Business and government produced a partnership early in 1968. The government devised a contracting procedure to subsidize the extra costs encountered by private sector employers who would provide jobs and training to persons known to be hard-to-employ. The process was labled Job Opportunities in the Business Sector (JOBS). Simultaneously, some…

This 2-year programmatic plan for the training and development of library assistants was prompted by the recent abundance of research information and the shortage of resource personnel to assist in the processing and handling of the resulting output. The guide provides a suggested curriculum plan, course outlines accompanied by texts and reference…

The aim of the CIRF abstracts is to convey information about vocational training ideas, programs, experience, and experiments described in periodicals, books, and other publications and relating to operative personnel, supervisors, and technical and training staff in all sectors of economic activity. Information is also given on major trends in…

This publication offers a sampling of the innovative programs begun or expanded in fiscal 1972 in the State of Maryland. These programs were designed to turn on bored students to the relevance of education, to develop career awareness among students at all grade levels and alert them to the values and rewards of work, to make adults aware of new…

The Office of University Library Managmenet Studies has completed its second year of activity, pursuing its commitment to improving research library management. While the first year of operation focused on the Columbia Study, the second year emphasized the development of a new management tool--the Management Review and Analysis Program. This…

The third year of operation for the Office of University Library Management Studies demonstrated more extended programs and activities in the management arena and widespread involvement of member libraries. While the Management Review and Analysis Program moved into a fully operational context, the Office established a new Systems and Procedures…

An outgrowth of a 3-year training project for day care home mothers in Colorado, this booklet is designed for people who recognize their community's need for training and support for day care home providers. Suggestions indicate how this model program amy be modified to fit local needs and available resources. The major portion of this booklet is…

This annotated bibliography includes citations of books, monographs, periodicals, and government reports and publications as related to cost-benefit analysis of manpower training programs. Major sections of the bibliography are: (1) Theory and Methodology of Cost-Benefit Analysis, (2) Application of Cost-Benefit Analysis to Manpower Training…

To evaluate the effectiveness of a commuter job corps program, evaluation data were obtained from participants, instructors, administrators, and a control group. Designed specifically for high school dropouts and run in conjunction with the local school districts, this program was evaluated in terms of (1) student retention, (2) return-to-school…

Concerned with the teaching of vocational agriculture and other vocational education in the rural south, this paper is directed toward an examination of occupational education programs as they relate to population served and to local labor markets. Findings of 2 studies of occupational training opportunities for rural youth in North Carolina are…

A survey was made of the dental departments in two hospitals, two public dental out-patient clinics, and seven private practicing dentists to identify the tasks performed by the dental assistant and evaluate the existing dental assistant curriculum in Detroit schools. Analysis of data revealed that many of the dental assistants learned their…

One means of dealing with manpower problems is to develop career mobility programs which give employees the opportunity to advance, in terms of responsibility and income, to jobs where there are manpower shortages. The material developed in this publication is designed to guide health care institutions, educational institutions, and other…

This report describes and details the experiences of the Training and Research Institute for Residential Youth Centers (TRI-RYC) during its first year of operation. The TRI-RYC was established by the Department of Labor, Office of Special Manpower Programs, to provide a capability for initiating, training staff for, and evaluating the…

The objective of this research was to develop and evaluate methods for producing training programs and job supports for Signal Corps Electronic Repairmen. The rationale for this study was: (1) identification of specific tasks is vital to effective training, (2) the decision-making function is critical, (3) it is possible to construct job aids and…

The responsibility of the Child Care Worker Training Project was to train 500 unemployed people from five cities in an experimental and demonstration project designed to overcome the shortage of child care personnel. Each of the centers (Baltimore, Chicago, Cleveland, Newark and New York) developed its own method of recruitment, short-term…