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National Alliance of Business, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1993
This guide provides information on the following topics: services available to help businesses recruit, train, and hire qualified workers; publicly funded programs that provide these services; and where businesses can get more information and help to take advantage of these services. The guide describes many training and employment programs funded…
Descriptors: Business, Employment Programs, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
Cantor, Jeffrey A. – 1985
The Maritime Trades Program is a cooperative training program that was established through the joint efforts of 14 shipyards in the Tidewater area of Virginia. Established in 1980, the program originally operated under the guidelines imposed by the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA). Now, however, the program operates in accordance…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Curriculum Development
Download full textWashington State Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board, Olympia. – 1997
Battelle Memorial Institute conducted outcome, net impact, and cost-benefit evaluations of six workforce training programs in Washington State for occupations that do not require a bachelor's degree: postsecondary workforce training at community and technical colleges; adult basic skills education at community and technical colleges; Job Training…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Articulation (Education), Career Education, Community Colleges
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1991
Proposed Senate Bill 367, the Nontraditional Employment for Women Act, contains provisions to amend the Job Training Partnership Act to encourage a broader range of training and job placement for women. The two major components of the bill are: (1) planning and reporting requirements; and (2) a 4-year demonstration program to foster the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Females
Naylor, Michele – 1988
Vocational educators, policymakers, and Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) service providers are developing an increasing awareness of the educational and economic benefits of joint planning and coordination between vocational education and the JTPA. However, some basic differences between the goals, planning procedures, and operating practices…
Descriptors: Coordination, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Postsecondary Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1984
This volume is a compilation of the texts of nine Federal education laws, specifically vocational education, job training, rehabilitation, and related statutes. Part I contains one law related to vocational education--the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act 1984 (originally, Vocational Education Act of 1963). Part II provides the texts of six…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Vocational Education, Disabilities
National Commission for Employment Policy (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1992
The National Commission for Employment Policy (NCEP) is an independent federal agency authorized under the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) of 1982. NCEP analyzes employment and training issues and policies and recommends to the President and Congress areas in which policy or programmatic changes would assist the U.S. work force in becoming…
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Federal Legislation, Government Role, Job Training
National Alliance of Business, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1983
This handbook for businesses explains the benefits and incentives provided by the Targeted Jobs Tax Credit (TJTC) and the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) and shows how businesses can take advantage of them. An introduction summarizes the two pieces of legislation. Section 1 furnishes the specifics on the TJTC and explains how businesses can…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Business, Career Education
Eadie, Douglas C.; Hammond, Joan A. – 1986
County government has a large stake in the creation of employment and training systems at the local level to insure that Federal, state, and local dollars are spent effectively. The door to the creation of an employment and training system has been opened by the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) through the establishment of Private Industry…
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Government Role, Job Training, Local Government
Peer reviewedThomas, Dorothy – Convergence: An International Journal of Adult Education, 1985
This article describes two employment and training programs for older people funded by the government of the United States and carried out by a variety of agencies: the Senior Community Services Employment Program and the Job Training Partnership Act. The examples demonstrate the ability of older adults to learn new skills and perform new jobs.…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Employment Programs, Federal Programs, Job Skills
Peer reviewedFarmer, Edgar I.; Shiver, Thrisha G. – Journal of Studies in Technical Careers, 1989
A survey completed by 43 of 55 participants in a training institute assessed the treatment used in preparing vocational personnel working in transition services for disadvantaged students and concluded that the instructional treatment made a significant difference in the participants' performance on the postassessment. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Disadvantaged, Education Work Relationship, Inservice Teacher Education
Tracy-Mumford, Fran – Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1999
The year 1998 was one of immense change for adult learning and literacy, as significant new legislation was passed and the field headed more deeply into the mainstream. Along with these developments came greater demands for program accountability, expanded strategic alliances and partnerships, new instructional methodologies, changes in public…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Accountability, Learning Experience, Public Policy
Lovelace, Bill E.; And Others – 1988
This manual was developed to help expedite the efforts of postsecondary vocational education and Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) programs in developing comprehensive strategies, by joint planning, to serve the common targeted populations of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act of 1984 and JTPA. It is a supplement to "Navigating…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Coordination, Educational Planning, Federal Programs
Dorn, Jenna – 1989
A number of factors have led to the crisis of work force unpreparedness that the United States now faces, including revolutionary changes that mean businesses now succeed on the qualities of their human rather than material resources. Jobs are demanding better reading, writing, and reasoning skills, and mental agility has replaced manual dexterity…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Administration, Educational Change
Nightingale, Demetra Smith; And Others – 1989
This policy memorandum provides a summary of what is known about voluntary activity in the United States in general and in Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) service delivery areas (SDAs) in particular. It suggests possible short- and long-term policy strategies that might be used to increase the effectiveness of voluntary service in JTPA…
Descriptors: Adults, Employment Programs, Federal Programs, Job Training
