Descriptor
| Adult Education | 7 |
| Educational Legislation | 7 |
| Program Design | 7 |
| Federal Legislation | 6 |
| Comparative Analysis | 5 |
| Financial Support | 4 |
| Job Training | 4 |
| Educational Finance | 3 |
| Youth Programs | 3 |
| Accountability | 2 |
| Adult Learning | 2 |
| More ▼ | |
Source
Author
| Charters, Alexander N. | 1 |
| Churchill, Andrew | 1 |
| Decker, Paul | 1 |
| Perez-Johnson, Irma | 1 |
| Wonacott, Michael E. | 1 |
Publication Type
| Reports - Descriptive | 3 |
| Legal/Legislative/Regulatory… | 2 |
| Books | 1 |
| Collected Works - General | 1 |
| Information Analyses | 1 |
| Opinion Papers | 1 |
| Reports - Research | 1 |
| Speeches/Meeting Papers | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
| Georgia | 2 |
| Alabama | 1 |
| Alaska | 1 |
| Arizona | 1 |
| Asia | 1 |
| Australia | 1 |
| California | 1 |
| Connecticut | 1 |
| East Germany | 1 |
| Florida | 1 |
| Hawaii | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
| Workforce Investment Act 1998 | 3 |
| Higher Education Act Title I | 1 |
| Job Training Partnership Act… | 1 |
| School to Work Opportunities… | 1 |
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Download full textTennessee Univ., Knoxville. State Agency for Title I. – 1976
Title I of the Higher Education Act of 1965 was enacted by Congress to provide Federal funds to strengthen the community service capability of colleges and universities to assist the people in the solution of community problems, with particular emphasis on urban and suburban problems. Tennessee's major program emphases under Title I since 1972…
Descriptors: Adult Education, College Programs, Colleges, Community Services
Charters, Alexander N.; And Others – 1981
Comparative international adult education, defined as that field in which adult educators from various countries compare their own institutions and practices with those of their counterparts in other nations, is examined. Provided is an account of adult education in nine European socialist countries (including the Soviet Union), as well as…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Comparative Analysis
Churchill, Andrew – 1994
Several decades of studies evaluating youth employment programs funded through the nation's second-chance system have demonstrated the shortcomings of programs that concentrate on work experience alone and try to reverse years of inadequate education, discrimination, and alienation in a few weeks or months. The School-to-Work Opportunities Act…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Education, Apprenticeships, Change Strategies
National Advisory Council on Adult Education, Washington, DC. – 1980
This report on the current status of state advisory councils on adult education contains data concerning the 1975 and 1980 status of state councils in the 50 states. It consists of an introduction, four sections, and an appendix. Provided in the introduction are some conclusions of a 1975 survey on state advisory councils on adult education as…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Advisory Committees, Comparative Analysis
Perez-Johnson, Irma; Decker, Paul – 2001
The Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998 requires that workforce investment areas establish individual training accounts (ITAs) that provide vouchers customers can use to pay for training. The United States Department of Labor is supporting the ITA experiment, during which new customers determined to be eligible for training will be randomly…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Counseling, Comparative Analysis, Delivery Systems
Employment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1998
This document provides an overview of the Workforce Investment Act, which provides the framework for a national work force preparation and employment system designed to meet simultaneously the needs of the nation's businesses and of job seekers wishing to further their careers. The document begins with a brief summary of the act's five titles,…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Advisory Committees
Wonacott, Michael E. – 2000
In July 2000, the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998 officially replaced the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). WIA requires individual assessment of skill levels and service needs and development of an individual service strategy for each youth participant. WIA requires all youth programs to make 10 program elements available to all…
Descriptors: Accountability, Admission Criteria, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education
