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Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Washington, DC. – 1967
ELEVEN STATES HAVE ASSISTED UNEMPLOYED PARENTS THROUGH COMMUNITY WORK AND TRAINING (CWT) PROGRAMS FINANCED BY STATE AND LOCAL FUNDS, WITH FEDERAL MATCHING FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE GRANTS, ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS, AND SOME SPECIAL SERVICES. TITLE V OF THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ACT AUGMENTS THE CWT PROGRAM. IT IS TOTALLY FINANCED BY THE…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Vocational Education, Agency Cooperation, Community Benefits
Hole, F. Marvin – 1977
This report contains a twenty-one page narrative of a project which provided inservice education to health occupations teachers in Central Pennsylvania through four summer workshops as well as the workshop materials. The narrative describes the workshops, which focused on dental assisting activities for health assistant teachers, improvement of…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Allied Health Personnel, Coordination, Curriculum Development
Download full textMain, Earl D. – 1966
To learn what effects Manpower Development and Training Act (MDTA) institutional job training courses had on income and employment, a nationwide representative sample of about 1,200 former trainees (784 completers and 413 dropouts) were interviewed early in 1966--over a year after their job training--to learn their opinions of the programs and…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Comparative Analysis, Control Groups, Employer Attitudes
Seron, Merron S. – 1967
In an effort to better utilize our human resources by providing for all concerned a greater understanding of the college choice process, this study proposed a college choice process model, and analyzed 4 variables. Analysis of data obtained by questionnaire from 3 different schools yielded the following conclusions: (1) students planning to attend…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, College Planning, Comparative Analysis, Counselor Training
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Washington, DC. – 1968
This report, required by section 233 of the Manpower Development and Training Act, opens with the chapter, "Adapting to Economic Change," which comments on major program changes during 1967, all of which relate to increasing the proportion of hard-core unemployed in the program. The chapters, "The Range of Training," and…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Business Cycles, Economic Factors, Educational Innovation
LONDON, H.H. – 1967
THIS STUDY EXAMINED THE SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUND CHARACTERISTICS OF MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING ACT EX-TRAINEES, THE SOCIOECONOMIC CHANGES THAT OCCURRED AFTER TRAINING, THE LONG- AND SHORT-RANGE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE SERVICES RECEIVED UNDER THE MDTA PROGRAM, AND HOW THESE MAY BE IMPROVED. FOR APPROXIMATELY 500 PERSONS WHO COMPLETED AN MDTA…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Educational Background, Employment Experience, Family Characteristics
Uhl, Harold John – 1967
A study compared two groups of adults in a suburban community who were attending weekly classes on a voluntary basis; one group attended avocational classes in the public school and the other, classes in a Protestant church. The purpose was to learn whether sex, occupational role, family status, family background, education; influence of friends,…
Descriptors: Adults, Affiliation Need, Age Differences, Analysis of Variance
Lassey, William R.; Driscoll, Frederick – 1970
In the summer of 1970, ten projects served a total of 1,200 migrant students ranging from pre-school toddlers to teenagers in the 8th grade. The greatest concentration was in the early elementary grades. Most of the students were of Mexican descent and from the lower Rio Grande area of Texas. Program objectives were to: improve the child's…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Communication Skills, Community Involvement, Early Childhood Education
Texas Univ., Austin. Center for International Education. – 1973
The final report describes a Texas study to determine if differences in occupational achievement existed between those high school graduates who had been enrolled in vocational education programs and those who had not. A questionnaire was sent to 3,045 individuals who graduated from high school in 1970 in Austin, San Antonio, and Houston, to…
Descriptors: Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Employment Level, Employment Opportunities
Health Resources Administration (DHEW/PHS), Bethesda, MD. Bureau of Health Resources Development. – 1974
The report presents a compilation of selected available data on the representation of racial/ethnic minority groups and women in health fields. It includes the most recent data available on health school applicants and students as well as on workers in health occupations. The report is divided into two parts. The first contains a series of 10…
Descriptors: Admission (School), Allied Health Occupations, Allied Health Occupations Education, Employment Patterns
PDF pending restorationErlanger, Howard S. – 1976
The characteristics of professionals recruited into the Legal Services Program sponsored by the Office of Economic Opportunity are examined in this paper. It finds that, contrary to the literature on activist professionals, Legal Services was not dominated by lawyers with elite family and educational backgrounds or with prior commitments to…
Descriptors: Educational Background, Family Characteristics, Family Income, Family Status
Civil Service Commission, Washington, DC. Bureau of Training. – 1974
The document responds to the recognized need for a central source of statistical and general information regarding Federal training activities. The report is divided into four major sections. Part one summarizes statistical data regarding the volume, types, sources, and costs of training provided to Federal employees during Fiscal Year 1973. The…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Cost Indexes, Educational Change, Educational Finance
John F. Kennedy Family Service Center, Inc., Charlestown, MA. – 1967
The John F. Kennedy Service Center in Charlestown, Massachusetts, was set up to help older workers find employment and it coordinates health, education, employment, and welfare services and legal aid. The Federation of Charlestown Organizations, area colleges and universities, public and private industry, and social agencies have contributed to…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Support, Coordination, Counseling Services
Davis, James A. – 1960
The statistical report of 172 Great Books groups is based on one of a series of studies of participants, leaders, and educational effectiveness of study discussion programs sponsored by the Fund for Adult Education. During 1957, interviewers administered questionnaires to 1909 participants in "primary sampling units." It was found that…
Descriptors: Adult Dropouts, Adult Reading Programs, Adults, Citizen Participation
Gran, James R. – 1974
This 4-year followup study of graduates of the Jackson County Adult Evening School Completion Program is the fourth 4-year study to be completed. The study attempted to measure the benefits received by the 1970 graduates in the educational, social, and financial areas. General information was obtained from a questionnaire that required information…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Age, Class Attitudes
