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PDF pending restorationWatson, Tom – US Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1946
The National Youth Administration (NYA) was established within the Works Progress Administration in 1935 to provide work training for unemployed youth and part-time employment for needy students. It was transferred to the Federal Security Agency in 1939, and subsequently to the War Manpower Commission in 1942. As war clouds began to hover over the…
Descriptors: Females, Vocational Education, Guidance Programs, War
Arkansas Community Education Development Association, Little Rock. – 1982
Rural school districts in five Arkansas towns set up school-based development corporations (SBDCs) to provide vocational and career training relevant to the needs of rural high school students and the community and to improve the economic and social welfare of the community as a whole. Each SBDC owned and operated businesses using student labor…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Benefits, Community Development, Definitions
