Describes the proposed expansion of the Finnish system whereby unemployed workers are immediately admitted to retraining centers. (SP)

The directory gives name, address, and course offerings of 1,413 schools in New York State which have been approved for the training of veterans, servicewomen, servicemen, and eligible dependents under Title 38, United States Code, as of January 1, 1973. The index is compiled alphabetically with reference numbers assigned for correlation with the…

Explains the role of one type of adult education--Accelerated Training for Workers--in combating underdevelopment in Mozambique. Presents a response to the needs of a nation that is changing rapidly after centuries of neglect and foreign domination. (JOW)

Discussed the up-grading of educational levels and vocational skills of adults in Alberta's Northwest through the use of Community Vocational Centres. (Author/RK)

This publication is intended to help production staff understand (1) what job specifications are, (2) why written specifications are important, and (3) what is involved with documenting specifications. A definition of job specifications is followed by a discussion of the importance of and necessity for such specifications as regards the…

Describes legalistic education of trainees and their parents in senior-level technical training schools in areas of crime prevention and civil and labor law. Resource persons such as jurists, personnel from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, physicians, sociologists, and cultural figures lecture and give seminars. Describes evaluation methods of…

The Career Advancement through Short-term Training (CAST) project offered comprehensive career guidance and counseling to those persons needing to upgrade technical skills, those needing flexible training schedules, those moving into new careers, and those needing prerequisite training. Materials and products were developed to implement a…

PARTICIPANTS IN A FOUR DAY WORKSHOP ON VOCATIONAL NEEDS OF THE DEAF INCLUDED EDUCATORS OF THE DEAF, REHABILITATION WORKERS, DEAF PERSONS, PARENTS OF DEAF CHILDREN, AND REPRESENTATIVES OF LABOR AND GOVERNMENT. FOUR TOPICS WERE DISCUSSED--(1) EVALUATION OF EXISTING VOCATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMS, (2) NEEDED EXPANSION IN VOCATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMS,…

The title of this paper is perhaps amusing and provocative, but the emphasis is upon a serious matter. The paper is divided into three main sections. The first defines the educational process used in the Vocational Counseling Institute. It also discusses the problems of how personal growth and professional growth might be defined, and with the…

This publication presents a system of gathering overhead data and describes several methods for assigning overhead costs to specific contract prices. It is intended to provide facility production supervisors with a means of ensuring adequate cost recovery in bid prices and gaining a measure of overhead cost control. The seven steps in the overhead…

United States programs represented at the January, 1975 Multinational Workshop on Adult Education (Washington, D. C.) included: regional university adult education center (Appalachia); low-income nutrition (Georgia); community college sponsored learning center (Kankakee, Illinois); State GED program (Alabama); regional occupational centers (Los…

Third Wave is a Christian charity based in Derby (England) that offers training in vocational skills, preindustrial crafts, horticultural and agricultural skills, environmental education, and woodland survival skills to disadvantaged people at city and farm locations. Third Wave employs a holistic approach to personal development in a community…