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Download full textCalifornia State Advisory Council on Vocational Education and Technical Training, Sacramento. – 1973
In its annual evaluation of the effectiveness of the total program of vocational education in California, the California Advisory Council on Vocational Education and Technical Training identified five specific areas that need attention and improvement, including: (1) the State Plan, (2) the vocational education reporting system, (3) programs for…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Annual Reports, Career Education, Disabilities
Worth, Charles C.; And Others – 1973
As a manpower development program, Training and Technology (TAT) combines the resources of industry, education, and government to offer skill and technical training to the unemployed and underemployed. This follow-up study is an attempt to collect and analyze comprehensive information about the post-placement experiences of TAT graduates during…
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Followup Studies, Graduate Surveys, Job Placement
Ozanne, Robert; Klemp, Elsa – 1972
This study covers two related industries in which Negro employment has historical roots, the farm machinery and construction machinery industries. As in several other studies in this series, emphasis is on the major companies in the industries. This emphasis may reflect a more favorable picture of black employment progress than the average, due to…
Descriptors: Agricultural Machinery Occupations, Black Employment, Blue Collar Occupations, Civil Rights Legislation
George Washington Univ., Washington, DC. Social Research Group. – 1971
This paper reports the results of a Neighborhood Youth Corps (NYC) prospective study, which are based on program-sourced information and second-round followup interviews with study subjects. The primary hypothesis that the NYC programs studied had helped enrollees achieve satisfactory adjustment to life and to the world of work was not confirmed,…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth, Employment Opportunities, Employment Programs
Western Michigan Univ., Kalamazoo. Dept. of Industrial Education. – 1971
Developed through a research grant by educators from Western Michigan University, this package was designed for community and junior college counselors and technical personnel. The material is to serve as an aid in providing a more efficient transfer program for industrial education students. Much of the information is a result of comments made by…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Guidance, Community Colleges, Educational Needs
The Incidence of Training-Related Job Placement of Draper Vocational Trainees: A Preliminary Report.
Gwozdecki, Joseph; And Others – 1970
A preliminary survey of trainees' pre- and postrelease interactions with the State Employment Service (ES) was conducted by the Experimental Manpower Laboratory for Corrections (EMLC) as part of an overall evaluation of Manpower Development and Training (MDT) program effectiveness at Draper Correctional Center, Elmore, Alabama. Measures of the…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Counselors, Data Collection, Educational Programs
Rehabilitation Research Foundation, Elmore, AL. – 1971
The Rehabilitation Research Foundation (RRF) proposes to conduct, under supervision of the State Department of Vocational Education, a Manpower Training Program for Prisoners (MTPP) at Draper Correctional Center, Elmore, Alabama. The project is proposed for 13 months. The proposal contains several innovative and experimental features, the most…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Agency Cooperation, Behavior Change, Coordination
Ministry of Education, Cairo (United Arab Republic). – 1968
This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) of a publication outlining the objectives and problems of vocational education in the United Arab Republic. The data presented include both the general objectives of vocational education and the specific goals of each type. The goal of vocational education is to prepare…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Agricultural Education, Business Education, Career Education
Women's Bureau (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1970
This booklet on women workers of minority races includes all races in a minority other than white, Negroes constituting about 90 percent of all persons other than white in the United States; Spanish-speaking persons are included in the white population. The following topics are encompassed; labor force participation; unemployment; marital status;…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Dropout Characteristics, Employed Women
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1972
The combined impact of all federally assisted manpower programs in the Atlanta area was evaluated, with emphasis on outreach, eligibility, identification of needs and abilities, and screening for course assignment. In fiscal year 1970, training was provided for 10,300 persons and job placement for 5,600, although most of the estimated 70,000 poor…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Vocational Education, Career Counseling, Disadvantaged
Bentley, Charles F. – 1971
A tour to obtain a broad picture of the state of development of adult education in cities of the United States, of Canada, of India, and of the United Kingdom is described. The objectives of the tour were to examine: (1) the provision made for residential adult education overseas (the U.S.); (2) the relationship between the various agencies…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Comparative Analysis, Continuing Education Centers
Hiland, John E. – 1970
Representatives from all parts of the United States attended a conference designed to: (1) explore ways and means of involving older persons--primarily welfare recipients--as employees, (2) delineate the wide variety of tasks that have been and can be undertaken by older persons, (3) determine the kinds of recruitment, selection, training,…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Employment Opportunities, Job Analysis, Job Training
SAHL, ROBERT; SJOGREN, DOUGLAS – 1966
RESEARCH WAS DONE ON CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT IN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, STUDYING AN APPROACH WHICH STRESSES TEACHING GENERAL SKILLS, KNOWLEDGES, AND UNDERSTANDINGS BEFORE VOCATIONAL TRAINING FOR A SPECIFIC JOB IS PURSUED. TWO INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATIONS WERE DEFINED FOR STUDY--(1) AGRICULTURE RELATED AND (2) NONAGRICULTURE RELATED, INCLUDING THE METAL…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Agricultural Laborers, Cognitive Ability, Curriculum Development
BORUS, MICHAEL E. – 1964
A STUDY WAS MADE OF RETRAINING PROGRAMS IN FOUR LABOR MARKETS IN CONNECTICUT, UNDER BOTH THE AREA REDEVELOPMENT ACT AND STATE SPONSORSHIP. THE PURPOSE WAS TO DETERMINE THE BENEFITS AND COSTS TO WORKERS, THE GOVERNMENT, AND THE ECONOMY. THE STATE HAD PIONEERED SUCH PROGRAMS SO A SAMPLE COULD BE STUDIED OF THOSE WHO HAD LONG WORK-HISTORIES AFTER…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Doctoral Dissertations, Economics, Educational Benefits
Koble, Daniel E., Jr., Comp.; And Others – 1975
The seminar was ninth in a series of national annual seminars conducted for vocational educators responsible for coordinating and conducting personnel development programs. Major objectives were to: (1) Increase knowledge of personnel development models and strategies used in business and industry and of selected industry-education cooperative…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Human Resources, Improvement Programs, Industrial Personnel
