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Download full textBooth, Clive – 1980
Focus of this speech is on the challenges of providing employment related education and training for young people in England. After briefly outlining the British education system, the author discusses recent and proposed changes designed to help young people (particularly the unemployed, terminal degree student, or those who are working and…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Dropouts, Education Work Relationship, Educational Opportunities
Barnow, Burt S.; Aron, Laudan Y. – 1989
This paper provides an overview of federally sponsored training programs. For the major programs identified, it discusses the level of federal support, the eligibility requirements for the program, the characteristics of the participants, and the types of training provided. An important issue for this study is the definition of training; the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Disadvantaged, Educational Practices
Bailis, Lawrence Neil – 1984
A study examined Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) coordination and program activities for fiscal year 1983. To gather data for the study, researchers reviewed literature on the delivery of CETA services, compared these delivery practices with delivery strategies employed in such CETA predecessors as the Manpower Training and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Delivery Systems, Educational Legislation, Educational Policy
Weinbaum, Sandy; Wirmusky, Frank – 1994
The 14 Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA)-funded youth employment programs to which the Academy for Educational Development (AED) has delivered technical assistance for the past 5 years illustrate several important conditions for effective programming and "best practices" in the field of youth employment and training. Four of the JTPA…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Disadvantaged Youth, Education Work Relationship, Educational Change
Black, Hartzel; And Others – 1989
A study was conducted in Illinois to determine the perceptions of "grassroots" personnel who have responsibility for administering programs authorized under both the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) and the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act. Questionnaires were mailed to regional delivery system directors, community college…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Cooperative Programs, Educational Needs, Educational Practices
Brandeis Univ., Waltham, MA. Center for Human Resources. – 1989
This guide was developed to help Private Industry Council members and Job Training Partnership Act Service Delivery Area directors, planners, and program managers to develop new services by providing an introduction to the elements of effective basic skills programs. The guide is organized in three major parts. Part 1 reviews the research on the…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Competence, Competency Based Education, Computer Assisted Instruction
JTPA Issues, 1989
This report looks at the concerns and issues about the growing involvement of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) in education, provides legislative information and primers about the programs in the three education areas with which JTPA links most often, and provides program models and resources. Specifically, the report looks at four areas:…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Cooperative Programs, Education Work Relationship
Employment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1994
This report summarizes the program activities and research and evaluation projects sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration (ETA) during program year 1990 and fiscal year 1991. Chapter 1, which focuses on program activities, discusses the activities of advisory groups and other initiatives undertaken…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Advisory Committees, American Indians, Annotated Bibliographies
