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Schofer, Richard C.; And Others – 1979
The final report delineates activities of the Project on Cooperative Manpower Planning in Special Education at the University of Missouri, a special project to provide external training assistance to state education agencies and institutions of higher education in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and five territories. Various activities…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textWisconsin State Dept. of Administration, Madison. – 1976
This manual describes the methods and procedures which Project Skill has developed since its beginning in 1974 and provides a sourcebook of ideas for those who might be interested in adapting a program designed to expand the employment opportunities of the handicapped in the civil service system. The first of the five sections in the document…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Employment Programs
Bateman, Peter; And Others – 1991
Twenty-three projects funded by the Cooperative Demonstration Program (High Technology) in Fiscal Year 1988 were evaluated. The evaluation focused on project logic and design, implementation, and costs and benefits. Thirteen of the 23 applications were found to present clear and coherent design for their projects. Success was predicted for eight…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Cost Effectiveness, Curriculum Development, Demonstration Programs
Dole, Elizabeth – 1989
The U.S. work force is unready for the new jobs, unready for the new realities, unready for the new challenges of the 1990s. Across the board, jobs are demanding better reading, writing, and reasoning skills and more math and science. Statistics define the scope of the problem: 25 percent of young people drop out of high school; 70 percent of all…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, At Risk Persons, Basic Skills
National Council on Vocational Education, Washington, DC. – 1989
This document contains the National Council on Vocational Education's recommendations for improving the effectiveness of the vocational-technical educational system. They follow a list of council members, explanations of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act and the purpose of the council, a quiz on vocational-technical education for the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Advisory Committees, Competence
Van Horn, Carl; Fichtner, Aaron; Altman, Jennifer; Whittaker, Julie – 2001
This report contains the strategic vision for the Department of Labor (DOL)/Employment and Training Administration's research efforts for the next five years. Section I discusses the scope of the research plan and the development process. Section II is a review of literature concerning functioning of the labor market and identification of areas…
Descriptors: Adult Education, At Risk Persons, Career Development, Demonstration Programs
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1991
This annual performance report presents the results and accomplishments of Texas vocational education programs, services, and activities for the 1990-91 program year. It is composed of three sections. Section I contains information for secondary and adult vocational education programs, services, and activities offered by local education agencies…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Vocational Education, Community Organizations, Consumer Education
