In 1996 the Appalachian Regional Commission reinvented itself, adopting a strategic plan that reaffirmed its two historic priorities--an economic and human development program and a developmental highway program--and rethinking how to achieve them. The plan established goals under five headings: education and workforce training that prepares…

"Research Messages 2008" is a collection of summaries of research projects published by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research in 2008, including conference papers and occasional papers. It also has an overview of the research highlights for the year. The summaries are clustered under five broad themes used by NCVER to…

This guide to European Community (EC) programs in the fields of education, training, and youth is intended to help interested individuals, projects, and institutions obtain information on the increasing scope of cooperation at the EC level. Section 1 describes programs/actions initiated by the EC's Task Force for Human Resources, Education, and…

This catalog lists exemplary field-based program improvement products identified by the Dissemination and Utilization Products and Services Program (D&U) at the National Center for Research in Vocational Education. It is designed to increase awareness of these products among vocational educators and to provide information about them that…

This document synthesizes information on the training of trainers of young people in Ireland. The report looks at the situation in Ireland in relation to career patterns, mobility in and between various types of trainers (those in companies, in training organizations, and in the vocational education system), as well as the provision of inservice…

This booklet presents 12 examples of innovative initiatives to skill shortages nationwide. The description of each one provides this information: the challenge, partners, the story, and contacts with addresses and telephone numbers. The initiatives are Communications Workers of America and Cisco Systems: Military to Work Project; Knowbility and…

This document synthesizes information on the training of trainers of young people in the United Kingdom. The report looks at the situation in the United Kingdom in relation to career patterns, mobility in and between various types of training situations (in companies, in training organizations, and in the vocational education system), as well as…

A conference dealing with new enterprise and economic development initiatives today, Project NEED IT was designed to familiarize decision makers at all levels of the public, private, and educational sectors with the best new enterprise development projects being carried out in the United States today. During the conference, a series of papers and…

Basic principles for the establishment of a comprehensive youth education and employment system are offered in this guide, with particular focus on those youth who are at greatest risk of becoming or remaining chronically unemployed. Drawing on the knowledge generated by research and operational experience over the past decade, the guide proposes…

This inventory of model programs in rural postsecondary education is part of a larger project to provide current research and resource information to rural educators and policy makers. The inventory is illustrative--not comprehensive or exhaustive--and results from mailing 805 survey instruments which elicited 251 responses and 183 candidates for…

This quarterly publication contains 106 abstracts of educational materials published in Australia, covering social and educational developments, programs, and program materials. In the first two sections of the document, the abstracts are arranged in clusters according to prime subject matter. The topics covered, listed at the front of the…

This directory lists 117 programs sponsored by the private sector for the training and employment of disadvantaged youth. (It is the first in a series of program guides to be issued regularly by the Public/Private Ventures' Resource Center.) Programs had to meet two criteria to be included: (1) they involved participation of the private sector…

This volume is a compilation of the texts of nine Federal education laws, specifically vocational education, job training, rehabilitation, and related statutes. Part I contains one law related to vocational education--the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act 1984 (originally, Vocational Education Act of 1963). Part II provides the texts of six…

This digest summarizes the contents of the more than 50 separate items that were published by the Technical and Further Education (TAFE) National Centre for Research and Development in 1986-87. These items include major research reports, video programs, newsletters, clearinghouse reports and textbooks. The first section provides an overview of the…

This brief gives an overview of the topic of workplace literacy in the health care industry and lists program contacts. The following 35 organizations operate basic skills upgrading programs for health care workers: American Hospital Association; Chinese American Civic Association; Massachusetts Department of Employment and Training; BostonWorks;…