Written as a monograph based on previous research conducted at Stanford University as well as in India, this document is concerned with the improvement of India's existing industrial education and training in relation to aims of industrial growth. Focusing on the need to achieve a consistency between the objectives of the industrial education and…

The overall purpose of the Occupational Training Information System (OTIS) is to provide improved data for evaluating recommended changes in Oklahoma's State Plan for Vocational Education. In addition to matching manpower supply and demand to show net demand, the project includes components and cost analysis, a followup, underdeveloped human…

This report gives the findings of a study designed to identify obstacles to career mobility among paraprofessionals in social service agencies and to make recommendations for opening channels for advancement. The experiences of a group of paraprofessionals hired in a special project in 1965 and 1966 by the National Committee on Employment of Youth…

This part of the series on Training the Hardcore covers factors involved in hiring and training the hardcore, abstracts of the 12 volumes included in the whole, and three other documents which will give management further insight into how the employment situation looks to the man in the street. Based on his experience at KLH and Polaroid, Henry M.…

Pertinent items having to do with national policy on hard-core unemployed and specific applications and techniques drawn from organizational experiences are identified. The compilers focused upon 1968 publications; the earliest publication date is 1964. The 41 entries are organized under the following headings: (1) Poverty in the Community and the…

The major objective of the Study of Curriculums for Occupational Preparation and Education (SCOPE) is to coordinate and contribute to national curriculum development at the secondary school level. SCOPE programs attempt to increase the relevance of high school education for the majority of students who must seek employment or further job training…

A questionnaire surveying on the job training programs at industrial firms in the Milwaukee area was administered through interviews with the firms' personnel officers. Of a random sample of 245 companies, interviews were completed at 150 firms. The survey revealed a generally negative attitude toward vocational school efforts in imparting…

The problem of assisting students to consider vocational-educational opportunities is discussed. To meet the needs of prospective vocational education students, a guidance system must help them in educational and vocational planning; interest them in the exploration of training opportunities, and motivate them to seek information and pursue…

This booklet contains a sampling of corporate programs designed to help alleviate urban social problems, and offers small and medium-sized businesses ideas for economic development programs involving the disadvantaged. Included are six hiring and recruitment programs; 15 related to dropouts, job training, and adult basic education; 14 for…

A study of the relationship between certain test scores and probable training and vocational success was made. Examined were three major training areas: power sewing machine, nurse aide, and clerical office work. Six tests were tested for their ability to predict success: the WAIS Revised Beta; Purdue Pegboard; English, California Surveys of…

Necessary required efforts are discussed which effect Special Work Project (SWP) clients through their transition from subsidized to nonsubsidized work. These ranged from personal counseling to day care services, and it was found that supportive services helped reduce barriers to employment. Enrichment funds were allocated for teaching basic…

This report describes procedures that were used to develop and pilot test a school bus driver instructional program to fulfill the requirement of Highway Safety Program Standard No. 17, Pupil Transportation Standard. The program comprises 13 units: Five for developing the minimum core skills and knowledge needed by the driver, and eight…

The book, a condensation of the deliberations of a conference called by the National Graduate University under the sponsorship of the Bruner Foundation of New York City, contains proposals by experts from all areas for improving employability. The conference purpose was to provide for an exchange of the latest ideas, information, and methods of…

This report grew out of the Contractor's work with three Federal agencies to restructure jobs in selected occupational fields and make necessary changes in training, selection, and other manpower practices in order to: (1) enable employees in lower grades to progress to higher grades not customarily filled by promotion from the lower levels; and…

The study investigates a phenomenon previously ignored in economic literature: the provision of training by manufacturers to the employees of client-firms. The hypothesis employed to explain this form of investment is that training may raise not only a worker's productivity, but also the value placed on the resources for which the training is…