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Peer reviewedLundgren, Lena; Rankin, Bruce – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1998
This study examined the extent to which wages received by graduates of the Chicago Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) youth programs are more closely correlated with the program in which the client participated or the client's personal history. Results found that program type was a particularly critical factor for the wages of African American…
Descriptors: Background, Blacks, Income, Individual Characteristics
Orr, Larry L.; And Others – 1996
The Federal Government has sponsored job training for the unemployed and economically disadvantaged for more than three decades. The National Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) study is the first evaluation of a major ongoing national program that uses a random assignment experimental design in which only program experience divides participants…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Educationally Disadvantaged, Employment Patterns, Job Skills
Download full textDonaldson, William S. – 1991
The Summer Academic Skills Enhancement Program was funded by the Private Industry Council (PIC) of Franklin County (Ohio) through the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) to provide JTPA clients with the reading comprehension and language mechanics skills required for employment in entry-level positions. The program was coordinated by the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, American Indians, Asian Americans, Black Students
Turlington, Elizabeth B. – 1991
Project Survival was a special innovative project conducted by the Atlanta (Georgia) Public Schools in the summer of 1991. By combining instruction in basic skills, opportunities to learn and practice conflict resolution strategies, and work experience, Project Survival addressed some of the major problems associated with high dropout and…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Conflict Resolution, Disadvantaged Youth
