For a growing share of learners and workers in the United States, college is failing to live up to its economic mobility promise. The cost of college is rising, accompanied by mounting student debt, and many graduates are underemployed following college. Students face steep barriers to college enrollment and success, including time demands, access…

Intermediaries--also referred to as bridge builders, boundary spanners, conveners, and other names--fill the critical role of connecting all the parties in the system to empower people with the skills required in the labor force. Those parties generally include employers, educators, workers, and prospective workers. Within these categories may…

The authors outline a proposal for job experience vouchers as a possible answer to financing the acquisitions of adequate work experience for youth employment programs. The proposal works by giving an incentive to employers to seek out ways of profitably employing new labor market entrants, the underemployed, and the unemployed. (CT)

Although publicized figures indicate that private industry has hired over 100,000 "hard-core" nationally, this study identified less than 10,000 persons who were receiving special training. Data on the successes, failures and problems of training programs were obtained by questionnaire from 224 companies with a total work force of over…

An Alternative Career Education (ACE) teacher at Fox Valley Technical Institute describes their short-term program to help exoffenders and other unemployed people to find meaningful work. Students are taught how to apply for a job and formulate goals. A majority of those enrolled did secure employment and followup help is available if needed. An…

The author discusses and describes various educational programs developed in India in three areas: to reorient the education system to enable its product to fit into the available and developing employment patterns; to increase the paid government jobs; and to promote self employment. (Author/BP)

The project was conducted to find out if there was a need for an adult education program to provide instruction in job-related competencies in the basic skills of reading, writing, math, spelling, and communications for the unemployed and underemployed of Mohave County, Arizona. The report presents the procedures used to identify the persons…

A history is given of the Ohio BOOKS/JOBS Project (funded by the Library Services and Construction Act, Title I through the State Library of Ohio) as represented by Akron Public Library's participation in this project from July 1, 1968 to June 30, 1972. Included are background, description, and statistical data on the five distinct work projects…

Manpower Research Visibility is a supplement to American Vocational Journal. (SB)

Describes a program designed to meet the needs of adults over 55 who are unemployed or underemployed. The program includes 12-hour job readiness workshops, mini-workshops, and an employment information showcase. Participant evaluation and feedback indicated the format and staff efforts have been successful. (Author/JAC)

A copy of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 (CETA) as amended in 1977 and a summary of the act's provisions with rationale for the amendments constitute this report. The 1977 version of the bill includes provisions for (1) extension of the authorization of all titles of CETA through 1978, (2) extension through 1978 the…

During the academic year 1975-1976, a program for near-illiterate adults was designed and carried out at The Johns Hopkins University, Evening College and Summer Session. The goal was to help persons with severe reading problems obtain necessary skills to enter the world of work or move up in the world. Counseling, both group and individual, was…

This manual is intended to introduce Prime Sponsors, Private Industry Councils, and community-based organizations to the resources available through the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) program to aid unemployed and underemployed women. Its major information components include the following: (1) a brief description of CETA and how…

The Women's Re-Entry to Education Program (WREP) came into being at San Jose City College after the recognition that a large segment of the community's population was underrepresented at the college. That group was composed of unemployed or underemployed women, economically and educationally disadvantaged women, women who were heads of households…

A six-year project is planned to assist in improving a skill training system responsive to the Government of Jamaica's (GOJ) economic policies and labor market needs. The project is designed to achieve its objectives by focusing on three components. The Human Employment and Resource Training Trust (HEART) component is concerned with policy…