services to business and industry. The EDP's mission was to establish model programs, demonstration projects, and college/business…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community Development, Economic Development, Financial Support
Laanan, Frankie Santos – 1995
The challenge of preparing young people for employment and facilitating the smooth transition from school to work has spurred the enactment of the federal School-to-Work Opportunities Act (STWOA), in May 1994. The intent of STWOA is to establish a national framework in which states can create work- and school-based learning systems that include…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Career Awareness, Career Education, College Planning
European Social Fund, Dublin (Ireland). – 1993
A study examined European Social Fund (ESF)-funded middle-level technician (MLT) and higher technical and business skills (HTBS) courses at Irish technical colleges. Data were obtained from the following: review of relevant literature; review of all program-monitoring documents submitted by Ireland's Department of Education since 1990; interviews…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Business Skills, Case Studies, Certification
Rademacher, Ida; Bear, Marshall; Conway, Maureen – 2001
Project QUEST (Quality Employment through Skills Training) was begun in 1992 to provide unemployed and working poor residents of San Antonio, Texas, with employment training and job placement services. The program provides tuition subsidies and ancillary support services to low-income San Antonio residents enrolled in two-year associate's degree…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Associate Degrees, Basic Skills, Case Studies
