As the first part of a four part report to the U.S. Congress pursuant to Title IX, Section 901 of the Agricultural Act of 1970, this third annual report is limited to rural development activities of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) delivery system (the USDA National Rural Development Committee, State Rural Development Committee, and…

As part 1 of a four part report to the U.S. Congress pursuant to Title IX, Section 901 of the Agricultural Act of 1970, this fourth annual report is limited to rural development activities of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) delivery system (the USDA National Rural Development Committee, State Rural Development Committee, and county…

This evaluation of 9 months of the first year of the federally funded Utah Manpower Development and Training Act Skills Center with 89 enrollees examines the program's effectiveness by means of a literature review, personnel interviews, preparation of training program objectives, and the utilization of these objectives as success criteria for the…

The general objectives of the study were to determine whether one can motivate users of health personnel, such as hospitals, to modify their hiring-in-requirements to the actual needs of the job, to restructure health occupational skills, and to develop inservice training programs which permit upward job mobility. Five hospitals, representing a…

The report provides an account of how the U.S. Office of Education's discretionary vocational education research program for fiscal year 1974 was planned and implemented under the administration of the new Bureau of Occupational and Adult Education and its component new Division of Research and Demonstration. The report contains basic information…

An overview of the issues, problems, successes, weaknesses, and implications of the process of preparing teachers for vocational education, the report contains discussions of the origin and evolution of teacher preparation, the professional development concept, nature of programs, management of teacher preparation, special problems, and future…

This report is intended to stimulate public interest and participation in revenue sharing programs, particularly among citizens concerned with the rights of minorities and women. To accomplish this aim, the report describes in considerable detail how revenue sharing works, examines its civil rights implications, and suggests ways in which local…

Using personal interviews with 131 employers (establishments) in greater Cleveland, this study surveyed current policies, practices, and attitudes in training advantaged and disadvantaged labor, and sought to determine the best possible way to coordinate Federal and private training programs. The research covered such matters as skill shortages;…

A general description is provided of the vocational education program within the secondary schools of predominately rural Appalachia, as well as an indication of where the vocational education program may be strengthened to make instructional offerings relevant to the jobs available to Appalachian secondary school students. Discussion includes…

The theme of this conference was the full utilization of human resources. "The Federal Government's Impact on Manpower Training," by Stanley Ruttenberg focused on the interaction of federal, state, and local systems of government with community action agencies, manpower committees, and councils in providing increased job opportunities.…

Graduates and dropouts of the Atlanta, Georgia, training program under the Manpower Development and Training Act were surveyed to ascertain training effectiveness and to seek relationships between certain trainee characteristics and employment success. Using a mailed questionnaire, the study surveyed 1,062 graduates and 444 dropouts from 24…

Using a sample of 105 persons who had left the Minneapolis New Careers Program (combined work and higher education), this study sought to predict who drops out of this type of program and to make recommendations for recruitment procedures. The Self-Concept Questionnaire and an inventory of work interests or needs were administered, but failed to…

This annotated bibliography contains 208 entries on educational and other kinds of assistance to low income homemakers. Section 1 contains theoretical analyses of intervention strategies. These strategies are then illustrated by accounts of programs in home management instruction, homemakers' services, special programs for "chronic" poor…

Profound changes in our socioeconomic structure seem to question the relevance of both "institutional" as well as "open school" forms of education. The educator is faced with the challenge of selecting a model, combining models, or devising a new one. Dealing with these fundamental questions, 10 articles have been selected for their potential…

This report summarized methodology employed to disseminate social science knowledge for use in manpower agencies in a manner designed to increase the probability of correct application of the knowledge in the task performances of manpower workers. The report covers methods of retrieving and synthesizing relevant research, organizing the knowledge…