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Australian Inst. of Multicultural Affairs, Melbourne (Australia). – 1985
This 7-chapter report reviews unemployment among migrant and refugee youth in Australia, examines the employment and training programs that exist for this population, identifies unmet needs, and suggests programs or services to meet those needs. An overview of the labor market programs and services available is contained in Chapter 2. Chapters 1…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Employment Opportunities, Employment Programs, Employment Services
Georgia State Univ., Atlanta. – 1985
This handbook is intended as a management resource for postsecondary and adult vocational education programs. Its uses include assessment of the effectiveness of current programs; identification of the need for new or expanded programs; development of an action plan for initiation, improvement, expansion, or termination of programs; and the…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Budgets, Educational Planning, Job Training
Howell, Robert E.; And Others – 1982
Between 1965 and 1976 more than 700 rural leaders participated in one of four statewide public affairs leadership development programs conducted by educational institutions in Pennsylvania, California, Michigan, and Montana. The W.K. Kellogg Foundation provided over $4 million in financial assistance. The programs were designed to: increase…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agriculture, Extension Education, Farmers
Download full textTravers, Jeffrey; And Others – 1981
This report summarizes findings from an ethnographic study of the Child and Family Resource Program (CFRP), a Head Start demonstration program providing child development and family support services to low-income families with young children. Designed to describe program operations from the perspective of staff and client families, the study was…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Development, Early Childhood Education, Employed Women
Employment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. Office of Policy, Evaluation and Research. – 1981
This report summarizes findings and recommendations from Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) research, demonstrations, and evaluation conducted in FY 1980-81. Chapter 1 presents research, experimentation, and demonstration study findings for projects completed February 1980 through June 1981. Findings are grouped into three…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Education, Cost Effectiveness, Demonstration Programs
National Alliance of Business, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1982
Analysis of data pertaining to the nature, scope, and effectiveness of business involvement in employment and training programs reveals that private sector experiments in employment and training, such as the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) Title VII and the Skill Training Improvement Program (STIP), have produced results superior…
Descriptors: Business, Delivery Systems, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation
Smith, Jeanne – 1984
The purpose of this project was to strengthen a volunteer literacy council's ability to offer an innovative curriculum and program monitoring system that meets the total literacy needs of O-4 level students, thus increasing student and tutor motivation and retention. The project designed volunteer staff training seminars to meet these objectives.…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Inservice Teacher Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1981
This document is a transcript of hearings on evaluation of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA). Focus of the hearing was on mismanagement and misappropriation of CETA contract funds, especially in the last days of the Carter administration. Testimony was given by various present and former officials of the Department of Labor,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Employment Programs, Federal Programs
McBeth, Ray – 1978
This document explains and evaluates the Information and Referral Services Traineeship program, which was designed to take information professionals who work in information and referral centers and provide them with information training to better meet the needs of the constituent groups they serve. Trainees, who were recruited and selected…
Descriptors: Community Information Services, Educational Programs, Evaluation, Information Services
Murphy, Ruth – 1978
An instrument was developed to obtain data relevant to why minorities with developmental disabilities drop out of the service delivery system in Wisconsin. The questionnaire, after being pre-tested and revised, was sent to agencies, organizations, and schools, and to individuals with developmental disabilities who agreed to participate in the…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Developmental Disabilities, Disabilities, Minority Groups
WALL, LEWIS E. – 1967
FIVE 8-WEEK SUMMER INSTITUTES IN BUSINESS DATA PROCESSING WERE CONDUCTED FROM 1963 TO 1965 TO ASSIST 353 PARTICIPANTS IN DEVELOPING THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS ESSENTIAL FOR TEACHING SPECIALIZED COURSES IN A 2-YEAR VOCATIONAL PREPARATORY CURRICULUM IN BUSINESS DATA PROCESSING. THIS STUDY AIMED TO DETERMINE (1) THE INSTITUTES' SUCCESS IN ALLEVIATING…
Descriptors: Business Education, Data Processing, Institutes (Training Programs), Program Descriptions
Carpenter-Huffman, Polly – 1980
Cost effectiveness of on-the-job training (OJT) can be determined by measures of effectiveness and by cost assessing the relationship between output and input. Defining effectiveness to be a measure of what an activity produces leaves two main groups of problems unresolved: hierarchies of effectiveness and multiple outcomes. The most significant…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Educational Assessment, Input Output Analysis, On the Job Training
Steiger, JoAnn M.; Szanton, Eleanor S. – 1976
This document presents the conclusions and recommendations of a study conducted to explain the inequalities faced by low-income women in job training, employment, and earnings. The study explored the dimensions of the problems such women face, possible solutions, and the extent to which a group of Health Education and Welfare (HEW) and HEW-related…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Employed Women, Employment Problems, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Kim, Jin Eun – 1978
The project's primary purpose was to train vocational administrators in developmental strategies and analytical techniques for improving cost-effectiveness of vocational programs. Administrators would then be able to function as change agents in diffusing strategies and techniques throughout the U.S. The specific objectives were to (1) identify…
Descriptors: Accountability, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Administration, National Programs
National Analysts, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. – 1974
The study consists of a followup survey of about 4,000 recipients of vocational rehabilitation (VR) services in six States over a three year period (1967-69). The objectives were (1) to describe employment levels of VR cases after closure, (2) to conduct cost/benefit analyses of services provided, and (3) to identify salient characteristics…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Cost Effectiveness, Employment Level, Employment Programs
