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Applying the Lessons of Research: The Need for Mandated Training in Federal Youth Employment Programs.

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Greene, Joshua – Education and Urban Society, 1981

Current federal youth employment programs have failed to meet the employment needs of disadvantaged youth. Programs should be revised to: (1) require all participants to receive remedial academic instruction on the high school level; and (2) train participants in at least one vocational skill for which there exists a local demand for youth…

Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Employment Problems, Employment Programs, Federal Programs

Inequality and Youth Unemployment: Can Work Programs Work?

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Hamilton, Stephen F.; Claus, John F. – Education and Urban Society, 1981

Suggests that work training programs based on the concepts of democracy and entrepreneurship may facilitate improvements in employment opportunities for disadvantaged and minority youth. Attributes unemployment to deficiencies in the current economic and social structure, and discusses design and implementation problems in current employment…

Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Economic Factors, Employment Problems, Employment Programs