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Marshall, Ray – Manpower, 1970
Manpower programs have not moved large groups of people up the occupational ladder but have placed the disadvantaged into entry level jobs and such government programs as the Manpower Development and Training Act have offered little on the job training. (BC)
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Counseling, Disadvantaged, Labor Force Development
Brown, Roy D. – Amer Vocat J, 1970
Here are hard-hitting techniques that may encourage other vocational educators to lay it on the line with unmotivated students. (Editors)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Counseling, Disadvantaged, Federal Programs
SELECTION FOR TRAINING, DO PRESENT PRACTICES MILITATE AGAINST OLDER WORKERS. PANEL AND WORKSHOP III.
Download full textPALLONE, NATHANIEL J.; AND OTHERS – 1966
FOUR PAPERS WERE PRESENTED ON WORK DONE IN THE FIELD OF SELECTION OF OLDER WORKERS (OVER 45) FOR VOCATIONAL TRAINING. IN SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, A PROGRAM WAS DESIGNED FOR THE EDUCATIONAL REHABILITATION OF 100 HARD-CORE UNEMPLOYED WHOSE GATB SCORES DISQUALIFIED THEM FOR VOCATIONAL TRAINING. THE U.S. EMPLOYMENT SERVICE HAS UNDERTAKEN A PROGRAM OF…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Age Differences, Aptitude Tests, Career Counseling
MCKEE, JOHN M. – 1964
YOUTHFUL OFFENDERS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 16 AND 23 ARE THE EXPERIMENTAL SUBJECTS IN A MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING ACT PROGRAM, ESTABLISHED AUGUST 31, 1964. BASIC AND OCCUPATIONAL EDUCATION WAS PROVIDED IN (1) FIVE 26-WEEK COURSES--WELDING, APPLIANCE REPAIR, AUTO REPAIR, BARBERING, AND BRICKLAYING, AND (2) TWO 52-WEEK COURSES--RADIO AND…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Counseling, Demonstration Programs, Experimental Programs
Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1969
Evaluations have been made of 55 early (1963-66) experimental and demonstration projects conducted in 18 states and the District of Columbia under the Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962 to reach and serve youth for whom the conventional approaches, techniques, and personnel seemed inadequate. Experiences and results of the projects are…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Ancillary Services, Counseling, Disadvantaged Youth
