The study is a second year-end report (Phase I) of the JOBS NOW project, based in Chicago, which operates on the 'hire now, train later' concept. The project consisted of four components: brief job orientation (two weeks) for disadvantaged youth; business, industry, labor, and agencies working together to employ the disadvantaged; the provision of…

Lecturing is a poor method of giving instruction for Army tasks, since it is suitable for only a small segment of learners and a small number of tasks. The APSTRAT (derived from "aptitude" and "strategies") model is designed to train men at many levels of aptitude and with wide differences in educational backgrounds for a…

Reviews the objectives and components of the United Auto Workers-Ford Motor Company National Development and Training Center, which, in cooperation with Henry Ford Community College, will provide various counseling, training, and employment-related services for displaced and active employees. Identifies ten characteristics that make community…

Describes the Operational Review Program, a process for evaluating the activities of a training organization, and comments on the program's impact. (VT)

Methods of increasing learner participation in training design are discussed. (Author)

Proprietary schools can be of invaluable assistance in this time of crisis in education and the job market. They have tremendously effective training programs which prepare students for needed positions in a modern working world. (Author/AG)

Project Trainee Production-for-real puts the trainee on the assembly line the second week of his vestibule training. (EB)

This article is reprinted from BAEYC REPORTS, v10 n5 May, 1969 (MG)

Gives 10 commandments for partnership--guidelines that various agencies (local, state, and federal government; the educational community; community organizations; business, industry, and labor) could use to forge effective relationships under the Job Training Partnership Act. (SK)