This document contains testimony from a congressional hearing on a bill to create the American Conservation Corps. Its focus is the need for this direct federal program for young people that would combine both full-time employment and an opportunity for education and on-the-job training. Testimony includes statements, prepared statements, letters,…

This document presents a summary of major findings of the Hmong Resettlement Study, a national survey of the conditions, issues, and problems affecting Hmong resettlement in the United States. The summary is organized within the framework of three major questions: (1) what has been the resettlement experience of the Homng? (2) what resettlement…

The information presented in this document is intended to guide career educators who wish to tap CETA (Comprehensive Education and Training Act) funds to help support career education endeavors for inschool youth, especially since the 1977 additions from the Youth Employment and Demonstration Project Act (YEDPA) have given CETA a more significant…

The sociological study examines behavior and consciousness of West German youth with emphasis on their political views, voting behavior, leisure activities, and spending patterns. The paper is presented in 14 sections. Section I traces political development of youth from the post World War II skepticism to current political activism. In section…

THE CONTRIBUTION POTENTIALS OF THE INDIGENOUS NONPROFESSIONAL WORKER IN YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS ARE SEEN AS NUMEROUS. THEY CAN EFFECTIVELY HANDLE TEDIOUS OR MENIAL JOBS AND CAN RELATE WELL WITH UNDERPRIVILEGED YOUTH. WITH TRAINING IN (1) THE SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS OF YOUTH, (2) YOUTH AND THE LABOR MARKET, (3) OPERATION OF PUBLIC AND…

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…

A review of the related literature indicates that research and youths' status projections have been traditionally characterized by a tendency toward psychological and behavioral conceptualizations, interpretations, and action implications. Aspiration and expectation elicitors, however, have primarily measured cultural value orientations. This…

Ways in which young people have delivered needed services to their communities and have improved on previously established systems for delivering these services are described. The forty projects suggest some of the ways to provide teenagers with learning experiences that meet their own particular needs and, at the same time, offer a genuine and…

The report explores deliberately planned endeavors to provide nonwork related services at or through the workplace. The historical context and present-day complexities of workplace service provision are reviewed. Twenty-three workplaces are examined yielding a total of 615 different instances of specific services. Services are classified into…

This document presents, in two parts, ideas and information which were gathered from eight monthly seminars. Part 1, "Developmental and Cross-Cultural Patterns of Youth," examines what is known about developmental norms regarding youth in general in respect to their attitudes at different ages towards rules and authority. It is found that in the…

Summerized in this report are the developmental tasks and accomplishments of Project SPACE. An experimental program in cooperative vocational education, SPACE was devised by EdCo, an educational collaborative of seven Boston area school systems, for the purpose of offering potential dropouts in the vicinity an alternative form of education: going…

The economic and social effects of centralised education in the rural areas of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland were studied. Five factors (geographical position, population density, occupational structure, economic prosperity, and educational structure) were considered in order to study the migration patterns, and attitudes and aspirations…

Presents youth employment as the principal casualty of cities' transformation from manufacturing- to service-oriented economies. They have been squeezed out of growth sectors and are increasingly employed in retail industries with few opportunities to work with adults or acquire meaningful skills. School-based interventions are proposed. (SA)

A follow-up audit evaluated the program effectiveness of three Kulick Youth Opportunity pilot grants. For the 105-participant sample in the initial audit, earnings were analyzed to determine whether youths' earnings increased or decreased in the year after the initial evaluation. Separate earnings analyses were performed for calendar year 1999 for…

Forty high school students from different areas in the western United States collaborated on a year-long project designed to prepare youth for successful school-to-life transitions. The predominant mechanisms of interaction were e-mail, synchronous chats, and shared threaded writing posted in a virtual space via the Internet. This paper presents…