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Shackleton, Jenny; And Others – 1985
A pilot project was undertaken in South Bedfordshire, England, to develop a work-based job training program for out-of-school youth. The program was based on a partnership between local educators and employers and featured an integrated curriculum that combined work-based learning with off-the-job training. Besides integrating occupational and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs, Education Work Relationship
Consortium on Education for Employment, Washington, DC. – 1981
This resource guide informs state policymakers about the magnitude of the adolescent parenthood phenomenon and the services needed by adolescent parents to help them participate in the labor market. It also provides resources for serving adolescent parents. Statistical background is presented first. Consequences associated with adolescent…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Ancillary School Services, Career Education, Child Rearing
Levitan, Sar A., Ed.; Mangum, Garth L., Ed. – 1981
A summary of an in-depth study of the training component of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA), this volume consists of a series of findings and recommendations emerging from a national survey of 476 CETA prime sponsors. It provides a comprehensive review of CETA training based on the analysis of longitudinal data on the quality,…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Case Studies, Change Strategies, Decentralization
Ohio State Dept. of Aging, Columbus. – 1985
This publication contains summaries of the presentations from a conference on employment services for disadvantaged older workers. The opening remarks made by Joan A. Hammond and Kenneth M. Mahan are outlined. Summaries of the following papers are provided: "National Perspective on Older Worker Programs," by Ann Lordeman; "Older…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Computer Oriented Programs, Coordination, Counseling Techniques
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1984
This volume is a compilation of the texts of nine Federal education laws, specifically vocational education, job training, rehabilitation, and related statutes. Part I contains one law related to vocational education--the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act 1984 (originally, Vocational Education Act of 1963). Part II provides the texts of six…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Vocational Education, Disabilities
Freeberg, Norman E.; Rock, Donald A. – 1982
Because of various flaws in their design, most research studies that have up to now examined the transition of youth to the work setting have failed to pinpoint ways of improving existing programs. Many of these design flaws (including lack of a uniform set of outcome measures, failure to routinely incorporate control groups, and failure to design…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Databases, Education Work Relationship, Educational Policy
Greenwood, Katy; Jeffries, Louis – 1981
Intended to provide basic information to policymakers and education-for-work planners, this report addresses both past history and possible directions for linking job training to economic development. In a discussion of the nature of economic development both international issues and economic development in the United States are covered. Discussed…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Economic Development
Lankard, Bettina; And Others – 1981
This instructor guide explains the goals and objectives of "Orientation to the World of Work," a program to help prepare participants for involvement in career decision making, planning, occupational skills training, and related occupational preparation. It also discusses the organization of materials and implementation procedures. (The…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Career Choice, Career Education, Career Exploration
Fauria, Charlene K. – 1981
Because there is no "right" way to do assessment, vocational evaluation, or employability development planning, a variety of strategies and tools are used by agencies that best match agency resources and client needs. One common tool used by Lane County CETA, Jackson-Josephine Job Council, and Mid-Willamette Valley Consortium (all in…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Career Choice, Career Development
Johnson, John A. – 1981
A study examined the following four alternatives to traditional vocational-technical high schools for delivering vocational education: apprenticeship programs, Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) programs, cooperative education, and industrial training. Two survey instruments were created specifically for the study: (1) a worker…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Comparative Analysis, Competence, Cooperative Education
Healas, Donald V. – 1978
Vocational education does not create jobs, but rather is a force in readiness, meeting the demand for workers by the business-industrial complex. At the heart of the process of providing job opportunities to urban youth in Cleveland are the vocational teachers and teacher coordinators who have the primary responsibility for placement and followup.…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Economically Disadvantaged, Education Work Relationship, Employer Employee Relationship
Wilson, Thurlow R.; And Others – 1978
Results are presented of a project to analyze employment assistance given to persons fifty-five or older and to recommend improvements in older job seekers' employment services. (The project evolved from income security concerns expressed in the Older Americans Act.) The report, divided into seven chapters, reviews employment characteristics and…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Demonstration Programs, Employment Opportunities, Employment Problems
BUENAVENTURA, ANGELES – 1967
REPRESENTATIVES OF SPANISH-SPEAKING FORMER MIGRANTS (FARM WORKERS) AND OTHER DISADVANTAGED GROUPS, NEGRO AND WHITE, PARTICIPATED IN A PROGRAM, TO DEMONSTRATE THAT UNSKILLED PERSONS WITH LITTLE FORMAL EDUCATION AND LIMITED COMMAND OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE COULD BE SUCCESSFULLY TRAINED AND PLACED IN OCCUPATIONS FOR WHICH THERE WAS LOCAL DEMAND AND…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Blacks, Career Counseling, Demonstration Programs
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Lydecker, Toni H.
This guide for community-based organizations (CBOs) touches on some of the many opportunities for worthwhile collaboration between CBOs and the schools. It suggests several strategies CBOs can use to (1) increase the access of disadvantaged youth and adults to vocational programs and (2) coordinate their own employment and training efforts with…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Adults, Communication (Thought Transfer), Community Involvement
Mushkin, Selma J., Ed.; Nollen, Stanley D., Ed. – 1979
This volume reviews measures and programs recently undertaken by governments in several different countries to address youth unemployment and school-to-work transition. Focus is on studies of assessment methods and data needs (Part 1) and recurrent education (Part 2). The first three studies emphasize the development of assessment methods. One…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Articulation (Education), Cooperative Education, Education Work Relationship
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