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Evaluation of the Impact of Selected Urban Concentrated Employment Programs.
System Development Corp., Falls Church, VA. – 1970
To identify and assess the impact of the Urban Concentrated Employment Program (CEP) on 14 selected cities, each community was divided into the three major areas of potential impact--the general community, employers, and participants in the program. Data were obtained from interviews and mailed questionnaires. Several operational factors limited…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Employment Programs, Job Training, Labor Force Development
Private Industry Councils: Examining Their Mission under the Job Training Partnership Act. Special Report Number 35.
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National Commission for Employment Policy (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1993
A number of findings and recommendations regarding the mission of Private Industry Councils (PICs) under the Job Training Partnership ACT (JTPA) were developed based on information collected in several ways: a focus group of PICs, roundtable discussions held nationwide with staff from nearly 100 PICs in 45 states, and canvasses of more than 200…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Employment Programs, Federal Programs, Institutional Mission
Hearings on H.R. 2039, the Job Training Partnership Act Amendments of 1989. Hearings before the Committee on Education and Labor, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred First Congress, First Session (Washington, D.C., June 29 and September 20, 1989; San Francisco, California, July 7, 1989; Los Angeles, California, November 3, 1989; and Chicago, Illinois, January 12, 1990).
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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1990
This document reports oral and written testimony given at hearings by witnesses concerning House Bill (H.B.) 2039, the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) Amendments of 1989, and related proposals. The proposed legislation is designed to correct shortcomings in JTPA and to redirect focus to the hard to serve; and provide more intensive services…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation
Status Report on Single Parents and Homemakers Programs in New Jersey 1988-1989.
Montclair State Coll., Upper Montclair, NJ. Life Skills Center. – 1989
A study was conducted to identify the factors that lead single parents and homemakers to choose nontraditional job training and the barriers they encounter in this effort. Data were collected from 14 sites in New Jersey through a mailed survey of 73 single parent/homemaker program clients and 10 program directors. The survey found that the…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Programs, Displaced Homemakers, Females
Retention in the United States Job Corps: Analysis and Recommendations.
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Ginsburg, Kenneth R.; Forke, Christine M.; Kinsman, Sara B.; Fleegler, Eric; Grimes, Eric K.; Rosenbloom, Tamar; Schneider, John S.; Schwarz, Donald F.; Cnaan, Avital; Zhao, Huaqing; Cohen, Brian M.; Gibbs, Kathleen P. – 2000
A project used a mixed quantitative-qualitative approach, drawing from the Job Corps database and site visits at five sites, to generate knowledge that can guide policymakers and program planners as they act to increase retention in the Job Corps or similar programs. Quantitative data on 343,097 students who enrolled in Job Corps between July 1993…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Classroom Environment