Staff members at Carl Sandburg College (located in west central Illinois) describe how the Job Training Partnership Act provided 138 economically disadvantaged persons with training and jobs. It is indicated that a new "mind set" is necessary for close relationships between the public and private sectors to succeed. (JN)

The author discusses various aspects of training and development: formal job-related training and development, the behavioral/cognitive split in informal learning on the job, workplace training inside and out, costs and benefits of workplace learning, and forces accounting for growth and decline in the training and development function in…

Employing a split-half design, this research examines the effects of prior letters, in conjunction with a follow-up telephone survey, on three factors affecting evaluation results: contact rates, response rates, and respondent cooperation. Prior letters did not increase contact, improve cooperation, or decrease refusals. (Author/LMO)

This monograph reports the findings of a literature review and subsequent discussions with trainers, consultants, and management educators in the United Kingdom and the United States. The results of the literature review and of the detailed discussions confirmed that remarkably little attention was given to the question of how to help managers…

Discusses why the National Alliance of Buness has moved more and more to bring business, job training and education into closer alignment at the Federal, state, and local levels. Examines activities completed by the Center for Vocational Education-Business Cooperation. (CT)

Takes a look at the first two and one-half years of the Job Training Partnership Act: its purpose, how it compares to past job training programs funded by the Federal Government, service delivery areas, private industry councils, intended audience of the project, and project success stories. (CT)

The study confirmed previous research indicating that workshop training by itself is an ineffective method of increasing direct care staff compliance to treatment prescriptions, and that providing direct staff supervisors with a training and management tool (prescriptive checklists) may be an effective alternative for serving multihandicapped…

Describes the education and training of journalists in Cuba through courses and seminars offered by the Union de Perodistas de Cuba, at programs in two university faculties, and on the job. (HOD)

The Green Certificate Farm Training Program is on-the-job training with instruction delivered on a farm site, requiring the employer-farmer to serve as trainer. Trainees learn operational as well as management and entrepreneurial skills upon completion of a test and are certified at the levels of farm worker, foreman, or farm business manager. (SK)

This report stresses that postsecondary continuing education should be linked to the training and retraining of the work force, taking into account the demographic, technological, and economic trends affecting education and the workplace. (SK)

This essay seeks to illustrate the broad contours of federal assistance for vocational education and training by describing the wide range of federal programs that support occupational education and training. (SSH)

Studied a telephone crisis intervention program in which nonprofessional volunteer counselors received 55 hours of prejob training to isolate the effects of prejob training and on-the-job experience. Results indicated counselor skills and knowledge significantly increased with prejob training but did not show further improvement after five months…

The upcoming reauthorization of the Vocational Education Act of 1963 offers an opportunity for changing the program. The author provides an update of legislative activities as well as discussion of important issues. (MD)

Explored the similarity between training received and placement obtained for 141 clients served by a state-federal vocational rehabilitation program. Results indicated that approximately one-half of the clients were trained in occupational areas incongruent with their vocational outcome. (Author/LLL)

How effectiveness of a trainer does not depend on knowing more principles of good management, but on ability to understand and facilitate behavior change. (HD)