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Marr, Barbara T.; Green, James L., Ed. – 1993
A study examined the effectiveness of Massachusetts' Summer Youth Employment and Training Programs (SYETP) funded under Title IIB of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). The study methodology included the following: a review of federal JTPA legislation and pertinent state policy directives; site visits to a random sampling of 15 summer…
Descriptors: Differences, Educational Benefits, Educational Objectives, Employment Programs
Download full textSouth 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
Crawford, Clarence C. – 1994
At least 154 employment training programs (ETP) providing approximately $25 billion in employment training assistance are currently administered by 14 federal agencies. Individually, these programs are all well-intended. Collectively, however, they have been described as bewildering and frightening to clients and confusing to those who operate…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Change Strategies, Coordination
McCoy, Carol P. – 1993
This book is a tool kit for human resource development (HRD) and training managers, trainers, and administrative assistants in small HRD departments. Part 1 deals with the challenges and opportunities of managing a small HRD department and with planning the strategy. Chapter 1 gives a sense of the workings of small HRD departments. Chapter 2…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Employer Employee Relationship, Employment Practices, Job Training
Zhang, Quahwu – 1992
This study tested M. Deutsch's theory of cooperation and conflict resolution using an intervention project at an inner city alternative high school in New York City. The study was designed to test the theory by confirmatory structural modeling and by evaluating the intervention. The procedure involved a pre- and post-test procedure administered…
Descriptors: Blacks, Conflict Resolution, Cooperative Learning, Doctoral Dissertations
Carlson, Laurance; And Others – 1993
The Federal Resource Center for Special Education (FRC) was established to provide consultation, training, and technical assistance to Regional Resources Centers (RRCs) in order to enhance the quality and consistency of technical assistance content provided to State Education Agencies. FRC efforts focused on the Office of Special Education…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Attention Deficit Disorders, Consultation Programs, Disabilities
Curry, Beth Ann – 1990
This study examined the effect of the Nicholls State-Youth Opportunities Unlimited (NS-YOU) program on 30 adolescents aged 14 and 15. The NS-YOU summer program was designed by Nicholls State University to address the dropout problem among adolescents from low income families. This program provided remediation, counseling, and job training to 14-…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Counseling Services, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Research
Keyes, Jose Luis; And Others – 1983
The Native Language Reading Approach Program in New York City was designed as an exemplary approach to on-site training of classroom teachers and their assistants in how to help students transfer reading skills from their native language to English. Program components included support services, teacher training, material/curriculum development,…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, English (Second Language)
Stegall, Lael Swinney – 1979
A subjective assessment of women's organizations and development in Sri Lanka and Thailand produced specific information about the organizations and suggested ways to improve their development capacities. Personal interviews with nearly 100 organization, government, and agency leaders revealed many similarities between the two countries. In both…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Economically Disadvantaged, Family Life Education, Females
Instructional Development and Evaluation Associates, Inc., Berkeley, MI. – 1981
A three-year study examined the significant factors that affect the job placement rates of students completing a Home Economics Related Occupations (HERO) program. Other purposes of the study were to develop and pilot test a model that could be used to determine factors related to student placement in a variety of vocational education programs and…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Home Furnishings, Home Management, Influences
Black, Hartzel; And Others – 1989
A study was conducted in Illinois to determine how effectively the vocational education system was meeting its responsibilities to serve persons in economically depressed areas under the terms of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act of 1984. State records showed that during fiscal year 1987, Illinois expended $982,956 of the $1,336,238…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Needs, Employment Programs
Lewis, Morgan V.; And Others – 1990
Vocational education programs conducted by the Cincinnati Public Schools were reviewed to analyze their characteristics and to clarify their mission and goals. The review examined information on demographic and economic trends in the labor market served by the schools and developed information on the purpose, conduct, and outcomes of the…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Educational Policy
Hotchkiss, Lawrence; Smythe, John – 1988
Data from a sample of participants in JTP (Job Training Partnership) Ohio under Title III of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) were analyzed and the findings compared to results from a companion study of Title IIA adult Ohio JTP participants. Respondents were surveyed during the 14th-17th weeks following the end of their JTP participation.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Vocational Education, Adults, Comparative Analysis
BCEL Newsletter for the Business and Literacy Communities, 1991
Concerned with the increasing feminization of poverty, the Rockefeller Foundation launched in 1982 a $12 million welfare-to-work research and demonstration project, presently midway into a 5-year evaluation. The Minority Female Single Parent Demonstration project involved four community-based organizations: Atlanta Urban League (Georgia);…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Community Organizations, Demonstration Programs, Displaced Homemakers
Barker, Linda Toms; And Others – 1986
This report describes the evaluation of the Centers for Independent Living Program, required by the 1984 amendments to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Part B. The evaluation, which assessed the impact of the centers in increasing opportunities for disabled individuals, was based upon data acquired through mail survey of 156 centers funded in…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Daily Living Skills, Delivery Systems
