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Download full textSmith, Arthur E.; And Others – 1965
The effectiveness of the Youth Training Project administered by The Jewish Employment and Vocational Service (JEVS) of Saint Louis, Missouri, is assessed in this followup study. The report is based upon an analysis of data regarding 91 youths who actually completed the entire JEVS program. The data were obtained from JEVS records and trainee and…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Community Attitudes, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth
Speight, John F.; And Others – 1973
The report uses the experiences of the Mississippi Labor Mobility Project, STAR, Inc. (MLMP, STAR, Inc.), and the reports from other experimental labor mobility projects to respond to the problems of clarifying relocation assistance delivery techniques and services as they relate to the goals and objectives of manpower services. The population…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Delivery Systems, Demonstration Programs, Employment Opportunities
Mountain-Plains Education and Economic Development Program, Inc., Glasgow AFB, MT. – 1972
The objective of the Mountain-Plains Education and Economic Development Program, (MPEEDP), is to develop through action research and experimentation, integrated career education methods and programs which can be implemented on a widespread basis. This experimental demonstration activity involved various individuals, agencies, and other resources…
Descriptors: Action Research, Career Development, Career Education, Conceptual Schemes
Stein, Bruno – 1974
The study examines British public assistance (Supplementary Benefits) and other income maintenance programs for employables. These are viewed as one policy set to analyze their incentives and disincentives to see if the incentive structure is consonant with a goal of promoting work. Sanctions applied to recipients are also analyzed. Relatively…
Descriptors: Dependents, Disadvantaged, Economic Research, Employment Programs
Conrad, Rowan W.; Fenenbock, Michael C. – 1975
The document describes the Mountain-Plains career education model and discusses its implications for higher education. The Mountain-Plains Education and Economic Development Program, Inc., is a non-profit corporation chartered by the State of Montana and funded through the National Institute of Education for a five-year cycle of research and…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Career Education
Clement, W. R. – 1974
In the summer of 1971, the Canadian federal government initiated a major youth program known as Opportunities for Youth (OFY). The program ostensibly provided summer jobs and activities for students. The contract designer reports on program design, activities, and implications for government and education. The designer's interest was an analysis…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Change Agents, Cultural Context, Educational Change
National Society of Professional Engineers, Washington, DC. – 1972
The National Society of Professional Engineers, under contract to the Department of Labor, conducted a study to investigate the conversion of technical skills of displaced aerospace and defense professionals to other industries. The Seattle and Wichita study teams, focusing on the food industry, projected that about 200 employment opportunities…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Aerospace Industry, Career Development, Employment Programs
Rademacher, Ida, Ed. – 2002
Multi-year applied research studied operations and outcomes of six employment initiatives that developed industry-based approaches to workforce development. Findings from the longitudinal survey of 732 individuals indicated participants in sectoral programs improved their position within local labor markets; increased wages, hours worked, and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Comparative Analysis, Economic Impact, Education Work Relationship
Decker, Paul T.; Olsen, Robert B.; Freeman, Lance; Klepinger, Daniel H. – 2000
In order to measure their effectiveness in promoting rapid re-employment and shorter spells during which claimants are entitled to collect unemployment insurance (UI), the U.S. Department of Labor tested these three assistance strategies in the District of Columbia (8,071 claimants selected during June 1995-June 1996) and Florida (12,042 claimants…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Demonstration Programs
Nilsen, Sigurd R. – 2001
In an effort to assess what progress states and localities are making in implementation of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998, a study identified three issues of particular concern: (1) mandatory partners' participation in the one-stops; (2) job seekers' ability to receive enhanced choices for training; and (3) private-sector participation…
Descriptors: Adults, Agency Cooperation, Career Centers, Compliance (Legal)
Eberts, Randall W.; Erickcek, George – 2002
This paper describes the role of local partnerships between public and private organizations in the delivery of workforce and economic development services in the United States. The paper grew out of a study tour, conducted by the Upjohn Institute in conjunction with the Local Employment and Economic Development Committee of the Organization for…
Descriptors: Adults, Case Studies, Cooperative Programs, Delivery Systems
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Health, Education, and Human Services Div. – 1999
Research on effectiveness of welfare-to-work approaches shows programs that combine approaches--job search assistance and education and training--have better employment and earnings outcomes than either approach alone. Consistent with findings and the work focus of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, states have…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Comparative Analysis, Cooperative Programs, Coordination
Ayres, Mary Ellen – Occupational Outlook Quarterly, 1979
Describes the many educational and employment aid programs to assist counselors working with our fastest growing minority population, Americans of Spanish ancestry, now totalling over twelve million. Notes efforts to accommodate differences among the groups (Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, and others) and lists publications providing helpful data.…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Guidance, Communicative Competence (Languages), Counselor Role
Weinbaum, Sandy; Wirmusky, Frank – 1994
The 14 Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA)-funded youth employment programs to which the Academy for Educational Development (AED) has delivered technical assistance for the past 5 years illustrate several important conditions for effective programming and "best practices" in the field of youth employment and training. Four of the JTPA…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Disadvantaged Youth, Education Work Relationship, Educational Change
Imel, Susan – 1996
In an effort to shift the focus of employment programs from unemployment to reemployment, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is funding the development and implementation of a one-stop employment system. The DOL has largely left states free to design their one-stop systems provided programs have these features: (1) universality, (2) customer…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Annotated Bibliographies, Career Centers
