This guide is designed to serve as a reference for community leaders in identifying key sources of support and actions to consider taking in the event of a prospective or actual mass layoff in their community. The guide is divided into four separate checklists of suggested actions. The first, and most detailed, section is directed to mayors,…

A brief explanation of the national apprenticeship program is presented primarily in terms of the more important policies and the role of government in this system of training. Eleven sections are included: (1) What Is Apprenticeship? (2) Why Is Apprenticeship Important? (3) What Can Apprenticeship Do? (4) How the National Apprenticeship Program…

This booklet, the second in a series of four, was designed by the Task Force on Career Education as a handbook for state policy makers who are responsible for legislating the full implementation of career education. The content is presented in seven sections. The first on legislative leadership covers the goals and objectives of career education…