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MAGI Educational Services, Inc., Larchmont, NY. – 1986
The 1985 evaluation of the Adolescent Vocational Exploration Program (AVE) found that this New York State Department of Labor intervention and pre-employment project has been successful in increasing young people's chances of gaining employment and functioning productively in the labor market. Primarily for 14- and 15-year-olds, AVE seeks to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Community Organizations, Dropout Prevention, Economically Disadvantaged
Download full textNew York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Office of Educational Evaluation. – 1981
The Summer Jobs for Youth Program (1981) was established by the New York City Partnership to develop private sector summer jobs for economically disadvantaged youth. The evaluation of the program was based upon a telephone survey of company executives, job site supervisors, youth workers who participated in the program, companies who made summer…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, High Schools, Job Training, School Business Relationship
Workforce Economics, 1999
This serial issue focusing on the theme of "School-to-Work." The two articles it contains describe promising practices that benefit individual students who participate. The first article, "Connecting the Dots: Linking School and Work to Accelerate Student Results," examines how schools and businesses are linking up, leading to benefits for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Education Work Relationship, Employer Attitudes, Employment Patterns
Sadd, Susan; And Others – 1983
The Alternative Youth Employment Strategies (AYES) Project began as one of the demonstration projects funded under the Youth Employment and Demonstration Project Act in 1980. The program, which features three training models, is targeted toward high-risk, disadvantaged youth, especially minority youths from urban areas who had prior involvement…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Correctional Education, Correctional Rehabilitation, Demonstration Programs
Mallory, Alva E., Jr.; Holder, Todd – 1978
A CETA youth project was designed to provide training in vocational awareness, self-awareness, coping skills, job skills, employability skills, career planning, and remedial reading. Over 500 youth between 14-21 were involved and many received computer interactional career training in coordination with an individualized career class. Significant…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Exploration, Career Planning, Computer Assisted Instruction
Long, Michael; Lamb, Stephen – 2002
Changes in the extent, pattern, and outcomes of young Australians' participation in firm-based training from the 1980s to the 1990s were analyzed by comparing data from the Australian Youth Survey (AYS) and the Australian Longitudinal Survey (ALS). In 1994, 46% of those in the AYS sample participated in formal training (at age 16-24 years) and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Corporate Education, Education Work Relationship, Educational Attainment
