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"Job Corps," a federally funded education and job training program for economically disadvantaged youth, offers remedial education, GED (General Educational Development) preparation, vocational training, job placement assistance, and other supports. "Job Corps" participants typically reside in a "Job Corps" center…
Descriptors: Job Training, Federal Programs, Youth Programs, Program Effectiveness
MELICAN, ROBERT L.; PURCELL, FRANCIS P. – 1967
THE TWO PARTS OF THIS DISCUSSION CONSIDER THE DEVELOPMENT OF RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMS FOR VOCATIONAL AND SOCIAL TRAINING TO MEET THE PROBLEMS OF THE LOW-INCOME SCHOOL DROPOUT. PART I REVIEWS THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF RESIDENCY PROGRAMS IN SUCH EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AS COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES, CHURCHES, AND SUMMER CAMPS. PART II DEALS WITH THE…
Descriptors: Camping, Churches, Colleges, Dormitories
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
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
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
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
Smith, Gary E.; And Others – 1975
One of two supplements which accompany chapter 2 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 accounting procedures and forms utilized by the controller services division. Presented are step-by-step…
Descriptors: Accounting, Budgeting, Career Education, 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 information concerning testing procedures and forms utilized by the research services division. Included are the following…
Descriptors: Career Education, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged, Economically Disadvantaged
Anderson, Newell B.; And Others – 1975
One of two supplements which accompany chapter 5 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 the following components of the administrative services division: purchasing, property control, and…
Descriptors: Career Education, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged, Economically Disadvantaged
Smith, Gary E.; And Others – 1975
Intended as a budgetary guide for potential replicators, this document presents a detailed discussion of estimated costs involved in setting up and operating a program similar to the Mountin-Plains Career Education Model IV, a residential, family-based education program developed to improve the economic potential and lifestyle of selected student…
Descriptors: Accounting, Administrator Guides, Budgets, Career Education
Jenkins, Robert L., III – 1976
Focusing on program development and evaluation, this document presents the summative evaluation of the community development component of the Mountain-Plains Career Education Model IV, a residential, family-based education program developed to improve the economic potential and lifestyle of selected student families in a six-state area. The report…
Descriptors: Career Education, Community Development, Community Involvement, Demonstration Programs
Anderson, Newell B.; And Others – 1975
One of two supplements which accompany chapter 5 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 the reprographic and personnel components of the administrative services division. Several job descriptions…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Career Education, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged
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 the data monitoring procedures and forms utilized by the research services division. Included are the…
Descriptors: Career Education, Charts, Computer Programs, Data Processing
