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Peer reviewedBarclay, Terry; McDougall, Mary – Generations, 1990
Operation Able of Michigan is part of a national network of organizations designed to (1) promote employer and public awareness of the qualities of older workers; (2) inform older citizens of services; (3) link employers with older job seekers; and (4) coordinate and strengthen agencies and services. (JOW)
Descriptors: Dislocated Workers, Displaced Homemakers, Early Retirement, Job Applicants
Download full textFrench, Julia R. – 1980
The population of the United States is aging and will age even more rapidly in the coming years. Yet our public and private retirement and benefits policies continue to favor early retirement--in spite of clear demographic trends, in spite of legislation raising the mandatory retirement age from 65 to 70, in spite of the fact that many of our…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Age Discrimination, Aging (Individuals), Demography
European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, Berlin (West Germany). – 1983
This report presents speeches and other materials from a seminar to provide an opportunity for specialists from a wide range of backgrounds to take part in a joint reflection on the new challenges and opportunities facing continuing education and training in an enlarged European Community. It is intended to stimulate ideas for a new policy…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Continuing Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1982
The discussion in this hearing, centering on extension of the appropriations under the Vocational Education Act of 1963, focuses on H.R. 6985, the Older Americans Vocational Education Act, which authorizes $20 million per year for grants to educational agencies and institutions to establish model centers for vocational education for older persons.…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Age Discrimination, Ancillary School Services, Counseling Services
Peer reviewedCaro, Francis G.; Morris, Robert – Community College Journal, 1993
Identifies societal trends increasing the need to retrain older workers for second careers. Sees community colleges as an important resource for retraining older workers and describes some pioneering programs. Identifies key program components (e.g., employment skills for mature adults, ties to regional employers, achievement expectations), and…
Descriptors: Career Change, College Role, Community Colleges, Early Retirement
National Alliance of Business, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1985
As demographic changes and new labor supply requirements develop in the years ahead, older workers are sure to become even more important to employers and to society as a whole. To date, most employers have just begun to formulate policies to manage an aging work force in a changing economy. Some firms, however, have begun to respond pragmatically…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Business Responsibility, Change Strategies, Cooperative Planning
