LEGISLATION IN 1965 ESTABLISHED A STATE SYSTEM OF COMMUNITY JUNIOR COLLEGES AND STIPULATED THE DEVELOPMENT OF A STATE MASTER PLAN BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. THE PLAN PROVIDES FOR ESTABLISHING NOT MORE THAN 22 JUNIOR COLLEGE AREAS, WHICH SHOULD PUT A JUNIOR COLLEGE WITHIN REASONABLE COMMUTING DISTANCE OF EVERY POTENTIAL STUDENT IN THE…

THE CENTER WAS ESTABLISHED ON JUNE 1, 1965, UNDER PROVISIONS OF THE VOCATIONAL EDUCATION ACT OF 1963, PUBLIC LAW 88-210. TWO PROGRAMS WERE INITIATED DURING THE CONTRACT PERIOD. THE FIRST INVOLVED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ON PROBLEMS IN SIX AREAS--(1) OCCUPATIONAL ADJUSTMENTS IN THE SOUTH, (2) SHAPING FLEXIBLE VOCATIONAL BEHAVIOR IN YOUTH, (3)…

The Pennsylvania Vocational Education Study was planned primarily as a pragmatic overview and analysis of vocational, technical, and continuing education for the years 1964-1968, with a goal of determining its achievements, deficiencies, and direction in the light of priority needs. Recommendations and conclusions were derived from data relating…

An evaluation was conducted of Vermont's Welfare Restructuring Project (WRP), one of the earliest statewide welfare reform programs designed to increase work and reduce reliance on welfare. To assess the difference WRP made, parents applying for or receiving cash assistance in Vermont from July 1994 to December 1996 were assigned randomly to one…

ANALYSES OF FACTORS THAT AFFECT VOCATIONAL, TECHNICAL, AND GENERAL ADULT EDUCATION IN FLORIDA ARE PRESENTED THROUGH (1) ANALYSIS OF AVAILABLE PERTINENT DATA CONCERNING POPULATION GROWTH AND DISTRIBUTION, (2) FACTUAL PRESENTATION OF THE EXISTING PROGRAMS OF VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, (3) ACCUMULATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF DATA SHOWING…

Intended as an aid to administrators, the booklet presents a brief overview of the present state of vocational education. It provides bits of information and statistics on a variety of topics: the necessity of vocational education, youth, vocational education and occupations in Washington State, employment trends, new emerging technologies, women…

This five-section paper describes how the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) system, the largest system of higher education in the state, determines what degree programs will be created, based on needs for workers in various occupations in the state. The paper begins by discussing why connecting demographic trends, learner segments,…

Since its inception in 1933, everything that the Employment Security Service has done directly and indirectly involves the gathering, analysis, and distribution of occupational information. Yet, as vital as occupational information is to the employment service, only a very small portion of the total employment security budget, perhaps 5 to 10…

A committee examined the number, type, and quality of work and training opportunities available for heads of households under Maine's Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) Program and suggested ways to improve them. Comprised of such representatives of the private and public sectors as employers, AFDC recipients, welfare advocates,…

Structured work and training activities for welfare recipients in West Virginia began in 1962 when the state's entire caseload of two-parent families receiving Aid to Families with Dependent Children was enrolled in mandatory work and training activities. In 1980s-1990s, the Community Work Experience Program became an important tool in…

Surging demand for workers, growing income inequality, and passage of welfare reforms have made work force development one of the United States' key national concerns. Public/Private Ventures has been working with various states to design work force development strategies that seek to address the concerns of many work force development specialists…

This book, which is intended for policymakers, administrators, and researchers, contains 13 research papers and reviews of the literature on increasing the effectiveness of publicly funded training. The following papers are included: "Publicly Funded Training in a Changing Labor Market" (Burt S. Barnow, Christopher T. King); "The…