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Peer reviewedRaggatt, Peter – Oxford Review of Education, 1988
Examines quality control mechanisms within West German dual system for training young workers: entry qualifications, quality/qualifications of trainers, methods for curriculum renewal, etc. Comments on weaknesses in the dual system and briefly discusses two British initiatives intended to improve the quality of the education and training of young…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries, Job Training, Labor Education
Download full textMinnesota State Dept. of Economic Security, St. Paul. – 2000
This report describes youth employment and training programs run by the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) in summer 1999. The MPRB operates the Teen Teamworks program, which helps teens acquire appreciation for connections between academic, social, judgment, and job skills. MPRB has identified changing social and economic needs as a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Community Programs, Job Skills
Ntiri, Daphne Williams – Training and Development Journal, 1980
Relates the experience of a successful training program sponsored by business for the economically disadvantaged. Discusses needs of the trainee, the company's training experience, goal-directed group counseling, placement, youth programs, and program results. A flow chart is supplied, outlining the company's comprehensive training model. (CT)
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Group Counseling, Job Placement
PDF pending restorationCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1980
The thirty-nine papers presented here were prepared by persons concerned with youth unemployment at the request of two subcommittees of the House Committee on Education and Labor. They address root causes and ways both public schools and employment and training systems can reduce the extent and the rate of youth unemployment. An introduction…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Employment Patterns, Job Placement, Job Training
Federal Highway Administration (DOT), Washington, DC. – 1971
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…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Employment Opportunities, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Job Development
Junior Achievement, New York, NY. – 1971
Intended as a guide to assist in the implementation and operation of summer work-education programs for underprivileged teenagers, this manual represents an accumulation and analysis of three years' experience with summer programs. Included are discussion of: (1) preparatory aspects involved in planning a program of this sort, (2) suggestions for…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Programs, Employment Programs, Job Placement
Mobilization for Youth, Inc., New York, NY. – 1965
MOBILIZATION FOR YOUTH (MFY) IS A BROAD, COMMUNITY BASED, NONPROFIT, PRIVATE ORGANIZATION, ATTEMPTING TO REDUCE JUVENILE DELINQUENCY IN THE LOWER EAST SIDE OF NEW YORK CITY BY PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR JUVENILES TO BEHAVE AS PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY. MFY PROVIDES YOUTH EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING THROUGH ITS YOUTH JOB CENTER, AN URBAN YOUTH…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Involvement, Delinquency Prevention, Disadvantaged
Bruce, Michael G. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1984
Observing that there is no shortage of work to be done, but rather a shortage of employment, this essay analyzes aspects of youth unemployment in Europe including school effectiveness; alienation and the work ethic; remedies, which include European Community's "social guarantee"; and some considerations for future change. (MJL)
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Administration, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society)
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1979
This is a report of hearings held in New York City on September 17, 1979, and in Philadelphia on October 20, 1979, on two federal youth employment bills: H.R. 4465 and H.R. 4534. H.R. 4465 proposes to combine immediate work and training and training opportunities with long term changes in the institutions and programs which serve young people.…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Federal Legislation, Hearings, Job Placement
Harris, Linda – Center for Law and Social Policy CLASP, 2005
The Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) restructured the delivery of youth services in the workforce system. It introduced several new features, including a focus on more comprehensive year-round services, the addition of youth development elements, mandatory youth councils, Youth Opportunity Grants to distressed areas, and a requirement…
Descriptors: Youth Opportunities, High Risk Students, Job Training, Youth Programs
Mann, Dale; And Others – 1980
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…
Descriptors: Aspiration, Demography, Disadvantaged Youth, Employment Opportunities
Thrust: The Journal for Employment and Training Professionals, 1979
The distribution and magnitude of youth employment problems differ significantly from those of older workers. Three attempted solutions are examined: youth employment and training programs (CETA, YEDPA, etc.), student assistance for financing higher education, and voluntary service programs supported by ACTION. Data on youth employment and…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Equal Education, Federal Aid, Higher Education
American Vocational Association, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1980
Vocational education's primary goal--to prepare people for work--underscores the vital role the discipline can play in upgrading the employability of disadvantaged youth. Those who have received vocational training are more likely to stay in school and receive higher salaries than other workers with comparable education at every level from high…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Education Work Relationship, Educational Benefits, Job Training
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1995
This document records the oral and written testimony of witnesses who testified at 2 days of U.S. Senate oversight hearings on Job Corps programs. Witnesses included several Senators who have been involved in Job Corps legislation since the program's beginning in 1968, Job Corps program completers and dropouts, and local officials in areas of Job…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation
Mobilization for Youth, Inc., New York, NY. – 1965
ARTICLES CONCERNING THE STATUS OF THE PROGRAM AS OF SUMMER 1965, WERE ORGANIZED INTO A SMALL "NEWSPAPER." INCLUDED WERE THE FOLLOWING TOPICS--(1) HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS EMPLOYED AS TEACHER AIDS IN KINDERGARTENS WERE RETURNING TO SCHOOL, (2) THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE CENTER PROGRAM WAS EXPLAINED, (3) MFY VOLUNTEER WORK CREWS HELPED ERECT…
Descriptors: Budgets, Community Action, Delinquency, Disadvantaged
