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Direct linkPatterson, Lorne; Dowd, Kathleen – Adult Learner: The Irish Journal of Adult and Community Education, 2010
The recent economic downturn and surge in unemployment has focused attention on education and training as a strategic response to Ireland's socio-economic crisis. However, that attention has been concentrated on training through statutory institutions, particularly FAS and the VECs. Longford Women's Link, a Women's Community Education centre in Co…
Descriptors: Females, Community Education, Disadvantaged, Foreign Countries
Schumacher, Dorin – 1979
The set of behaviors and procedures used in working with school counselors participating in the Upward Bound and Talent Search programs at the University of Maine at Orono is described. Areas of concern designed to facilitate the relationship between school counselors and program coordinators include the following: (1) basic program information,…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Counselor Role, Counselor Training, Disadvantaged
Batdorf, Luke L. – Training and Development Journal, 1980
Gives a working definition of culture and describes a training program for Canadian Indians designed to reinforce and clarify their cultural identity while developing marketable skills. The main features of the program are consultation with community leaders and participation of trainees in goal-setting and training design. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Canada Natives, Community Leaders, Cultural Context
National Alliance of Business, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1985
This booklet contains examples of a number of different ways in which companies can support or utilize the new job training system created by the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) of 1982. Described first are Hewlett-Packard's efforts to provide strong corporate leadership on behalf of the job training partnership. The second section includes…
Descriptors: Business Responsibility, Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs, Disadvantaged
Stein, Sondra G. – 1983
The Women's Educational and Vocational Enrichment program (WEAVE) has been conducted in two poor sections of Boston to help women move from dependence on welfare to gainful employment. Most of the women served by the program are black and most have not finished high school. About 42 percent of the women have never had paid employment, while most…
Descriptors: Blacks, Competency Based Education, Disadvantaged, Economically Disadvantaged
Simpson, Mary; Lane, Joanna – 1998
This document describes the experiences of 13 unemployed adults who participated in job training that was provided by the Croydon Continuing Education and Training Service in the London borough of Croydon with funding from the European Social Fund from 1995-1997. The document begins with an overview of the two projects: the New Addington NOW (New…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Case Studies, Continuing Education
