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Download full textBateman, Peter; And Others – 1992
The Cooperative Demonstration Program (High Technology) was the largest demonstration program supported under the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act of 1984. The program funded projects to try new approaches, to increase access to high-quality programs for special populations, and to improve the overall quality of vocational education. An…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged, Employment Programs
Prager, Audrey; Goldberg, Judith – 1977
Intended to serve as a sourcebook for prime sponsors, this report summarizes the first phase of a project to analyze and document the activities of the National Program for Selected Population Segments (NPSPS). NPSPS was funded under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) to provide employment and training services to special…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Disadvantaged
Wynne, Ronald D. – 1968
The report summarizes a six-month evaluation (July-December 1967) of 11 community education projects funded by the Office of Economic Opportunity. Major focus is on eight projects which comprised a special series of Section 207 Community Education Demonstration Projects--Appalachian Volunteers, Inc., the Columbia College Citizenship Council…
Descriptors: College Students, Community Education, Decision Making, Demonstration Programs
National Committee on Employment of Youth, New York, NY. – 1969
Presentations included in this collection are: (1) "Vocational Education for the Disadvantaged: Lessons from Government Funded Programs," by Garth L. Mangum, (2) "Curriculum Adaptations," by Frances S. McDonough, (3) "Case Study: Newark Manpower Training Skills Center," by George R. Quarles, (4) "The Development…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Counseling Services, Curriculum Development, Demonstration Programs
Oak Ridge Associated Universities, TN. – 1972
Directed primarily toward increasing utilization of industrial resources for training and development of disadvantaged persons, Training and Technology (TAT) activities for 1971 included: (1) development and implementation of experimental approaches to program development and operation, (2) technical support for university-conducted related…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Agency Cooperation, Annual Reports, Demonstration Programs
Myers, Douglas D. – 1976
A study was conducted to determine if the pre-center incomes/salaries could predict the post-center salaries of participants in the Mountain-Plains program, a residential, family-based education program developed to improve the economic potential and lifestyle of selected student families in a six-state area. By using the reported family income…
Descriptors: Career Education, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged, Economic Status
Zeller, Frederick A., Ed.; Miller, Robert W., Ed. – 1968
Beginning with a review of the problems and general conditions of Appalachia, this book analyzes past, present, and future manpower needs at both the national and regional levels; outlines and discusses noteworthy Federal programs of manpower research and action; examines the role of formal education and training in manpower development as seen by…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged, Employment, Extension Education
Myers, Douglas D. – 1976
Regression analysis was employed to determine if there were any similarities between the tests administered to participants of the Mountain-Plains program, a residential, family-based education program developed to improve the economic potential and lifestyle of selected student families in a six-state area. The study compared the Wide Range…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Basic Skills, Career Education, Comparative Analysis
Markowicz, Arlene, Ed.; And Others – NAB Clearinghouse Quarterly, 1984
This quarterly contains 11 bulletins that profile marketing campaigns for the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) that have been implemented successfully in local programs throughout the United States. For each program, the description provides information on the operator, funding, results, time span, background, marketing/public relations…
Descriptors: Adults, Advertising, Attitude Change, Demonstration Programs
Myers, Douglas D. – 1976
Conducted to determine which, if any, variables tend to indicate potential success (operationally defined as completing the training program), an analysis examined pre-center characteristics and demographic variables of participants and attempted to apply that data to success in negotiating the Mountain Plains program, a residential, family-based…
Descriptors: Achievement, Career Education, Demography, Demonstration Programs
Coyle, David A.; And Others – 1975
One of five supplements which accompany chapter three of "Mountain-Plains Handbook: The Design and Operation of a Residential, Family Oriented Career Education Model" (CE 014 630), this document contains specific infomration concerning the curriculum component of the research services division. The curriculum products are listed by…
Descriptors: Career Education, Curriculum, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
Loyola Univ., New Orleans, LA. Inst. of Human Relations. – 1967
To provide occupational training to disadvantaged groups, a 6-month experimental program was conducted for 150 men and women to: (1) stabilize the rural community, (2) turn technological advancement into opportunity for area residents, (3) obtain information about racially related training and employment problems, and (4) stimulate other groups to…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Agricultural Education, Basic Skills, Business Education
Coyle, David A.; And Others – 1975
One of five supplements which accompany chapter 3 of "Mountain-Plains Handbook: The Design and Operation of a Residential, Family Oriented Career Education Model" (CE 014 630), this document contains specific information concerning curriculum development procedures. The following four major areas are covered: field testing, field test…
Descriptors: Career Education, Charts, Contracts, Curriculum Development
Mountain-Plains Education and Economic Development Program, Inc., Glasgow AFB, MT. – 1975
Designed primarily for instructors and others who will use Mountain-Plains produced curriculum products, this orientation guide accompanies twenty-two units of curriculum materials developed to carry out the Mountain-Plains mission of testing and reporting the advisability of residential career education as a method of improving the economic…
Descriptors: Career Education, Curriculum Evaluation, Delivery Systems, Demonstration Programs
Ohio State Council on Vocational Education, Westerville. – 1991
Ohio's use of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) 8 percent set-aside has been noted as exemplary. The first half of this report reviews the national literature on 8 percent JTPA programs, then discusses Ohio's State Education Coordination and Grants Advisory Council (SECGAC), unique among state administrative mechanisms. It notes that SECGAC…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Agency Cooperation, Compliance (Legal), Cooperative Programs
