Summaries of the seven chapters and 12 proposals contained in the final report are presented in the document. Chapter 1: Introduction, discusses the roles assigned by society to schools and the workplace; Chapter 2: A Framework for Studying the Education-To-Work Transition, explores the subject area and how it has been handled; Chapter 3: Survey…

The purpose of this experimental and demonstration project was to provide work experience to unemployed, low-income clients to improve their employability so they can be moved into permanent, unsubsidized employment. Changes of attitudes and motivations as a result of project experience were studied. Study findings indicated that the post-project…

This paper examines the economic push factors encouraging migration from the Caribbean Basin to the United States, as part of an assessment of the effectiveness of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. The basic assumption is that much of the migration is motivated by a desire to improve economic circumstances, and that the…

THE YEAR'S PROGRESS, PROBLEMS OF UNEMPLOYMENT, AND STEPS FOR OVERCOMING THESE PROBLEMS ARE COVERED IN THIS PRESIDENTIAL REPORT. MAJOR DIVISIONS ARE REVIEW OF MANPOWER DEVELOPMENTS IN 1966, UNUSED MANPOWER, AND OCCUPATIONAL SHORTAGES AND TRAINING NEEDS. DURING 1966 THE NATION'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DROPPED BELOW 4 PERCENT, A 13-YEAR LOW. THE TOTAL…

EXAMINERS APPOINTED BY THE ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT (OECD) REPRESENTING THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE, CANADA, AND SWEDEN, VISITED THE UNITED STATES IN JANUARY 1963 TO STUDY THE COUNTRY'S MANPOWER POLICY, AND PREPARE A LIST OF QUESTIONS TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE UNITED STATES AUTHORITIES. THE EXAMINERS' REPORT AND A…

This book reports on an examination of educational policy in Australia and focuses on the educational and training needs of and provision for young people entering working life. The content is in two parts. Part 1, which comprises two-thirds of the report, has ten chapters. Chapter 1 identifies nine topics on which the report is focused. Chapters…

The examination of Irish manpower policy is largely devoted to a consideration of the strategy for economic development and permanent job creation--as well as to a study of various aspects of the procedures and administrative arrangements adopted to attain these objectives. Attention is drawn to the fundamental imbalances in the Irish…

Results from a year-long study on the education-to-work transition are presented in the final report, with an examination of existing linkages between the two and proposals for their expansion and improvement. Background material is provided in a preface, summary of chapter content, and introductory chapter. Further chapters include: Framework for…

A study examined the experiences of some 1.4 million American defense industry workers, displaced in the wake of the Cold War, as a way of reviewing and evaluating national policies toward worker adjustment and re-employment as they have evolved in the 1990s. The study found that the federal government, through the Department of Labor,…

The report, requested of six experts appointed by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), (1) surveys the relations between the educational system and working life in the light of social objectives in the 24 OECD countries in the 1970's, and (2) advises those countries, proposing subjects and methods of cooperation…

This book on issues surrounding the United Kingdom's need to create a high-skill, high-added-value, knowledge-based economy also proposes strategies for providing education and training for employed and unemployed adults. The following chapters are included: "The Unwaged and the Unemployed" (Hunt, Jackson); "Adult Vocational…

This document presents the final report of a study conducted by the Committee on Evaluation and Training Programs to assess the impact of CETA (Comprehensive Employment and Training Act) on manpower programs. The report examines the differences between CETA Title I programs and their predecessors and compares legislative goals with results. It…

Hiring and retaining more women provides numerous important advantages to law enforcement agencies. Research conducted in the United States and internationally has clearly documented that following facts: (1) female officers are as competent as their male counterparts and even excel in certain areas of police performance; (2) female officers are…

The papers contained in this special report were written as background material for three conferences sponsored on behalf of the National Commission for Manpower Policy. (Information on the proceedings of the conferences can be found in a related document, ED 138 763.) The papers, by titles, included here are as follows: "Defining the…

This last of a series of reports on the implementation of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) in Ohio, from the inception of the program in 1974 through mid-1976, compares 16 of the 17 prime sponsors in the State. The monograph describes and explains patterns of influence over decisionmaking about CETA at the local level, a…