Describes Job Corps union training programs for disadvantaged youth and placement of trainees as apprentices in the five major labor union trades. (MF)

A simulated mine provides a six-week preemployment training program for new coal miners. The training school, a cooperative effort involving labor, management, and government, was set up to help meet growing demand, and to reduce turnover and accident rates. (MW)

A course in police science for high school students in their junior and senior years is described. (AG)

Growth of union participation in and sponsorship of manpower training programs, particularly in the last four years, with emphasis on preparation of minority and other disadvantaged youth. (MF)

In 1969, more than 5 million Americans were enrolled in correspondence courses. Most of the courses provided some kind of vocational training for students wishing to move up the job ladder. (BC)

Seven years after the Brooklyn Navy Yard was closed, the Yard was reopened through the efforts of Seatrain Shipbuilding Corporation to build oil tankers. A training program for unemployed and unskilled minority group members in the area of the yard was established through JOBS, revitalizing an economically depressed area. (AG)

Labor unions provide job and training information to servicemen at separation centers and throughout the country. Through Project Transition, pre-apprenticeship training is given to servicemen who may be placed as apprentices after discharge. (MF)

A selected compilation from the annual report on job training and related matters. (Editor)

Discusses journeyman and apprentice training programs developed and maintained by the Plumbers and Pipefitters Union. (MF)

Job Corps programs have changed during its ten years, and include new residential manpower centers, support centers, coeducational centers, and civilian conservation centers. The article traces the history and development of this vital educational program. (MW)

Occupational training programs for employed as well as unemployed workers at every skill level and public systems of continuous training and education for adults, expanding in three Western European countries, merit American attention. (MF)