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Download full textManno, Michelle S.; Yang, Edith; Bangser, Michael – MDRC, 2015
Educational attainment and early work experience provide a crucial foundation for future success. However, many young adults are disconnected from both school and the job market. Neglecting these young people can exact a heavy toll on not only the individuals but also society as a whole, for example, through lost productivity and tax…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Young Adults, Program Effectiveness, High School Equivalency Programs
National Alliance of Business, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1991
This report is an analysis of available data on the participation of people with disabilities in the nation's Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) programs. Covering program year 1989, this report includes information about people with disabilities served by JTPA in every service delivery area (SDA) in the country. The narrative section briefly…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Disabilities, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation
Direct linkLamb, Stephen; Vickers, Margaret – Australian Council for Educational Research, 2006
Vocational education and training (VET) represents one of the most significant reforms to the senior secondary curriculum in Australian schools over recent decades. Introduced to expand curricular options and provide work-based training and qualifications, the numbers of students participating in VET have more than trebled since the mid-1990s.…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Postsecondary Education, Vocational Education, Longitudinal Studies
Westat, Inc., Rockville, MD. – 1991
This publication presents summary data on participants in programs operated under Title IIA or Title III of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) during the first 6 complete program years of their operation. Data are from the Job Training Quarterly Survey. The data describe socioeconomic characteristics of the terminees, some information on…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Demography, Employment Programs, Employment Statistics
Schochet, Peter Z.; Burghardt, John; Glazerman, Steven – 2000
A national study estimated the short-term impacts of Job Corps (JC) on participants' employment and related outcomes during the 30 months after random assignment. Results for the short-term impact analysis were based on a comparison of eligible program participants randomly assigned to a program group (n=9,409) or a control group (n=5,977) that…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Certificates, Employment Patterns, Employment Potential
National Centre for Vocational Education Research, Leabrook (Australia). – 1997
Recreation, leisure, and personal enrichment education and training programs play an important role in the total education and training undertaken in Australia. Depending on the State or Territory, personal enrichment programs are delivered by registered and unregistered community providers; technical and further education (TAFE) and other…
Descriptors: Creative Activities, Enrichment, Enrichment Activities, Foreign Countries
National Centre for Vocational Education Research, Leabrook (Australia). – 1997
This item consists of four separate documents covering various aspects of Australian Vocational Education and Training (VET) statistics. The first two documents, "Statistics 1996: Women at a Glance" and "Statistics 1996: Young People at a Glance," provide summary information about women and young people (15- to 24-year-olds)…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Contracts, Delivery Systems, Educational Practices
George, Rosemary – 1987
Youth unemployment is hardly new, but in the 1980s it poses unprecedented problems because economic growth no longer seems to provide the necessary jobs. Youth labor markets are being stripped of entry-level jobs by new technologies, changes in the global division of labor, and the upgrading of occupational structures. This paper describes…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Opportunities, Foreign Countries, Government School Relationship
South Carolina State Council on Vocational and Technical Education, Columbia. – 1991
This report presents results from an evaluation of the adequacy and effectiveness of South Carolina vocational education program delivery systems under the Carl D. Perkins Act and Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). Data from nine Service Delivery Areas (SDAs) for Program Years 1988 and 1989 show allocations, expenditures, program performance,…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Economically Disadvantaged
Sadd, Susan; And Others – 1983
The Alternative Youth Employment Strategies (AYES) Project began as one of the demonstration projects funded under the Youth Employment and Demonstration Project Act in 1980. The program, which features three training models, is targeted toward high-risk, disadvantaged youth, especially minority youths from urban areas who had prior involvement…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Correctional Education, Correctional Rehabilitation, Demonstration Programs
California State Dept. of Employment Development, Sacramento. – 2001
The California Youth Authority (CYA) planned to offer a training program covering all aspects of the automotive trades to wards during their incarceration. Through analysis, it showed future job opportunities exist, due to increased job numbers and high turnover rate, for persons trained in the automotive trades in California over a 10-year period…
Descriptors: Auto Body Repairers, Auto Mechanics, Correctional Education, Counties
Washington State Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board, Olympia. – 2001
The third biennial outcome evaluation of the state of Washington's workforce development system analyzed the results of nine of the state's largest workforce development programs plus employer-provided training for participants who left programs from July 1, 1997 to June 30, 1998. For reporting results, the nine programs were grouped into three…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Education Work Relationship, Employer Attitudes, Employment
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
Saint-Hubert, Roselyne Simon; van Griethuysen, Claire-Anne; Hellemans, Jacques; Verhelpen, Pierre; De Streel, Jean-Marc – 2001
Belgium's vocational education and training (VET) was examined. The following topics were considered: (1) the VET environment (political and administrative structures; the economy; the labor force; unemployment); (2) Belgium's educational system (funding principles; the structure and objectives of basic, secondary, and higher education); (3) the…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Career Guidance, Certification, Colleges
