Study of 72 displaced engineers in a retraining program showed that better training performance led to more successful employment outcomes; higher career motivation was related to lower training behavior and outcomes; and more experienced workers were less able to cope with change and had less positive outcomes. (SK)

Two samples of Trade Adjustment Assistance Program participants before and after 1988 program changes were studied. The program served workers who were permanently displaced and suffered significant earnings losses, but there was no evidence that training affected earnings three years after initial unemployment. (SK)

Despite myths and stereotypes about older workers, demographic trends suggest that they are an essential part of the work force. Older workers are capable of retraining with techniques modified to meet their unique needs. (SK)

Evaluated efficacy of computer-assisted attention retraining program with 29 outpatients suffering moderate to severe traumatic brain injury. Subjects were randomly assigned to either retraining or to memory training program that served as control condition. Compared to controls, those subjects who received retraining improved significantly on…

Discusses the problems related to the retraining of laid-off workers: the scarcity of jobs, the belief that retraining does not help, failure of government retraining programs, and lack of employer participation in retraining programs. Suggests that one solution is continuous retraining of workers on the job--before they are laid off. (JOW)

Today's information technology-based economy makes job-related knowledge and workplace skills obsolete faster than ever before. As a result, many adults are heading back to school, often because of the demands of the marketplace that has little place for those without current credentials. (Author/JOW)

Julian Josephson finds the environmental employment picture bleak, but far from hopeless. He looks at training and future trends, and lists a number of leads aimed at helping the unemployed. (Author/BT)

This booklet describes a project centered at Tile Hill College in Coventry (England) that set out to provide relevant courses for unemployed adults. An introduction outlines project aims and an action plan. Section II on the context of the project is concerned with the sector forecasts for industry, the economic environment, and unemployment. The…

In August 1983, when the second largest employer in Washington County, Maryland, closed its plant, the local unemployment rate was 13%. The following month, Hagerstown Junior College (HJC) received $50,000 in state funds to initiate a dislocated worker (DLW) program. The program included orientation by a counselor, diagnostic testing, and…

Intended to stimulate discussion within the employment and training community, this issues paper tells how to enhance the employment opportunities for older workers, particularly through the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). The document consists of an introduction, 23 narrative sections, references, and a 28-item annotated bibliography. Each…

A project will develop and test a comprehensive monitoring and evaluation system tailored especially to the objectives and administrative requirements of state-financed, workplace-based employee training programs. That system will have the following three components: (1) a process monitoring system that shows whether the programs are following…

Adult education was the method by which a new direction was introduced into massive re-education and training efforts for correctional institution staff. The re-training, inservice, and basic training programs for the personnel are discussed. Evaluation will be based on both long-range behavioral change and reassessment of attitudes. (Author/JB)

THE NATURE AND APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS OF THE TECHNICAL SKILL OBSOLESCENCE PROBLEM WERE STUDIED AS A RESULT OF THE WIDELY ALLEGED OCCURRENCE IN RECENT YEARS OF DETERIORATION OF SKILLS AMONG PRACTICING ENGINEERS AND APPLIED SCIENTISTS RESULTING FROM THE MASSIVE EMERGENCE OF NEW SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE DURING THE PAST QUARTER CENTURY.…

HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RESULTS IN ECONOMIC LOSSES TO THE ECONOMY AND IMPOSES SUFFERING ON MILLIONS OF INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES. OF THE MANY TYPES, LONG-TERM STRUCTURAL UNEMPLOYMENT AFFECTS MORE THAN ONE MILLION WORKERS AND IS MOST INTRACTABLE TO TREATMENT AND DISTURBING IN TERMS OF HUMAN HARDSHIP. MOST OF THE WORKERS CLASSIFIED AS STRUCTURALLY…

The purpose of the project analyzed in this document was to initiate, develop, implement, and evaluate a curriculum within its program of Association Degree (A.D.) nursing for veterans with past training. The analysis of this project is discussed in the following chapters: (1) general (stating rationale, purpose, etc.); (2) comparison of corpsman…