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Direct linkWind, Steven; Lahti, Michel; Hollis, Robin B.; Brown, Kendelle; Wurster, C. J.; Ferguson, Kristin M. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2022
Opportunity youth (OY; i.e., youth ages 16--24 who are neither working nor in school) are a population who is difficult to engage and retain in educational programs, particularly in community college career and technical education (CTE) programs. OY are an important population to community colleges, as CTE programs culminating in…
Descriptors: Stakeholders, Youth Programs, Program Development, Program Implementation
Download full textAdvance CTE: State Leaders Connecting Learning to Work, 2019
Youth apprenticeship programs can give students access to valuable work-based learning experiences that provide insights into how their interest can connect to education and the workforce. Although these programs are often beneficial for participants, there is little data to show the programmatic landscape and impact. There are many challenges…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Apprenticeships, Accountability, Data Collection
Tummons, John D.; Simonsen, Jon C.; Martin, Michael J. – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2017
Early agricultural education included youth judging activities, in which farm boys matched skills with students from neighboring schools. In 1925, students competed in a National Dairy Judging Contest in Indianapolis held specifically for vocational students. Based on the success of this contest, the Federal Board for Vocational Education…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agribusiness, Industry, Vocational Education
Marhuenda-Fluixá, Fernando; Salvà, Francesca; Saurin, Almudena A. Navas; López, Miriam Abiétar – International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training, 2015
Our contribution attempts to review basic vocational education programmes in Spain over the past 25 years. We intend to compare the evolution of these programmes in terms of conception and conditions of delivery in order to find out how different they are as skill-formation and remedial systems, as well as analysing how different political views…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Educational Trends, Educational Change
Hanemann, Ulrike, Ed. – UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, 2015
This compilation offers global examples of innovative and promising literacy and numeracy programmes that link the teaching and learning of literacy to sustainable development challenges such as health, social equality, economic empowerment and environmental sustainability. This publication is a timely contribution to the 2030 Agenda for…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Literacy, Numeracy, Lifelong Learning
President's Council on Youth Opportunity, Washington, DC. – 1971
Prepared as a coordinators' manual for program development, this document discusses the employment and occupational education of disadvantaged youth. Also discussed are related topics such as recreation and arts, availability of transportation to and from work, and drug use and abuse. Still other sections of the manual are devoted to the role of…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Coordinators
Herman, Melvin; Sadofsky, Stanley – 1965
Thirty-five representatives of local, state, and federal youth-work programs attended a workshop which focused on issues related to planning a youth-work program, identifying the target population, designing a comprehensive program, and recruiting, screening, and selecting youth. Its agenda was established following field visits to a dozen…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Disadvantaged Youth, Participant Characteristics, Personnel Selection
1981
This paper provides a non-technical summary of the plans and rationale for eleven CETA-Education Demonstration Projects. It also explains the design of the projects and indicates what is expected of the participating prime sponsors, education agencies, and federal departments. Seven principles relating to the need to alleviate youth unemployment…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Career Education, Demonstration Programs
Great Cities Research Council, Chicago, IL. – 1964
DESCRIBED ARE APPROXIMATELY 55 VOCATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS DEVELOPED BY THE MEMBER GREAT CITIES WITHIN THE PAST 2 YEARS. THE BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF EACH PROGRAM INCLUDES--THE YOUTH INVOLVED, PROGRAM FEATURES, PROGRAM GOALS AND/OR EVALUATIONS AND SOURCES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. THE FOLLOWING ARE AMONG THE PROGRAMS REPORTED--JOB PREPARATION…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Distributive Education, Job Training, Objectives
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 1972
This annual descriptive report supplements the detailed official statistical and financial reports submitted to fulfill the requirement of a report for the fiscal year 1970-71, and to bring about increased understanding of the vocational program in the state. Information is presented about 36 specific areas under the four sections of: (1) program…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Disadvantaged Youth, Program Descriptions, Program Development
Opportunities Academy of Management Training, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. – 1986
This technical assistance guide is designed to expedite the implementation of partnerships between vocational education and community-based organizations (CBOs) as called for in the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act of 1984. It is probably most useful as a resource for local training activities related to CBO/vocational education/Job…
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Cooperative Programs, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation
LUSTER, GEORGE L. – 1967
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIX PROFESSIONAL LEADERS OF VOCATIONAL YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS IN AGRICULTURE, BUSINESS AND OFFICE, DISTRIBUTION, HOME ECONOMICS, AND TRADE AND INDUSTRY FROM 46 STATES MET TO CONSIDER THE ROLE OF YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS AS TEACHING DEVICES. MAJOR PRESENTATIONS WERE--(1)"EMERGING CONCEPTS OF YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS AND THEIR PURPOSES" BY…
Descriptors: Activities, Agricultural Education, Business Education, Disadvantaged Youth
Gilsinan, James F.; Tomey, E. Allan – 1980
A study compared the effectiveness of public and private sector work experience programs. In five locations equal numbers of jobs were developed in the private and public/nonprofit sectors. To equalize the incentives relative to the public sector, full wage subsidies were provided on an experimental basis in the private sector. Youth were matched…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropouts, Economically Disadvantaged
Huffman, Harry; And Others – 1971
BOOST, Business and Office Occupations Student Training, is a research and development project devoted to the improvement of programs in office occupations for disadvantaged students. The project was designed to discover the perceptions of disadvantaged students concerning office work and to develop a program for modifying those perceptions that…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Business Education, Curriculum Development, Disadvantaged Youth
Jablonsky, Adelaide, Ed. – 1970
This bibliography, the third of a series of five reports of selected literature included in the ERIC system, three of which have been completed, is comprised specifically of items relating to the employment problems, programs, and prospects of the school dropout. In addition to the listing being extensively annotated, it is arranged in the…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Disadvantaged Youth
