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Somers, Gerald G. – 1972
Workers who were relocated under federally sponsored pilot mobility projects in Michigan and Wisconsin were compared with a group of nonmovers drawn from the same rural areas and with similar demographic and labor market characteristics. It was found that the movers improved their employment status, their occupational status, and their income…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Career Development, Cost Effectiveness, Federal Programs
Gran, James R. – 1972
The second four-year follow-up study of the Jackson County Adult Evening High School Completion Program was made to determine the effectiveness of the program in terms of the financial, social, or personal gains of the graduates. The study concerns the graduating class of 1968 (111 graduates) fairly evenly distributed as to sex (40% men and 60%…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Employment Patterns, Evening Programs
Central Research Corp., Topeka, KS. – 1975
This document is arranged in three parts. Part I reviews the local educational agencies' (LEA's) Elementary Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title I programs for fiscal year 1975. This review includes the following sections: program achievements in reading and mathematics for the regular term and for the summer term, statistical overview of Title I…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Delinquency, Educationally Disadvantaged, Evaluation
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of Urban and Community Programs Evaluation. – 1975
The data contained in this document, summarized from local educational agencies' (LEAs') reports, provide an overview of the descriptive characteristics of the projects at the statewide level. During fiscal year 1975, 796 projects approved by the New York State Education Department were conducted in 725 districts. There were 512,755 reported…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Compensatory Education, Data Analysis, Educationally Disadvantaged
Tilton, Wendy A. – Online Submission, 2004
Mandatory real estate education has been intensely debated for many years. New Jersey is the only state in the nation that does not require licensed real estate agents to attend an ongoing educational event after securing a license to practice. A bill was proposed to the legislature to mandate real estate education in June of 2001. (It was…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Control Groups, Compulsory Education, Real Estate
Sticht, Thomas G. – 2001
The Adult Education and Literacy System (AELS) has been systematizing and promoting adult education in the United States since 1966, when the Adult Education Act (AEA) was passed. Today, some 4,000 organizations operate under the rules and regulations of the latest reauthorization of the AEA, the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA).…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Disadvantaged, Educational Benefits
Community Colleges for International Development, Inc. – 1998
This document provides the proceedings for the 21st Annual Conference of the Community Colleges for International Development. It begins with a letter of welcome from the Chancellor of Pima Community College, the conference's host institution. It then outlines the schedule of activities for each day of the conference, listing workshops and…
Descriptors: Biographies, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development, Distance Education
National Centre for Vocational Education Research, Leabrook (Australia). – 2000
A survey was conducted of a randomly-selected sample of TAFE (Training and Further Education) graduates in Australia who completed vocational education and training (VET) qualifications during 1999 and of TAFE students who successfully completed some training ("module completers") and left the TAFE system. Analysis of the responses of…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Developed Nations, Education Work Relationship, Employment
Research Triangle Inst., Research Triangle Park, NC. – 2000
This report addresses questions of interest to federal officials in the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) concerning the characteristics, services, and outcomes of transition-aged youth (ages 18-25) who applied for Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) services during November 1994-December 1996. The analyses conducted for…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Counselor Client Relationship, Disabilities, Employment Counselors
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Achenbach, Thomas M.; And Others – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1991
Parent-reported problems and competencies for national samples of 2,600 children and youth assessed at intake into mental health services were compared with 2,600 demographically matched nonreferred children assessed in a home interview study. Age, gender, regional, ethnic, and socioeconomic comparisons drawn from a new questionnaire are…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Behavior Problems, Check Lists
Exley, Robert J.; And Others – 1995
The Partners in Action and Learning Program at Florida's Miami-Dade Community College (M-DCC) was established in 1994 to aid the integration of service learning into the college's general education curricula. Goals for the first year of the program included the establishment of service-learning centers at MDCC's Homestead and Medical Center…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community Services, Education Service Centers, Participant Characteristics
Wikelund, Karen Reed – 1995
Twenty-seven female welfare recipients who had been forced to enroll in a career and life planning class or lose their welfare benefits were observed in class for 1 month in 1972. Five to 6 months after the class, 15 of the women were interviewed in informal small group and one-on-one conversations and formal open-ended individual interviews…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Attitude Change, Career Education, Education Work Relationship
National Adult Education Professional Development Consortium, Washington, DC. – 1991
This report includes highlights of the adult education program in program year 1991, a forecast of the future of adult education, a list of workplace literacy grants awarded for 1991, adult education program level descriptions, a directory of state adult education personnel, and 10 tables detailing the following: expenditures and enrollments,…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Program Evaluation and Methodology Div. – 1993
A study gathered information on the estimated population eligible to be served by the federal-state vocational rehabilitation (VR) program. It contrasted those accepted and those not, described services clients received, and evaluated the program's outcomes. The study found that, in national surveys in the 1980s, 14-18 million people reported work…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, American Indians, Blacks, Client Characteristics (Human Services)
Quinn, Lois M.; And Others – 1991
The Wisconsin "Learnfare" policy requires that teenagers receiving Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) attend school regularly until they have completed high school. The population of teen parents and dependent teens receiving AFDC from September 1988 through December 1989 included 22,241 males and 30,995 females. About half…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attendance, Compliance (Legal), Compulsory Education
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