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Vera Inst. of Justice, New York, NY. – 1972
The final report of an experimental pre-trial intervention program of intensive manpower services (individual and group counseling and job, training, or academic placement with the help of career developers) for selected defendants in Manhattan covers the period November 1967 through October 1970. After three years and 1,300 participants,…
Descriptors: Career Development, Correctional Rehabilitation, Court Litigation, Courts
Opportunities Industrialization Center of Oklahoma City and County, Inc., OK. – 1968
The goals of the Opportunities Industrialization Center organization in Oklahoma City include providing hope for impoverished and hard-core unemployed in the form of job preparation by providing adult education, prevocational training, skills training, counseling, job development, placement and followup. Another primary goal of OIC is providing…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Behavioral Objectives, Counseling Services, Demonstration Programs
National Society of Professional Engineers, Washington, DC. – 1972
This report provides the findings of two skills conversion research teams on the placement of displaced aerospace and defense engineers, scientists, and technicians in the fields of security systems and criminal justice. The teams, located in Philadelphia and San Jose, concluded independently that a minimum of 2,000 positions could be created in…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Aerospace Industry, Career Development, Correctional Rehabilitation
George Washington Univ., Washington, DC. Social Research Group. – 1971
This paper reports the results of a Neighborhood Youth Corps (NYC) prospective study, which are based on program-sourced information and second-round followup interviews with study subjects. The primary hypothesis that the NYC programs studied had helped enrollees achieve satisfactory adjustment to life and to the world of work was not confirmed,…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth, Employment Opportunities, Employment Programs
The Incidence of Training-Related Job Placement of Draper Vocational Trainees: A Preliminary Report.
Gwozdecki, Joseph; And Others – 1970
A preliminary survey of trainees' pre- and postrelease interactions with the State Employment Service (ES) was conducted by the Experimental Manpower Laboratory for Corrections (EMLC) as part of an overall evaluation of Manpower Development and Training (MDT) program effectiveness at Draper Correctional Center, Elmore, Alabama. Measures of the…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Counselors, Data Collection, Educational Programs
Forbes, J. Benjamin; And Others – 1976
Two visual monitoring tasks were used to further knowledge of the interactions between individual differences and task demands as determinants of performance and satisfaction. The subjects, 100 male university students, completed pre- and post-test batteries to assess general and specific abilities, personality variables, work orientation,…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Individual Characteristics, Individual Differences, Job Development

Perales, Aurora Rodriguez – 1975
An experienced community health worker describes her experiences in the field as a basis for recommended guidelines for the role, philosophy, aims, and goals of community health workers. The role of the community health worker as a member of the health care team is explored, and the problem of recognition for community health workers is considered…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Community Health Services, Family Health, Health Personnel
Appalachia, 1984
The panel reviewed five efforts to integrate education into the workplace through cooperation between private industry and government, use of university research resources to save jobs while providing students with hands-on training, and community and school joint preparation of teenagers for social and economic participation. (NEC)
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Economic Development, Educational Cooperation, Educational Opportunities
Bergeron, Francine; Nakitsas, George – 2001
This study reviews the relationship that has been established in the steel industry between the Canadian Steel Trade and Employment Congress (CSTEC) and education/training institutions called upon to provide steelworker job training and development programs. It describes the forces that brought the parties together and the difficulties in forming…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Economic Impact, Foreign Countries, Government Role
Workforce Strategy Center, Brooklyn, NY. – 2001
This paper contends that, because the direct connection between education and earnings is growing, with higher earnings increasingly linked to some form of postsecondary education and training, economic self-sufficiency frequently requires that workers advance beyond high school. At the same time, employers are increasingly reporting difficulty in…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Economic Development, Institutional Role, Job Development
Werner, Heinz – 1998
On average, unemployed U.S. citizens remain jobless for much less time than their European counterparts do. The relatively low level of unemployment in the United States is attributable to two factors: a social protection system that offers far less protection than those in Western Europe do and a broad range of job openings. The fact that…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Employment Level, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns
Foote, Elizabeth – 1997
Grameen Banks are a model of successful support for the smallest businesses. The Grameen Bank began in 1976, when Muhammad Yunus, an economics professor at Chittagong University in southern Bangladesh, loaned Sufiya Khatun, a weaver of bamboo stools, $4 U.S. to buy supplies and raise her daily profit from 2 cents to $1.25. Her success prompted…
Descriptors: Adults, Banking, Business Administration, Capital
Pucel, David J. – 1999
Both the rapid movement to the knowledge/imagination age and a more thorough understanding of how problem-solving skills are developed challenge traditional education to change and adopt a new set of goals. Academic and vocational education are modifying their goals and instructional procedures, and they are blending together. As technology has…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Educational Change, Educational Quality, Employment Potential

Zeiss, Tony – Community College Journal, 2000
Asserts that many people who seek education to improve their job skills or upgrade their positions are becoming frustrated with inconvenient learning opportunities, and are pursuing alternatives to traditional higher education. Describes the Workforce Development Continuum initiative, which aims to develop a seamless education and training system…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Role, Community Colleges, Developmental Programs
Lopez-Valadez, Jeanne; Bruns, Cristy – 1990
This bibliography lists the library holdings of the Illinois Bilingual Vocational Education Project that pertain to vocational English as a Second Language (VESL), career, and vocational education for the limited-English-proficient (LEP) population. The project is a statewide technical assistance and staff development center designed to help…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Awareness, Classroom Techniques, Counseling Services