Eight models for manpower utilization programs were developed that can indicate variables which differentiate successful Manpower Development and Training Act trainees from unsuccessful ones and that suggest program modifications in selection, placement, or services. (Author)

The report discusses the problems of the older worker (those 45 and older) in obtaining and maintaining employment in the state of Massachusetts. It also assesses the feasibility of redirecting and reactivating the older worker toward employment with the aid of job counseling and placement, job development, and comprehensive supportive services…

This study synthesizes evidence on the realignment of practical career guidance, counseling, and placement that has occurred since 1968 for noncollege-bound students. This study examines and classifies 13 guidance programs according to whether they emphasize vocational choice, vocational development, employability development, or placement and…

The Youth Career Action Program is an example of a vocational-educational program that can be implemented within a large city in conjunction with a secondary school district. The YCAP Center provides a clearly designated place for hard-to-place young people--primarily those who are under-educated, economically disadvantaged, and have little…

Improved differential assignment of Navy recruits to schools and jobs would be possible if a wider range of aptitudes and interests could be measured without unduly lengthening the time used in testing. The purpose of the study was to make a preliminary evaluation of the effectiveness of a computerized item selection program, program sequin, for…

The basic aim of this report is to suggest a strategic framework for the transformation of manpower placement services (MPS) from a reactive, precarious organization into an active and vital service delivery system. The main characteristics of MPS are analyzed from a systems perspective and organizational resources and structure of services for…

Project SPRUCE sought to increase employability of insurace claimants who seemed likely to exhaust their benefit rights without definite prospects of finding work. These persons were seen to be in need of special services because of some remediable inadequacy or problem but ineligible for the various programs intended primarily for the hardcore…

This report describes and analyzes the results of the first part of a two-phased study concerning the post graduation plans of seniors enrolled in Idaho secondary schools in 1971. Although it contains general information about all seniors who participated in the survey, the report focuses upon the plans of those seniors who expressed in intention…

With the teacher surplus encouraging training institutions to raise their selection criteria, the teacher trainees (interns) in the Stanford Secondary Teacher Education Program (STEP) could be considered to represent future populations of teacher trainees. To help ascertain the impact of this new population of teachers on education, data on the…

The supplement to the final report of Project SPRUCE (a program to increase the employability of insured workers who experience long-term unemployment and seem likely to exhaust their benefit rights) summarizes in detail the problems encountered in the administering of the project, the operational procedures followed, and the training program…

This report presents the outlines of a unique counseling program offered to freshmen at the University of Notre Dame. The 10 faculty counselors advise and attend to the interests of each student, to help them make a better transition from high school to college. The program emphasizes effective and continuous counseling and testing. Aptitude,…

In this pilot program, pretrial manpower services are provided for first offenders in juvenile and adult courts in the District of Columbia. The project offers intensive services to selected youthful arrestees during a 90-day continuance of their trials. At the end of this period charges may be dropped, on the recommendation of the project staff.…

This publication reports the activities of an institute for in-service training of professional persons responsible for vocational-technical education in eastern metrololitan areas. Three related problem areas were seen as reasons for the development and focus of this institute. These included: (1) lack of guidance counselor involvement in the…

The handbook is a description of pupil personnel services available in the schools under the jurisdiction of the Protestant School Board of Greater Montreal. In addition to describing services for handicapped children offered by the Board, the handbook provides some guidelines for identifying exceptional children and referring them for placement.…

In this pilot program, pretrial manpower services were provided for first offenders in juvenile and adult courts in the District of Columbia. The project offered intensive services to selected youthful arrestees during a 90-day continuance of their trials. At the end of this period charges could be dropped on the recommendation of the project…