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Download full textFaddis, Constance R.; Long, James P. – 1986
The demonstration project described in this report was designed to explore the value of job clubs in preparing two-year college students with disabilities for the transition from school to work. The demonstration sites were Chicago City-Wide College (CCC), Columbus Technical Institute (CTI) (Ohio), and the Community Colleges of Rhode Island (CCRI)…
Descriptors: College Students, Community Colleges, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship
Bendick, Marc, Jr. – 1982
The federal government needs to provide employment and training assistance to help dislocated workers to become reemployed. Worker mobility assistance should not be focused upon as a major thrust of reemployment programs, since American workers are remarkably resistant to pressures to move to more promising labor markets. Efficient and effective…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Career Education, Employment Programs, Employment Services
Stuiber, Paul; Lecoanet, Robin; Lathrop, Jessica; Miller, David; Russell, Matthew; Schoenbrunn, Rob; Smith, Joshua; Specht, Christine – 2001
Wisconsin Works (W-2) is a time-limited employment assistance program that, in September 1997, replaced cash entitlements provided to low-income families under Aid to Families with Dependent Children. W-2 provides subsidized or unsubsidized placements for participants, based upon their level of preparedness for employment. Participants in both…
Descriptors: Adults, Employment Opportunities, Employment Programs, Employment Services
Hamilton, Gayle; Scrivener, Susan – 1999
This guide highlights issues involved in increasing participation in welfare-to-work programs and offers advice and best practices for achieving higher participation levels. Part 1, "Introduction," has three sections that discuss the importance of participation, summarize major points, and introduce the guide. The seven sections of Part…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Disadvantaged, Employment Programs, Enrollment
Wandner, Stephen A., Ed.; Messenger Jon C., Ed.; Schwartz, Suzanne, Ed. – 1999
The Worker Profiling and Reemployment Services (WPRS) was a program established in states by regulation of the federal government to profile Unemployment Insurance (UI) recipients who were most likely to exceed their time limits for UI and to give those recipients training in job search methods. The WPRS Policy Workgroup was established in January…
Descriptors: Adults, Compliance (Legal), Dislocated Workers, Employment Potential
Peer reviewedTovey, Philip – Educational Studies, 1992
Considers the role of informal networks in securing occupational advantage for graduates of British "public" schools. Discusses the private sector's official view of the situation and the experiences of recent students. Reports that the official view is of a meritocratic situation, whereas individual students believe personal connections…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Employment Opportunities, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Foreign Countries
