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Johnson, Gloria Jones; Herring, Cedric O. – Western Journal of Black Studies, 1993
Uses a modified version of the labor-utilization framework to measure the types and extents of underemployment for 2,107 black males and females, a sample from the National Survey of Black Americans (1980). Results reveal a larger percentage of females unemployed, underemployed by low hours or low income, and discouraged. (SLD)
Descriptors: Blacks, Demography, Educational Attainment, Educational Background
Hayslip, Jo – 1995
A study worked with three groups of female students to determine whether using the Career Orientation and Planning Profile (COPP) and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) would enable adults to make better career choices the second time around. The students were women in the Access to Careers and Training (ACT) program for unemployed or…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Education
Community Development: Research Briefs & Case Studies, 1996
Federal block grants and consolidated programs related to poverty reduction may compel states to streamline administrative structures and approaches that have deterred collaboration in the past. This report considers the block grant environment in making key policy recommendations for reducing poverty in rural areas, formulated during a Pathways…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Block Grants, Community Health Services, Community Services
Phelan, Jo Carol; Phelan, Thomas James – 1983
Rates and severity of underemployment among a sample of college graduates were assessed using objective and subjective measures. Attention was directed to job characteristics related to underemployment, gender differences in the characteristics, and the effect of college type attended, college major, and academic performance. The data were drawn…
Descriptors: Blacks, College Graduates, Education Work Relationship, Educational Background
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. – 1983
This congressional report contains testimony dealing with on-the-job and apprenticeship training programs. More specifically, the testimony focused on the employment problems, educational and training needs, and programs available to assist unemployed as well as underemployed Vietnam era veterans. Included among those agencies and organizations…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Disabilities, Educational Legislation, Educational Needs
Sitlington, Patricia L.; Frank, Alan R. – 1989
This study investigated the adult adjustment (1 year after leaving school) of 615 people with mental disabilities who had graduated from special education programs in Iowa in 1985 and 1986, as well as 62 dropouts who began in the same classes. Current living situation, leisure activities, and marital status were studied, with a special emphasis on…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Education Work Relationship, Followup Studies, High School Graduates
Shapiro, Isaac – 1989
Most of the nonmetropolitan poor live in a household with at least one worker. In 1987, 70% of nonmetro poor family heads who were not ill, disabled, or retired worked for at least part of the year, and 24% worked full time, year-round. The employed proportion of the poor was significantly larger in nonmetro than metro areas. Despite a lengthy…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Economic Factors, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment
Podgursky, Michael; Swaim, Paul – 1986
Job displacement represents a serious labor market problem affecting a broad spectrum of the labor force. A study used data from the January 1984 Displaced Worker Survey, a supplement to the Current Population Survey, which analyzed patterns of job displacement, the post-displacement reemployment, and earnings experience of displaced workers. The…
Descriptors: Adults, Dislocated Workers, Economic Factors, Educational Status Comparison
Henderson, Cathy; Ottinger, Cecilia – 1984
Recent and projected trends in the economy and implications for college graduates are considered. Projected changes during 1982-1995 in the employment of college-educated workers are indicated for about 85 occupations, using percentages indicating fast to slow increases/decreases in opportunity. Employment forecasts for the following types of…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Demand Occupations, Economic Climate, Employment Patterns
McCulloch, Cedric S. – 1985
A six-year project is planned to assist in improving a skill training system responsive to the Government of Jamaica's (GOJ) economic policies and labor market needs. The project is designed to achieve its objectives by focusing on three components. The Human Employment and Resource Training Trust (HEART) component is concerned with policy…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Vocational Education, Economic Development, Financial Support
Tennessee Univ., Knoxville. Coll. of Education. – 1978
The major purpose of this project was to develop a computerized vocational counseling program consisting of an interactive computer package and a filmstrip series for use by unemployed/underemployed adults, handicapped persons, and prison inmates. Specific project objectives were to (1) determine clients' vocational counseling needs, (2) develop…
Descriptors: Adult Counseling, Adult Vocational Education, Career Counseling, Career Exploration
Hoerner, Harry J.; Stevenson, William W. – 1968
The purpose of this study was to measure possible effects of post-manpower training counseling of an occupational nature upon certain facets of perception and behavior of 110 subjects from eight selected Oklahoma Manpower Development and Training Act classes held during 1967-68. The effects of the counseling treatment were measured by the…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Career Counseling, Comparative Analysis, Control Groups
Edwards, Clark; De Pass, Rudolph – 1971
Several simulations of population, income, and employment in rural and urban America during 1970-2000 were made based on alternative assumptions. The assumptions entailed implementation of certain policies that might effect a more equal rural-urban balance by the year 2000, in addition to a continuation of current trends. If basic trends continue,…
Descriptors: Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns, Income, Labor Force
Oak Ridge Associated Universities, TN. – 1972
This study describes four developmental stages of Training and Technology (TAT), a human resources development activity begun 7 years ago by the Oak Ridge Associated Universities for the U. S. Department of Labor. The first year's project, in 1966, surveyed manpower development and training in universities, industry, and government in 15 Southern…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged, Human Resources, Industrial Training
Moser, Colletta H.; Begashaw, Getachew W. – 2000
A study examined barriers to employment for rural Michigan residents, especially during an economic boom. Four focus groups conducted in four nonmetropolitan growth counties in Michigan indicated that educated, skilled workers were seeking to enter the labor force or to work more hours, even though community leaders, newspapers, and job developers…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Day Care Centers, Economic Development, Economically Disadvantaged