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de Montlibert, Christian; And Others – 1979
In this colloquy report, European youth unemployment is examined by (1) defining and analyzing the characteristics of youth unemployment and the young unemployed, (2) reviewing government measures and their effects, (3) studying the attitudes of young people in various socio-professional classes, and (4) surveying and analyzing the positions of…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society), Government Role
Atzenhoefer, Dan R. – 1979
This report is intended to serve several purposes: (1) as a history of the Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) in Ohio; (2) as a report of the program year 1979; and (3) as a characterization of the YCC program in general. In addition to narratives and photography of YCC progress, appendices provide graphs, charts, and data concerning 1971-1979…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Conservation Education, Conservation (Environment), Environment

National Council on Employment Policy (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1980
The causes of youth unemployment--especially among poor and minority youths--are enmeshed in a web of social, educational, and economic forces acting on the lives of families. Some of these forces are out of the sphere of federal influence, but labor market industries and the education system also have important effects on the experience of youth…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Education Work Relationship, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Illinois Commission on Children, Springfield. – 1970
This report summarizes the fact finding and recommendations of almost 8,000 people in Illinois who participated in preparing for the 1970 White House Conference on Children and Youth. It assesses the needs and opportunities available for the youth of Illinois, notes the gains achieved over the last decade, and makes recommendations for the gaps…
Descriptors: Community Services, Educational Responsibility, Family Life, Family Problems
Blakers, Catherine – 1990
This literature review is part of a project designed to provide an in-depth picture of the experiences and views of long-term unemployed people in Australia. The review outlines what the research shows and says about the situation of young people (15-24 years) in work and education in the changing society of the 1980s in Australia. The book is…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Research, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns
Resources for Welfare Decisions, 2002
This Resources for Welfare Decisions highlights publications that offer guidance on developing youth systems under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA). An introductory section discusses the changes WIA made to youth services; the opportunities and challenges these changes created for Youth Councils and youth service providers; states' role…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Community Services, Education Work Relationship
Ginwright, Shawn A. – Journal of Community Psychology, 2005
Fewer job opportunities, rising violence, and failing schools have all shaped the structure of opportunities for both youth and adults in urban communities. However, researchers understand very little about how these factors influence the capacity for adults in urban communities to form meaningful partnerships with youth. First, this article…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Partnerships in Education, Employment Opportunities, Youth
Bottoms, Gene – 1980
While strongly supporting the passage of the Youth Act of 1980 (S-2385), the American Vocational Association (AVA) contends that improvements are needed in the bill in order to effect optimal linkages between employment and education agencies toward solving the youth unemployment problem. Specific changes would (1) further the potential of…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Education Work Relationship, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Alden, John W., Ed.; Dubaldi, Linda, Ed. – 1979
These 21 articles about the current status of school volunteer programs were originally packaged as background reading for participants in the National School Volunteer Program's November 1978 conference on the role of volunteers in meeting critical national needs. The material, including excerpts from speeches given at the program's February 1978…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Educational Development, Educational Economics, Elementary Secondary Education
National Commission on Resources for Youth, Inc., New York, NY. – 1974
This book provides descriptions of youth involvement projects that have made significant contributions to young people, their schools, and their communities. Each description is intended to provide information for starting and operating similar youth projects. They explain how a particular project began, mention the important problems encountered,…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Involvement, Community Programs, Cooperative Programs
Beauvais, Caroline; McKay, Lindsey; Seddon, Adam – 2001
Using the yardsticks of independence and equality, an analysis of the literature on youth from a citizenship perspective can track youth's citizenship status and capacity to become full citizens. For young people, education is an avenue to either exclusion or independence and equality. For example, dropouts are more likely to live in poverty, and…
Descriptors: Age Discrimination, Citizen Participation, Citizen Role, Citizenship
Tolman, Joel; Pittman, Karen; Cervone, Barbara; Cushman, Kathleen; Rowley, Lisa; Kinkade, Sheila; Phillips, Jeanie; Duque, Sabrina – Forum for Youth Investment, 2001
This document offers eight case studies - and a number of short profiles - documenting efforts in the United States and around the world, all connecting the dots between youth action and meaningful community change. The publication begins with reflections on why it is often so hard, especially in the United States, for young people to find the…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Community Change, Youth, Case Studies
Evaluation Technologies, Inc., Arlington, VA. – 1979
This volume serves as a source of information about the relationship of Teacher Corps Youth Advocacy Project activities to the field of secondary school reform for troubled youth. This document presents major theories about educating troubled youth, theoretically-based programs, and research and evaluation on their effectiveness. Theories are…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Change Strategies, Child Advocacy, Delinquent Behavior
President's Science Advisory Committee, Washington, DC. – 1973
This report focuses on the period of transition from child to adult, and on the institutions in which that transition takes place for youth in the United States. The first of four sections lays out a set of objectives that environments for youth should meet. Part Two examines a number of institutions and processes that affect youth, including…
Descriptors: Age Groups, Child Development, Childhood Needs, Children
Rosen, Matt; Sedonaen, Maureen – 2001
This guide is intended to help stakeholders make decisions about involvement in youth philanthropy (YP). It discusses institutions that encourage youth involvement in philanthropy and shows that most youth philanthropists are drawn from traditional leadership circles, but participation is gradually becoming more diverse. A discussion of geographic…
Descriptors: Career Education, Community Services, Donors, Elementary Secondary Education