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The Compact Project. School-Business Partnerships for Improving Education. Corporate Action Package.
National Alliance of Business, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1989
This document profiles the business-education partnerships in 12 cities and reports the lessons learned from their experiences. The cities are Albuquerque (New Mexico), Cincinnati (Ohio), Detroit (Michigan), Indianapolis (Indiana), Louisville (Kentucky), Memphis (Tennessee), Miami/Dade County (Florida), Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania), Providence (Rhode…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Change Strategies, Cooperative Programs, Corporate Support
Download full textHollister, Robinson G. – 1989
Employment problems of black males remain substantial. The unemployment rate for black males is 2.3 times that of white males. Less than one-third of 16- 19-year-old black males were employed in 1988. The most important policies affecting the employment of black males are monetary and fiscal policies. No employment and training policies can come…
Descriptors: Blacks, Education Work Relationship, Employment Potential, Employment Problems
Thompson, Lawrence H. – 1988
The U.S. General Accounting Office studied the characteristics of individual participants in training provided by the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA), the kinds and intensity of services they received, and the occupations in which they were employed after leaving the program. Visits to 63 randomly selected service delivery areas provided…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Vocational Education, Education Work Relationship, Educational Assessment
Harvey, Michael W.; Cohen, Libby G. – 1989
A study was undertaken to determine whether vocational and special educators differed from employers on the entry-level employment skills and characteristics that are needed to be gainfully employed in the competitive labor force in the Lewiston-Auburn area in Maine. A questionnaire was mailed to a sample of 110 secondary-level vocational and…
Descriptors: Community Education, Employer Attitudes, Employment Qualifications, Entry Workers
National Commission for Employment Policy (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1989
In regard to the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA), the National Commission for Employment Policy: supports the states' current ability to establish and operate programs that best meet their needs; believes the role of the private sector in developing, operating, or overseeing job training efforts should not be reduced; and strongly supports…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Advisory Committees, Basic Skills, Economically Disadvantaged
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Div. of Occupational Education Programs. – 1989
This casebook has been compiled in response to the expressed need of administrators, counselors, and teachers of occupational education in New York State to share knowledge about programs and initiatives that are successful in helping at-risk students remain in school and graduate with sound occupational skills. Each initiative described in this…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Exploration, Cooperative Education, Dropout Prevention
China Inst. in America, New York, NY. – 1984
This document contains materials that can be used by instructors in an English-as-a-second-language course for Chinese kitchen workers or chefs. The materials consist of lessons on various topics that occur in the everyday life of Chinese chefs. Topics include: English names for Chinese dishes; phrases to employ when meeting people and when using…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Bilingual Instructional Materials, Chinese, Cooking Instruction
Boyd, Sheila; Regner, Christine – 1987
The Eidos Program, sponsored by the Idyllic Foundation, is a private community-based organization that, with schools and other cooperating agencies and sponsors, helps young people whose needs are not adequately met by existing instituions. The program, which was funded for six months by the Job Training Partnership Act, provided educational and…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Cooperative Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Programs
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1987
The Summer Youth Employment and Training Programs funded by the Job Training Partnership Act were reviewed to determine how the various service delivery areas (SDAs) planned to assess and improve the reading and mathematics skills of participants. Telephone interviews with program officials at 200 randomly selected SDAs found that local school…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Compliance (Legal), Disadvantaged Youth, Employment Programs
Fahy, P.; McLean, A. – 1987
The Alberta Vocational Centre (AVC) Transitional Vocational (T-V) Program, in Edmonton, began in 1982. The program currently employs six instructors to provide a postsecondary employment-oriented program for mildly mentally disabled adults. The yearlong program is offered in two sessions and has an approximate enrollment of 30 incoming students…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Employment Programs, Foreign Countries, Job Skills
Distribution of Federal Funds for Vocational Education to Community, Technical, and Junior Colleges.
McKinney, T. Harry; Davis, Dale A. – 1988
In 1988, a study was conducted to determine the extent to which vocational and technical programs at two-year colleges have been supported by federal aid. State directors of two-year college education were surveyed for background information on the last three years of vocational education funding under the Vocational Education Act (VEA) of 1963,…
Descriptors: Categorical Aid, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Educational Finance
Cap, Orest; And Others – 1987
The Integrated Literacy and Automotive Skills Program for Youth (ILASPY) was designed to enable 30 young unemployed adults to make the transition from school to the work world. The project provided a combination of literacy skills, direct work experience, and formal training to prepare young adults to enter the field of automotive repairs. It also…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Auto Mechanics, Developed Nations, Foreign Countries
Cook, Judith Thompson; Bonnett, Kendra R. – 1981
This collection includes over 60 annotations on mentorship, specifically a one-to-one relationship, from more than a dozen databases. The articles, mostly published within the last five years, are organized into five sections that present the annotations relating to mentorship (1) for youth, (2) on the college campus, (3) as an aspect of adult…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Career Education, Career Exploration
Further Education Unit, London (England). – 1989
This document explains the Youth Training Scheme (YTS) in Great Britain. It is intended for YTS managers, coordinators, and tutors but may also be useful to curriculum and staff developers at colleges and training organizations. The manual begins with an introduction that gives the background and rational for the YTS, and it ends with a 60-item…
Descriptors: Educational Planning, Foreign Countries, Off the Job Training, Postsecondary Education
Industry-Education Council of California, Burlingame. – 1984
This guide offers a practical, step-by-step approach to developing an industry-based office education program. It equips business educators with the tools, strategies, and ideas necessary to develop a multiyear plan for implementing the program. Section I provides the rationale for cooperation between industry and education and offers ideas for…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community Involvement, Competency Based Education, Consortia
