The aim of the program is to interest urban high school youth in pursuing a post post secondary health related education. Counselors can utilize the information provided to them by students who have participated in order to provide authoritative health career information to other interested students. (Author/CJ)

The Vice President's Task Force on Youth Unemployment conducted a policy review to determine the causes of youth unemployment, to study the Federal youth employment demonstration, and to determine policy options for addressing unemployment problems in the future. The review was conducted through analysis of current programs, interviews with young…

There is need for a comprehensive youth policy in this country concerned primarily, not with increasing service to youth, but with enlarging opportunities which are rewarding to them and to society. The major thrusts of such a policy are (1) the continued enlargement of options within education, (2) the recognition of work as a valued option for…

Operation Job Start is an experimental project which seeks to reconcile the opposing attitudes of unemployed youth, who feel that no meaningful employment opportunities exist for them, and the employers who believe that these youth would not make good employees. In order to bring the two groups together, four major areas are emphasized: (1)…

A COMMITTEE WAS ASSIGNED TO EVALUATE THE PROGRAMS PREPARING STUDENTS FOR EMPLOYMENT. MAJOR CRITICISM WAS LEVELED AT BOTH THE INCONSISTENCY AND INADEQUACY OF MANY SCHOOL PROGRAMS. ONE OF THE MOST CRITICAL NEEDS WAS THE IMPROVEMENT OF COUNSELING AND GUIDANCE SERVICES AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS. SCHOOLS TENDED TO DOWNGRADE VOCATIONAL COURSES AND CREATE…

The Youth Employment Planning Team (YEPT) was a joint project of the city of Portland, Oregon, and the School of Urban Affairs at Portland State University. The purpose of the project was to train a group of Portland youths to do youth employment planning by involving them in each stage of an actual planning effort. The results of the project, as…

The Federal Highway Administration exceeded its goal of 50,000 jobs in its 1970 External Summer Youth Opportunity Campaign by providing 57,646 jobs. Of the jobs available, a large majority were filled by disadvantaged youth. Various Federal and private agencies were involved in making the program work. This pamphlet describes the national youth…

The paper examined the opinions of black and white knowledgeables in 26 counties of Alabama, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Tennessee pertaining to changes in agriculture and business from 1960 to 1972. Respondents were questioned about changes in business, industry, employment opportunities, real income, local businessmen's…

WITHIN THE DEFINITION OF RURAL YOUTH ARE FOUND YOUNG PEOPLE FROM FARMS, MIGRANT STREAMS, SMALL COMMUNITIES, AND ISOLATED HILLS IN APPALACHIA. YET, A COMMONALITY FOUND IS THAT THEY ARE YOUTH AND AS SUCH THEY SHOULD BE DEALT WITH AS TOTAL PERSONS AND NOT AS GROUPS. GOOD EMPLOYMENT PREPARATION PROGRAMS, SUCH AS THE U. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR'S…

This publication provides sources of information on rural youth employment. An annotated bibliography of 30 journal articles, federal publications, research reports, and books, published 1992-97, is divided into general topics, case studies, school-to-work issues, and guides. A list of 10 federal programs that provide assistance or funding for…

This Congressional report contains the testimony given at a hearing pertaining to passage of the Youth Employment Opportunity Wage Act of 1985. (The act, which would terminate in September 1987, would authorize an employer to pay a subminimum, "youth employment opportunity wage" to a person under 20 years of age.) Included among those…

In a year long study of youth employment, interviews were conducted with 3,130 young people aged 14 to 21 from urban, suburban, and rural areas of New York State. Peer interviewers were employed for data collection. Data were gathered on the youths' employment-related characteristics, socio-economic backgrounds, aspirations, attitudes toward work…

Though 1.3 times the U.S. rate, American Indian mortality has decreased 17% since 1955. About 225 fewer Indians died of tuberculosis in 1974 than in 1955. The incidences of cirrhosis of the liver and diabetes mellitus are both far above the U.S. rates. Otitis media may have peaked at 50,000 new cases per year, but Indian health continues 25 years…

The 2009 Worldwide Education and Training Workshop brought together over 375 members of the international development community to share best practices in addressing the growing challenges in the field of education for social and economic development. This paper presents synopses of the presentations delivered during the workshop.