This paper contains brief synopses of recent technical progress/projects in the field of advanced learning systems. This issue contains the following 12 items: (1) "Guest Editorial" (Sylvia Charp) concerning the need to provide better learning experiences for all students; (2) "Steps in Developing an Expert Systems Model," as…

This bulletin aims to identify good practice in the adoption of a strategic approach to developing short courses in work-related nonadvanced further education (WRNAFE) in Great Britain. The focus is on vocational updating and retraining aimed principally at those in employment, usually at full cost to employers/sponsors. The bulletin discusses…

This document reports the proceedings of a research forum on vocational training. Following an introduction that outlines the course of the meetings, the following 13 papers are included in the proceedings: "Report by the National Employment Office (ONEM)" (Belgium); "Training Research and Development" (National Manpower…

This document is a transcript of an oversight hearing on the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). It is the first in a series designed by the House Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities, Committee on Education and Labor, to evaluate the program. In his introduction, the subcommittee chairman voiced his concern about proposed budget cuts in…

This book examines the differences between blacks and whites in their early childbearing patterns. In particular it examines the causes of teenage pregnancy and parenting in blacks and its negative effects on parents and children. Fertility data, available information and attitudes about contraception and abortion, education, employment goals, and…

This volume is part of a series designed to promote stronger ties between the educational resources in the Northeast and Midwest and the economic development process. It focuses on the question that public officials face in addressing structural dislocation and long-term unemployment: whether to continue only to support those unemployed or to…

This report presents findings of the first phase of an evaluation of the Targeted Assistance Program (TAP), A Federal program which funds services and projects that assist refugees in attaining economic self-sufficiency and reduced dependency upon public assistance. Following an executive summary and other materials, the report is divided into…

This final report supplements the series of quarterly reports for the Chicago Coalition for Education and Training for Employment (CCETE) Project by the Education Network for Older Adults (ENOA). It summarizes outcomes of CCETE's effort to gather the opinions, based on experience, of employers and employees about the problems of educating and…

The poverty rate in America has increased during the Reagan Administration. Real welfare benefits have fallen sharply and people with jobs have been disqualified from government assistance. Using lessons from the public and private sectors, legislators are attempting to change the regulations of public assistance and welfare work programs to…

The Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources empaneled a subcommittee to investigate the possible employment of individuals who are dependent on public assistance, and proposed such an amendment to the Job Training Partnership Act. The amendment would establish an incentive bonus for the successful placement of welfare recipients in jobs.…

At the University of Minnesota, Duluth, 35 students in the Department of Home Economics completed internships from 1979-82. Each internship was at least 10 weeks in length, and each student worked from 90-150 hours on the job. Prior to starting the internship, the students completed a statement of their own goals and objectives for their…

Under proposed legislation to replace the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA), business can be expected to assume an even greater involvement in job training programs at the state and local levels. How the private sector is adapting to its new role, particularly through the private industry council (PIC) system, is the subject of this…

Community-based organizations (CBOs) are neighborhood-based groups committed to providing human services to poor and minority individuals. The charge that government ineptness generates a need for CBOs is supported by examination of the federal government's operation of the general revenue sharing program. A project set up by CBOs collected data…

Part of a series of instructor training modules on related subjects instruction for apprentices, this booklet introduces the concept of related subjects instruction. Covered in the module are the following topics: the nature and organization of apprenticeship programs (the definition of apprenticeship, the importance of apprenticeship, occupations…

This paper describes two methodologies designed to address deficiencies in training literature, i.e., procedures which empirically evaluate the content validity of training programs, and strategies linking training programs to needs reassessment and program redesign. In section 1, a methodology for establishing the job relatedness of a police…