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Slark, Julie – 1980
In order to assess the effectiveness of its Human Services vocational program, Santa Ana College (SAC) conducted a three-part study involving: (1) a survey of the 678 students (including 22 graduates) who had enrolled in a Human Services course from Fall 1976 through Summer 1980; (2) a survey of 178 Human Services agencies in Orange County,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Needs, Employer Attitudes, Graduate Surveys
Weber, Bruce A., Ed.; Duncan, Greg J., Ed.; Whitener, Leslie A., Ed. – 2002
The 16 chapters in this five-part book, each by different authors, trace the effects of welfare reform (mandated by the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996), upon poor people in rural areas of the United States. The book begins with an introduction called "As the Dust Settles: Welfare Reform and Rural…
Descriptors: Adults, Compliance (Legal), Economic Impact, Employer Attitudes
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Dixon, Marjorie C. – 1976
The research reported in this master's thesis was undertaken to determine whether a need exists for an office occupations curriculum for male students and, if so, to propose such a curriculum. Male students at the College of Alameda, California, were surveyed for expressed interest in office occupational employment, with certain demographic data…
Descriptors: Business Education, Clerical Occupations, College Curriculum, Community Colleges
MCCLURE, JOHN A. – 1967
TRAINING PROVIDED BY EMPLOYERS IN A REPRESENTATIVE INDUSTRIAL COMMUNITY WAS STUDIED TO HELP EDUCATORS AND EMPLOYERS PLAN FOR ADEQUATE PREPARATION OF YOUTH FOR EMPLOYMENT. STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS WERE CONDUCTED WITH 210 EMPLOYERS OF 10 OR MORE PERSONS. QUESTIONNAIRES WERE SENT TO EMPLOYERS OF FEWER THAN 10 PERSONS. AS A RESULT, DATA WERE GATHERED ON…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Business, Communication (Thought Transfer), Educational Needs
Franklin, David S. – 1975
The project worked closely and supportively with California welfare mothers, helping them find suitable employment which meshed with their parenting functions, to demonstrate and test the impact of flexible work schedules and to determine whether business and industry could provide flexibly scheduled work (part-time, temporary, or intermittent).…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Agency Role, Coordination, Counseling Services
California State Univ., Sacramento. Inst. for Human Service Management. – 1979
To determine the feasibility of developing skills training programs for women interested in skilled labor employment, a year-long study examined the problems surrounding the influx of women into skilled labor occupations and the elements which define success in gaining employment. The study was conducted in two phases: an exploratory phase and a…
Descriptors: Employed Women, Employee Attitudes, Employer Attitudes, Employment
MPR Associates, Berkeley, CA. – 2001
California's school-to-career (STC) efforts were examined in a statewide evaluation study that was initiated in December 2000 and scheduled for completion by June 2002. The study's first phase was assessed in an interim report that focused on the following major activities: (1) development of a white paper describing the STC's national and state…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Advisory Committees, Case Studies
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