Discusses the implementation of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) and its impact on community colleges. Relates WIA to issues of new vocationalism and describes some creative community college programs. (Contains 17 references.) (NB)

Describes activities that industrial/organizational psychologists engage in as they seek to improve the competitiveness of organizations through effective human resource planning. Presents a model for describing human resource short-term, intermediate-term, and long-term planning. (JS)

Examines the role of nonprofessional staff in information science and the need for education and training of such personnel. The discussion covers available types and methods of education and training and the roles of various agencies and organizations. Subjects outside of the information field which nonprofessional staff may need to study are…

Explores the lessons drawn from a comparative examination of the North American experience with Southeast Asian refugee resettlement efforts from 1975 to 1978. Reviews demographic dimensions of Southeast Asian refugee resettlement. Provides an overview of the programatic response to refugee arrivals. Assesses these responses with regard to refugee…

Criticizes the slow rate of responsiveness of the community college bureaucracy to the needs of the local business constituency. Highlights trends toward off-campus, on-site specialized job training programs; and the establishment of economic development centers and other special mechanisms for vocational training. (DMM)

Methods used at Haverford College to hire, train, and manage student employees are described, including both successful and unsuccessful approaches. Management problems, performance improvement incentives, and appropriate student roles and expectations are examined. Much of the information is drawn from a survey of current and former student…

Presents findings from the evaluation of the Keep Youth in School program, which was designed to address the drop-out problem among high-risk youth in an urban community. Discusses what was learned during a three-year period in the program's development. (PCB)

Vocational training often fails to provide what employers need and students want. To correct supply/demand mismatches requires improving feedback from employers, increasing the flow of information, bringing schools closer to businesses, rewarding institutions for successful employment of graduates, and providing incentives for entrepreneurs. (SK)

A review of 40 federally funded personnel preparation projects for infant specialists focused on: demographic information; project scope; project rationale; training content, including competencies, practicum, and coursework; staff; budget; and project evaluation. Areas needing further examination by the early intervention field include training…

Examines programs in Montreal, Canada, that offer microcomputing training--traditional private courses as well as an experimental, neighborhood-oriented "popular laboratory." Finds that both are used by men to advance their careers but that women use them to catch up and survive economically in a transformed workplace. (SR)

The article describes the Career Ladder Program for mildly handicapped high school seniors, providing supervised work experience programs based on principles from Re-Ed (Reeducation of Emotionally Disturbed Youth). Principles include team building, affective education, and interventions directed at reducing discord in the ecosystem rather than…

Identifies reasons for declining U.S. productivity, including the failure to distribute new technologies to users and lack of effective technology transfer. Argues for improved links between research and dissemination/application, increased concern for the human side of manufacturing, and an enhanced role for community colleges in training workers…

Discusses difficulty of translating ambiguous affective statements into effective instructional materials and limitations of Mager's process of goal analysis. A comprehensive procedure is then proposed which takes an affective statement from an undefined state, to subcategories of performance, to a hierarchy of performance objectives. A two-year…

Examines relationship between overeducation and enterprise-related schooling, using data from a 1983 Dutch study of 43-year-old employees. Correctly allocated workers have the highest probability of participation in enterprise-related schooling, whereas undereducated workers have the lowest probability. The average rate of return on a year of…

A 20-state survey of supported employment personnel (131 direct training staff and 79 supervisory staff) serving people with mental retardation identified the importance of training in such areas as "matching the job to the applicant,""gathering information on job prospects,""understanding transition from school to…