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Download full textKoralek, Robin; Johnson, Heidi; Ratcliffe, Caroline; Vericker, Tracy – Urban Institute (NJ1), 2010
This report presents the final results for the evaluation of the New Americans Centers (NACs) demonstration project in Arkansas and Iowa. It focuses on program operations and plans for program sustainability, while highlighting services provided through the demonstration projects in Arkansas and Iowa. It also documents outcomes for New Iowan…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Demonstration Programs, Job Training, Career Centers
Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1968
The Manpower Administration maintains manpower programs and develops manpower plans and policy through its constituent bureaus or offices: Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training, Bureau of Work-Training Programs, Bureau of Employment Security, Office of Manpower Policy, Evaluation and Research (since absorbed as the administrations staff), and…
Descriptors: Civil Rights Legislation, Employment, Employment Patterns, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Passmore, David Lynn; Marron, Michael – 1980
Studying the employment outcomes expected from educational programs at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) can aid planners of other occupational programs. The main barriers to planning education for work are the inaccessibility or unavailability of information, the arbitrary nature of occupational classification, and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classification, Deafness, Education Work Relationship
de Lone, Richard H. – 1985
Schools working in cooperation with business can reduce the number of youth at risk of long-term unemployment if teachers and school administrators are willing to learn from research developed outside the field of public education and if schools are substantially restructured to meet student needs. A review of the literature of labor economics and…
Descriptors: Economic Research, Education Work Relationship, Educational Improvement, Employment Patterns
Institute of Lifetime Learning, Washington, DC. – 1983
This booklet is designed to help organizations and individuals who are developing new training programs to become familiar with the provisions of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) that apply to persons over the age of 55. In addition, the characteristics, abilities, and special training and employment needs of older adults are outlined. The…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cooperative Programs, Educational Cooperation, Educational Legislation
HOOS, IDA R. – 1967
AN ACCOUNT OF JOB UPGRADING AT NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE, NORTH RICHMOND, CALIFORNIA, DOCUMENTS THE LARGELY INADEQUATE EDUCATION AND SEVERE EMPLOYMENT DIFFICULTIES OF NEGROES IN THE GREATER SAN FRANCISCO AREA, DESCRIBES TRAINEE CHARACTERISTICS AND PROBLEMS, DESIRED UPGRADING EXPERIENCES, LIAISON WITH THE STATE EMPLOYMENT SERVICE, COOPERATION WITH THE…
Descriptors: Black Employment, Blacks, Case Studies, Community Centers
Agency for International Development (IDCA), Washington, DC. Office of Women in Development. – 1980
This report to Congress describes the women in development programs, projects, and activities undertaken by the Agency for International Development (AID) during the period from 1978 through 1980. Information is provided concerning AID cooperation and support on preparations for the United Nations Decade for Women Copenhagen Conference. Presented…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Economic Development, Educational Needs, Educational Planning
EMERSON, LYNN A. – 1963
THIS REPORT DEALS WITH TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND THE PART IT PLAYS IN PROVIDING TRAINED TECHNICIANS AND OTHER TECHNICAL WORKERS FOR AMERICAN INDUSTRY. RAPID TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE IS INCREASING THE PROPORTION OF BOTH MALE AND FEMALE SEMIPROFESSIONAL TECHNICAL WORKERS IN INDUSTRY, AGRICULTURE, BUSINESS, MEDICINE, AND HEALTH. THE GEOGRAPHIC MOBILITY OF…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Correspondence Study, Curriculum, Curriculum Problems
Missouri Univ., Columbia. – 1978
Based on an analysis of problems in Missouri's distributive education programs, labor market needs, and a literature review, this report introduces three models developed for area vocational-technical schools. Basic guidelines are suggested for specialized and performance-based programs. The performance-based programs encompass the following…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Career Exploration, Competency Based Education, Cooperative Education
J & E Associates, Inc., Silver Spring, MD. – 1995
This document contains information from the national forum Creating a Literate Future for the Year 2000, which was held to help state team delegations develop vision/mission statements and action plans citing goals, objectives, and activities for enhancing adult literacy and education for Native Americans and Alaska Natives. Presented first are…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Vocational Education, Alaska Natives
Buchanan, E. T., III; Brothers, Constance F. – 1976
A project was conducted to provide women, minority, veteran, and handicapped college students with a structured cooperative education work experience which would enhance career selection and mobility and provide supervised employment in fields related to the students' interests and academic majors while supplying the employers with trained…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Community Colleges, Community Surveys, Cooperative Education
Brandeis Univ., Waltham, MA. – 1980
These proceedings of a conference on 1978 youth knowledge development activities implemented under the Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act (YEDPA) of 1977 consist of the proceedings of the five sessions of the conference and the texts of 16 conference papers. Discussed in the first section of the proceedings are demonstrations and…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Services, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Office of Human Development (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1978
This report includes annual reports from both the Department of Labor on employment and training requirements, resources, and utilization and the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare on facilities utilization and employment and training program coordination. First is a description of the current administration's five basic labor market…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Disadvantaged
National Policy Association, Washington, DC. – 2002
The Digital Economic Opportunity Committee (DEOC) was created by the National Policy Association (NPA) in 2001 to confront the critical national shortage of workers with the information technology (IT) skills needed for the information age economy. The committee oversaw an 18-month workforce development research project titled Crossing the Digital…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Delivery Systems, Demand Occupations, Education Work Relationship
