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Download full textBarton, Paul E.; Fraser, Bryna Shore – 1980
The Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act of 1977 (YEDPA) authorized a range of research, evaluation, and demonstration activities to increase understanding of the employment problems of youth and to help determine the most effective policies and programs to address these problems. A major knowledge development objective under YEDPA was…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged
National Council on Employment Policy (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1980
This is the second report concerning how Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) sponsors implemented two programs under the Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act (YEDPA), specifically the Youth Community Conservation Improvement Projects (YCCIP) and Youth Employment and Training Program (YETP). The report is based on studies by…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Case Studies, Community Cooperation, Community Organizations
Corporation for Public/Private Ventures, Philadelphia, PA. – 1980
The Ventures in Community Improvement (VICI) demonstration, a national research and demonstration program, was designed to test the effectiveness of a youth employment program in various settings. Eight VICI programs, each of which enrolled up to 60 unemployed, out-of-school, economically disadvantaged youths between the ages of 16 and 19, were…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Building Trades, Community Change, Community Programs
Melwood Horticultural Training Center, Inc., Upper Marlboro, MD. – 1980
This manual is intended as a resource for anyone involved in planning, developing, and/or operating a horticultural training or work co-op program for the handicapped. Following an introductory chapter, the manual is divided into three parts with the greatest weight given to the second part. Part I elaborates on development of the horticulture…
Descriptors: Adults, Agricultural Education, Contracts, Cooperative Programs
Watertown Independent School District 1, SD. – 1978
A three-year project, Pathfinder has concluded its second year of providing community-based, on-site career experiences to young people who have left high school either as graduates or dropouts and who wish to explore careers within a framework of occupational clusters. During the year from September, 1977, to August, 1978, 172 students received…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Counseling, Career Development, Career Education
Breen, Edward F.; Freeman, Nancy S. – 1979
The strengths and weaknesses of industrial cooperative education at Macomb County Community College in Michigan are discussed. A survey was conducted of 481 students who participated in the cooperative program during the years 1970 through 1975. A sample of 731 other students who took some of the same courses during that time was also surveyed.…
Descriptors: College Students, Community Colleges, Conference Reports, Cooperative Programs
Fishman, Jacob R.; And Others – 1965
The Community Apprentice Program, developed by the Howard University Center for Youth and Community Studies, was an exploratory attempt, through combined rehabilitation, vocational education, and supervised work experience, to train disadvantaged youth as human service aides in child care, recreation, and social research. Seven boys and three…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Curriculum Research, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Experiments
Sprengel, Donald P.; Tomey, E. Allan – 1974
The report describes the development of the Youth Training in the Private Sector Model for conducting on-the-job training for high school age youth. It is based on a two-year study of the Vocational Exploration in the Private Sector (VEPS) Program in New York City, which placed potential dropouts in work/training positions in the private sector…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Dropouts, Educational Programs, Models
Salmony, Lawrence D. – 1974
In attempting to address the problems that are embraced by the term "corrections education," the study identifies three areas of inquiry: client education, staff education, and community education. Focusing on State funded corrections education programs in Oregon, data for the study were collected in 1973. Existing programs are reviewed…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, College Instruction, College Programs, Community Education
Svicarovich, John, Ed. – 1974
The manual describes an offcampus intern program for 12th-grade students in political science. Description of the project, Government Responsibility and Student Participation (GRASP), is divided into six chapters. Chapter I, Deciding Whether to Adopt the Model, identifies the need for an intern course and projects presumed student accomplishments…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Educational Objectives, Evaluation, Experimental Programs
Kentucky Research Coordinating Unit, Lexington. – 1976
Excerpts and summaries of project reports presented at a 1-day seminar for educational researchers and vocational educators are included in this booklet. Project reports covered are (1) The Hardin County Research Project for Expanding the Present Vocational Experience Curriculum, which describes the occupational work orientation and exploration…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Career Education, Career Exploration, Career Guidance
PDF pending restorationEhresman, Norman D.; Vincent, Roger D. – 1976
Comprehensive work experience and vocational guidance activities were established at the middle school level and their effects on career maturity and attitudes toward school of ninth graders were tested. The project was conducted at the Bowling Green Junior High School (Kentucky) during the academic school year of 1975-76. (The school supports a…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Exploration, Career Guidance, College School Cooperation
Johnson, Terry; Gritz, Mark; Jackson, Russell; Burghardt, John; Boussy, Carol; Leonard, Jan; Orians, Carlyn – 1999
This report presents results of a process analysis that describes and documents Job Corps services and operations. Chapter one provides overviews of Job Corps, the national Job Corps study, and the process analysis. Chapter two describes the administrative structure of Job Corps and presents data on the geographic distribution and characteristics…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Career Education, Career Exploration, Disadvantaged
Brown, Bettina Lankard – 1999
According to the school-to-work (STW) program philosophy, STW efforts should be comprehensive and begin as early as preschool. At the elementary school level, the developmental process of career education begins with career awareness designed to broaden student knowledge about careers and connect academic learning to the workplace. Developing…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Education, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Development
Kraft, Richard J., Ed.; Kielsmeier, James, Ed. – 1985
This anthology of 58 pieces originally published in the "Journal of Experiential Education" focuses on the value of experiential learning and the need to incorporate direct experience in formal education. Chapter 1 summarizes and reviews the findings of "A Nation at Risk" and other major national reports on education. Chapter 2…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment, Educational Change
