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Ball, Joseph; And Others – 1980
A study focused on the implementation of the Youth Incentive Entitlement Pilot Projects (YIEPP) in its initial period through September 1978. Program operations at 17 sites--Baltimore, Boston, Cincinnati, Denver, Detroit, King and Snohomish Counties (Washington), Mississippi, Alachua County (Florida), Albuquerque, Berkeley, Dayton, Hillsborough…
Descriptors: Coordination, Demography, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1980
This document consists of transcripts of testimony presented at Congressional hearings concerning Title II of the Youth Act of 1980. The provisions of the act include extending the authorization of youth training and employment programs and improving such programs; extending the authorization of the private sector initiative program; and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Black Youth, Disadvantaged Youth
2000
This document details the purposes and principles of community audits and presents guidelines for designing and conducting a community audit to assess a local community's workforce development needs and resources. Section 1 presents an overview of the U.S. Department of Labor's Community Audit Project and explains the following key steps in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Audits (Verification), Career Ladders, Community Development
Cheney, Scott – 2001
The Center for Workforce Preparation (CWP), a nonprofit affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, initiated the Workforce Academies demonstration project to help businesses remain successful in a competitive, tight economy. More than 1,800 business members of the 6 chambers engaged with the Workforce Academies demonstration in 2001 were surveyed…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Competition, Cooperative Planning, Definitions
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Health, Education, and Human Services Div. – 1997
This document summarizes major postsecondary education issues and school-to-work and youth employment programs for the Education Task Force of the U.S. Senates's Committee on the Budget, and is based on General Accounting Office (GAO) studies completed during 1990-1997. The discussion of postsecondary education issues centers around five themes:…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Access to Education, Accountability, Disadvantaged Youth
Learning and Skills Development Agency, London (England). – 2001
The Learning and Skills Development Agency agrees that national training organizations (NTOs) have a vital role to play in delivering the United Kingdom's skills agenda and that doing so will require strengthening their role. The agency particularly welcomes the fact that the NTO framework will do the following things: include clear statements of…
Descriptors: College Programs, Cooperative Planning, Delivery Systems, Education Work Relationship
Saunders, Stephen; Saunders, John – 2002
Case studies of 16 firms across Australia that employ adult apprentices in the "traditional" trades were conducted to identify innovative ways of getting adults into the trades. The case studies included interviews with the firms' apprentice managers, training providers, and adult apprentices. Although some adult-friendly innovations…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Adult Students, Adult Vocational Education, Apprenticeships
Michalopoulos, Charles; Schwartz, Christine – 2000
The impacts of 20 welfare-to-work programs across the United States were evaluated to determine which clients derive the greatest benefits from different approaches to moving individuals from welfare to work. Of the 20 programs examined, 7 were characterized as employment focused, 5 provided a mix of first activities without an employment focus, 4…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Basic Skills, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Comparative Analysis
Congress of the U. S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Government Operations. – 1994
These Congressional hearings contain testimony regarding options for restructuring the federal employment and training system. Representatives of the following agencies and organizations provided testimony at the hearings: National Commission on Employment Policy; Health, Education and Human Services Division, Education and Employment Issues, U.S.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Change Strategies, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness
Dench, S.; La Valle, I.; Evans, C. – 1998
The changing skill requirements for the occupations of childcare worker and eldercare provider in Great Britain were examined. Data were collected from the following: review of existing literature; preliminary exploratory interviews with representatives of voluntary organizations, professional bodies, training providers, organizations involved in…
Descriptors: Adult Day Care, Adult Education, Child Care Occupations, Child Caregivers
National Governors' Association, Washington, DC. Center for Policy Research. – 1990
These conference proceedings contain 18 presentations that represent a broad range of approaches to improving the effectiveness of public employment, education, and training programs. Papers include "Kentucky Job Training Certificate System" (Rigsby); "Public/Private Training Collaboration at the Workplace: The Michigan Job Opportunity…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Apprenticeships, At Risk Persons
Breslauer, Ardis; And Others – 1991
This guide gives educational service providers materials and resources to increase motivation and address other barriers that hinder the progress toward self-sufficiency of participants in Job Opportunities and Basic Skills/Greater Avenues for Independence (JOBS/GAIN) programs. Section 1 contains an explanation and sample of the Comprehensive…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Students, Assertiveness, Basic Skills
1984
Twelve major papers delivered during this conference on agricultural education in the northeastern states are included in this volume: (1) "Status of Pennsylvania Special Needs Students in Vocational Agriculture: Phase III--Placement for Training and Employment," by Connie Baggett, Dennis Scanlon, Anthony Mallilo, and Sam Curtis; (2)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Production
Barker, Ellen; And Others – 1983
This curriculum guide, part of a multi-volume dietetic support personnel training program, consists of materials for use in training future food service supervisors. The first unit provides an overview of the field of dietetics. Addressed next are various aspects of nutrition and diet therapy as well as the functions and sources of nutrients,…
Descriptors: Administration, Behavioral Objectives, Budgeting, Classroom Techniques
Henderson, Wm. Edward, Jr., Ed. – 1984
This curriculum guide is designed to assist vocational educators in presenting an articulated, performance-based course in auto body repair. Addressed in the individual units of the course (included in 14 modules) are the following topics: safety; leadership and job communication; career preparation; shielded metal arc welding; gas metal arc…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Auto Body Repairers, Behavioral Objectives, Communication Skills