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Index

A

Access to training, 3, 64, 65, 72, 120

qualifying training, 3, 65-68, 100

retraining, 69-70

second-chance training, 3, 70-72

skills improvement training, 3, 68-69

Accountability of programs, 7, 90, 120, 131

Accreditation, see Certification (institutional)

Administrators, training of, 17, 18, 19

Adult basic education, see Basic education

Adult Education Act, 10, 52-53, 72

Age-related earnings differences associate degrees, 78-80

Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), 58, 71, 85

Apprenticeship, 31, 38-40, 67, 156-158

foreign comparisons, 38, 40, 66-67, 105-106, 107, 115

Apprenticeship 2000 initiative, 40

Area vocational schools, see Vocational-technical schools

Armed Forces, see Military training

Articulation among programs, 96, 120-121

Assessment, see Evaluation and assessment

Assistance, see Federal funding

Australia, 105, 107-108, 111-117 passim

Austria, 40

B

Basic education, 2, 15, 16, 33, 36, 37, 52-54, 59, 60, 71-72, 161, 165-166

evaluation of, 10, 89-90

Basic Educational Opportunity Grants, see Pell grants

Benchmarking, 133, 135, 136

Best practices, 5-6, 8, 138

Britain, 108-110, 111, 113-114, 116

see also United Kingdom

Budgets, see Federal funding

Business Training International, 35

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C

California, 36, 59, 86, 136

Campus-based programs, 48

Capacity building, 141-143, 160

Capital investment, 28, 68

Career academies, 9, 158

Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act, see Perkins Act

Certification (institutional), 7, 51, 91, 94, 132

Certification (workers), 7, 15, 17, 94, 97, 121, 132, 139

apprenticeship, 38, 39, 40

of dislocation, 60-61, 70, 162

foreign comparisons, 111-114

national boards, 139-140, 175

two-year, 33, 52, 76-80

Classroom skills training, 37

Collaborative service delivery, 96-97

Colleges, 15, 66

four-year completions, 1, 16, 17

vocational rehabilitation, 54

see also Community colleges;

Technical colleges and institutes

Community-based organizations (CBOs), 15, 31, 37-38, 41, 43, 53,97

Community colleges, 15, 31-34, 43, 65-66, 97

adult basic education, 53, 54, 89

dropouts, 77

employers involvement, 94-95

evaluation of, 76-80

student aid, 45, 48, 50

Tech-Prep programs, 52

vocational rehabilitation, 54

Company training, see Employer-provided training; Skills improvement training

Compensation, see Earnings and wages

Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA), 55, 57, 86-87,91, 92

Computer programming, 22, 23, 34

Contracting for training services, 145, 147-149, 166n

from community colleges, 33-34, 41, 96

for dislocated workers, 61-62

by employers, 31, 33-34, 36, 41

federal, 9, 33, 36, 41

JTPA classes, 49, 57, 96, 97, 145

by military, 43

from proprietary schools, 36

Controlled experiments, 74-75

Cooperative education, 9, 67-68, 158

Coordination among programs, 95-100, 120-121, 131, 166

Correspondence courses, 19, 154

Cosmetology, 34, 156

Counseling services, 37, 38, 54, 61

Creaming, 57, 76, 92, 102n, 134

Credentials, see Certification (workers)

Curriculum development, 94-95, 140, 143n

Customized training courses, 33, 36

D

Default of student loans, 7, 14, 50, 92, 127, 154

proprietary school sector, 50, 63n

Definitions

of jobs and tasks, 23

of performance measures and standards, 133

of postsecondary education, 14-15, 16

of training, 15, 16

Degrees, 15, 148

two-year programs, 33, 52, 76-80

Delaware, 36-37

Demand for workers, 2, 3, 28, 156

and educational levels, 24, 25

see also Skill requirements

Demonstration projects

apprenticeship, 9, 40, 157, 158

home health training, 85-86

institutional eligibility, 9, 155-156

labor market structure, 10, 160

literacy in workplace, 42

skill standards, 139

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Denmark, 40

Department of Education, 42, 45, 139

vocational rehabilitation funding, 54

see also Student grants and loans

Department of Health and Human Services, 45

Department of Labor, 44, 45, 139, 158

Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training (BAT), 39

Office of Work-Based Learning, 40

retraining programs, 60-62

see also Job Training Partnership Act

Depression-era programs, 44

Design measures and standards, 133-136, 138

Deskilling, 22-23

DeVry Institutes of Technology, 35

Disability, see Vocational rehabilitation

Disadvantaged workers, 44, 94, 148

community-based organization programs, 37-38

community college programs, 33

qualifying training, 66

youth programs, 3, 5, 10, 55-56, 125-126, 163-165, 167-168n

see also Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) program;

Job Training Partnership Act;

Second-chance training

Dislocated workers programs, 60-62, 63n,

see also Retraining

Dropouts

high school, 16, 17, 37

postsecondary, 77, 114

E

Earnings and wages, 22, 23, 74, 75

and educational attainment, 23, 24, 102n

records use in program monitoring, 9, 155

retraining impacts, 82-83

second-chance training impacts, 85-89

skills improvement impacts, 81

two-year program impacts, 78-80

Economically disadvantaged, see Disadvantaged workers training

Economic competitiveness, 13

and employer-provided training, 21

and skill requirements, 22-25, 28, 131, 140, 161

Economic Dislocation and Worker Adjustment Assistance Act (EDWAA), 60, 61-62, 70, 82-84

Economic Opportunity Act, 88

Educational attainment, 1, 16-17, 24

and skills improvement training, 68

and wages, 23, 24, 102n

Employer involvement, 3, 6, 24, 65, 93-95, 120, 127

foreign comparisons, 104-111

see also Employer-provided training

Employer-provided training, 13, 20-21, 25, 31, 40-42, 43, 81-82,94, 160

apprenticeship, 31, 38, 39, 40, 158

contracted, 31, 33-34, 36, 41

foreign comparisons, 110-111

formal, 18, 19, 20, 31, 40-41

informal, 17, 18, 19, 20, 31, 41

and job mobility, 21, 29n, 110-111, 159

qualifying, 3, 6, 41, 66-67

at schools, 41, 69

tax subsidies, 42, 94, 146, 161

English as a second language (ESL), 33, 36, 37, 53, 60, 69

Enrollments

proprietary schools, 35, 62n

two-year colleges, 31-33, 34

vocational-technical schools, 36

Evaluation and assessment, 5-6, 7, 73-76, 131-132

qualifying training, 76-80, 100, 151, 155-156

retraining, 82-84

second-chance programs, 10, 73, 84-90, 162-166

skills improvement training, 80-82

see also Performance management and standards

Expenditures, see Federal funding

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Experimentation, see Demonstration projects; Innovation and experimentation

F

Family Support Act, 58, 92, 162, 173

Federal Committee on Apprenticeship, 39

Federal Emergency Relief Program, 44

Federal employee training, 30, 41

Federal Family Education Loans (FFEL), 45, 98

Federal funding, 2, 3, 9, 15, 28, 45, 46-47, 120

adult education, 52-53

certification boards, 140

community-based organizations, 37, 43

community colleges, 32, 33, 128n

Depression-era programs, 44

military training, 42-43

retraining, 60, 61, 70

short-term programs, 31

and standard-setting, 8

state and local aid, 2, 10, 11, 36, 44, 51, 52-53, 54, 121-122, 169-170, 173-174

vocational education, 36, 51-52, 128n

vocational rehabilitation, 54

see also Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) program;

Job Training Partnership Act;

Student grants and loans

Federal policy, 2, 3, 4, 14, 44-45, 120-127

annual status reports, 10, 172

apprenticeship programs, 39

employer involvement, 42, 120, 127

innovative programs, 5-6

programs improvement, 4, 5-6, 9-10, 126, 142-143, 144-146

quality assurance, 4, 5, 7-9, 120, 125-126, 129-143

systemic reform, 3, 4-5, 10-11, 100, 119, 120-121, 125-127, 169-175

Federal regulations, 8-9, 138, 173-174

conflicts among, 10, 98, 170

state exemption waivers, 10, 170-171, 174, 175

see also Higher Education Act;

Job Training Partnership Act;

Perkins Act;

names of other specific statutes

Financial assistance, see Federal funding; Student grants and loans

Fitzgerald Act, 39

Flexible work organization, 23, 25, 26-27

Florida, 36

Foreign comparisons, 6, 22, 66, 103-104, 116, 126

apprenticeship, 38, 40, 66-67, 105-106, 107, 115

employer involvement, 104-111

qualifying training, 105-110, 117n

school-to-work transition, 114-116

skills improvement training, 110-111

standards and certification, 111-114

Formal training, see Employer-provided training

France, 22

Francis Tuttle School, 37

G

GAIN program, 86, 95, 162

General equivalency diploma (GED), 36, 60, 97

Germany, 22, 40, 66-67, 68, 104, 105-106, 110, 111, 112, 115, 116, 156

G.I. Bill, 23, 44

and proprietary schools, 35, 49

Global competitiveness, see Economic competitiveness

Government, see Federal funding; Federal policy; Federal regulations; State governments; names of specific federal agencies and programs

Grants, institutional, 146,

see also Student grants and loans

Guaranteed loans, 29n, 45, 49-50

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H

Harm to program participants, 7, 127, 155

Health care training, 17, 42, 52, 80, 94

Higher Education Act, 13, 29n, 45, 48-51, 151, 154, 155

institutional integrity provisions, 9, 91

High-performance workplaces, 24-25

High-risk groups, see Disadvantaged workers

High school dropouts, 16, 17, 37

High schools, 14, 30

High-skill occupations, 1, 23-24, 25

Homemaker-Home Health Aide Demonstrations, 85-86

Houston Community College, 32

I

Immigration, 24

Imports, 24

Incentives to training providers, 6, 8, 52, 64-65, 90, 93, 135

Indiana, 99-100

Industrial organization, 10, 23, 26-27, 28, 69, 95, 159-160

Informal training, see Employer-provided training

Information systems, 4, 10

federal role, 8, 120, 141, 171

Innovation and experimentation

federal role in, 5-6, 10, 124

labor market structure, 10

second-chance training, 10

workplace organization, 10, 23, 160

see also Demonstration projects

Institutions, see Colleges; Community colleges; Proprietary schools; Schools; Student grants and loans; Technical colleges and institutes; Vocational-technical schools

Institutions of Postsecondary Education Data Survey (IPEDS)

definitions in, 14, 15

Interest subsidies, on student loans, 29n, 49, 50

Italy, 22

J

Japan, 22, 66, 104, 106-107, 110-112, 115, 116, 117n

Job Corps, 55, 88-89, 164

Job mobility, 21, 114-115, 121, 160

and employer-provided training, 21, 29n, 110-111, 159

and skills improvement training, 2, 15

Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) program, 45, 58-60, 71, 97

community college role, 33

evaluation of, 84-86, 162-163, 165

federal matching funds, 10, 162, 163

proprietary school involvement, 36

Job search and placement assistance, 37, 38, 55, 59, 61, 161

JOBSTART, 88, 95

Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA), 2, 16, 54-58, 63n, 71, 96-97, 163-165

community-based organization programs, 37, 56-57

community college programs, 33, 37, 56-57

compared to JOBS, 58, 59, 60

impacts of, 84-85, 87-90

performance management system, 7, 8, 52, 57-58, 91-92, 97, 130, 134 , 137, 141-142

proprietary school involvement, 36, 56-57

see also Economic Dislocation and Worker Adjustment Assistance Act

Junior colleges, see Community colleges

L

Labor market structure, 2, 10, 21-22, 28, 160

and employer-provided training, 21

Labor relations, policies, 21

Labor unions, 41, 68

apprenticeship programs, 31, 38, 39

La Raza, 43

Leading-edge standards, 133, 135, 136, 143

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Legislation, see Federal regulations; Higher Education Act; Job Training Partnership Act; Perkins Act; names of other specific statutes

Licensing, see Certification (institutional)

Life-cycle theories, of technological change, 23

Literacy programs, 42, 53, 69, 72, 89, 165-166

Loans, see Student grants and loans

Local governments, 44, 121, 122, 128n, 170

community college administration, 32, 34

Low-income groups, 66

and community-based organizations, 37

and proprietary schools, 36

and student grants, 50

Low Income Opportunity Board (LIOB), 173, 174

Low-skill occupations, 21, 23, 24, 69, 95

M

Malcolm Baldrige Award, 160

Managers, 23

training of, 19, 69

Manpower Development and Training Act, 44

Manufacturing

and readjustment assistance, 61

skill requirements, 23, 24

Miami Dade Community College, 32

Middle-level positions, 17, 23

military training, 42

Military training, 19, 30, 42-43

apprenticeship, 38

Minimum standards approach, 9, 135-136, 143

Minimum wage, 21, 104

Minorities

apprenticeships, 39

and community-based organizations, 37

community college enrollment, 33

proprietary school enrollment, 36

skills improvement training, 68

Mississippi, 59

Monitoring of training programs, 9, 155

Morrill Act, 128n

N

National Apprenticeship Act, 39

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 143n

National Institute for Literacy, 165-166

National Institute of Standards and Technology, 42

National Literacy Act, 53, 72

National Science Foundation, 10, 174

National Supported Work Demonstration, 88

New Jersey, 99

Nonprofit institutions, 15

see also Community-based organizations

North American Free Trade Agreement, 161

North Carolina, 95

North Dakota, 59

O

Occupations

training for specific, 3, 17-20

Office of Work Force Development, 10-11, 174-175

Oklahoma, 37

On-the-job training, see Employer-provided training; Skills improvement training

Organizational patterns, see Industrial organization

Outcomes of training, see Results

P

Parents Loans for Undergraduate Students Program (PLUS), 45

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Peer review process, 11, 175

Pell grants, 45, 49, 50, 145, 149, 150, 166n

and vocational rehabilitation, 54

Performance management and standards, 5-6, 7-8, 90-93, 129-139, 171-172

adult education, 53

apprenticeship programs, 39

foreign comparisons, 6

JOBS program, 60, 92

JTPA, 7, 8, 52, 57-58, 91-92, 97, 130, 134, 137, 141-142

military, 43

Perkins Act, 2, 15, 51-52, 92, 167n, 173

Perkins loans, 45, 48

Policy, see Federal policy

Private Industry Councils, 56, 97

Private schools, see Proprietary schools

Problem-driven standards, 135, 136

Productivity, 22, 25

skills improvement impacts, 81-82

Professional associations, 31, 41

Professional occupations, 19, 23, 69

Proprietary schools, 15, 16, 31, 34-36, 66

employers involvement, 94

evaluation of, 76-80

retraining at, 62

and student aid, 35, 48, 49-50, 91, 151, 154

vocational rehabilitation, 54

Providers of training, see Sources of training

Public schools, 15,

see also Vocational-technical schools

Public service occupations, 63n, 80

Public Works Administration, 44

Q

Qualifying training, 2, 15, 16, 25, 28, 120

access to, 3, 65-68, 100

at community colleges, 34, 76-80

employer-provided, 3, 6, 41, 66-67

evaluation of, 76-80, 100, 151, 155-156

federal role, 9, 149-158

sources of, 3, 17-19

student aid, 50-51, 149-156

Quality of training, 3, 90

federal role, 4, 5, 7-9, 120, 125-126, 129-143

see also Performance management and standards

R

Racial and ethnic groups, see Minorities

Random assignment experiments, 74-75, 84, 101-102n

Records and record-keeping

employment and wages, 9, 155, 167n

by training providers, 73

Referrals, 96, 97-98

Regulation, see Federal regulations

Rehabilitation Act, 54

Remedial education, see Basic education

Reorganization, see Industrial organization

Reputation of training programs, 6, 14, 94

Research and development

corporate investment, 24, 28

skill standards, 171-172

Resources, see Federal funding

Results, 3, 5, 8, 64, 73-90, 100

see also Evaluation and assessment;

Performance management and standards

Retraining, 2, 15-16, 60-62, 63n, 120

access to, 69-70

at community colleges, 33, 62

evaluation of, 82-84

federal role, 10, 158-162

student aid, 51

S

Sanctions, against training providers, 8, 52, 91

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Schools, 17

qualifying training at, 3, 17, 65-67, 100

skills improvement training at, 19, 20, 41

see also Colleges;

Community colleges;

Proprietary schools;

Student grants and loans;

Technical colleges and institutes;

Vocational-technical schools

School-to-work transition, 9, 156-158

foreign comparisons, 114-116

Secondary schools, see High schools; Vocational-technical schools

Second-chance training, 2, 16, 120

access to, 3, 70-72

community-based organization programs, 37, 43

at community colleges, 33

evaluation of, 10, 73, 84-90, 162-166

federal role, 10, 13, 162-166

at proprietary schools, 36

see also Adult Education Act;

Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) program;

Job Training Partnership Act

Secretary's (of Labor) Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS) , 136

Selection bias, 82, 101n

Serviceman's Readjustment Act, see G.I. Bill

Short-term training programs, 31

Skill requirements, 95

and economic competitiveness, 22-25, 28, 131, 140, 161

standards, 7, 8, 10, 11, 52, 94, 111-114, 139-140, 171

and technological development, 1, 23, 24, 28

Skills improvement training, 2, 15, 16, 25, 28, 120

access to, 3, 68-69

evaluation of, 80-82

federal role, 10, 158-162

foreign comparisons, 110-111

formal company programs, 40-41, 68-69

sources of, 19, 20

student aid, 51

Small businesses

owned by disabled, 54

skills improvement training, 68-69

Smith-Hughes Act, 44, 51, 128n

Social Security Act, 44

Sources of training, 3, 17-20, 29n, 43-44

qualifying training, 3, 17-19

skills improvement, 19, 20

and standards, 7

South Carolina, 32, 95

Stafford Loan Program, 45, 49, 50, 63n

Standard of living, 22, 24

Standards, see Performance management and standards; Skill requirements, standards

State governments, 4, 13, 44, 121-122, 127-128n, 146

apprenticeship administration, 39-40

community college funding, 32, 34

and employer-sponsored training, 41, 82

federal aid, 2, 10, 11, 36, 44, 51, 52-53, 54, 121-122, 169-170, 173-174

institutional eligibility oversight, 51, 91, 151-154

JOBS administration, 58-60

JTPA administration, 55, 99-100

performance standards development, 52, 92, 100, 153, 154, 155-156

rehabilitation agencies, 54

short-term program funding, 31

and systemic reform, 3, 6, 99-100, 121-123, 126-127, 156, 169-171

and trade readjustment, 61

vocational school administration, 36-37, 51-52

waivers from federal rules, 10, 170-171, 174, 175

State Student Incentive Grants (SSIG), 45

Statistical data collection, proprietary schools, 35

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Stigmatization, of program participants, 6, 94

Structure of training system, see Coordination among programs; Industrial organization; Labor market structure; Systemic reform

Student grants and loans, 2, 13-14, 16, 20, 29n, 35, 45, 46, 48-51, 65, 90, 120, 144-145, 149-150

default, 7, 14, 50, 92, 127, 154

Depression-era programs, 44

institutional eligibility, 15, 51, 91, 92, 151-154

proprietary schools, 35, 48, 49-50, 91, 151, 154

Student Right-to-Know Act, 92

Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants (SEOG), 45, 48

Supplemental Loan for Students Program (SLS), 45, 49, 50

Supply of workers, 2, 3, 28

Sweden, 66

Switzerland, 40

Systemic reform

federal role, 3, 4-5, 10-11, 100, 119, 120-121, 125-127, 169-175

states roles in, 3, 6, 99-100, 121-123, 126-127, 156, 169-171

T

Targeted Job Tax Credit, 94

Tax subsidies, 42, 94, 146, 161, 166-167n

Technical assistance, 5-6, 57, 173

Technical colleges and institutes, 15, 31-32, 33, 53, 77, 80, 97

Technological development and skill requirements, 1, 23, 24, 28

Technology transfer programs, 42

Tech-Prep programs, 9, 51, 52, 156-157, 158

Teenage parents, 60

Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA), 60-61, 62, 63n, 69-70, 83, 161-162

Trade schools, see Proprietary schools; Vocational-technical schools

Transferability of training, 42, 43

Trust funds, apprenticeships, 38

Two-plus-two programs, 96

Two-year colleges, see Community colleges; Technical colleges and institutes

U

Unemployment insurance, 44, 60-61, 70, 167n

United Kingdom, 22, 66

see also Britain

Universities, 15

Unskilled labor, see Low-skill occupations

Upgrade of job skills, see Skills improvement training

Upskilling, 22-23

Urban League, 43

U.S. Employment Service, 44, 94

U.S. Government, see Federal funding; Federal policy; Federal regulations; names of specific federal agencies and programs

V

Value added, in training programs, 8, 73-76, 90, 93, 135

Vocational Education Act, 36

Vocational rehabilitation, 54, 148

Vocational Student Loan Insurance Act, 49

Vocational-technical schools, 15, 31, 36-37, 97

and retraining, 62

Voucher programs, 9, 51, 144-145, 147-149, 151, 166n, 167n

W

Wages, see Earnings and wages

Wagner-Peyser Act, 44

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Welfare-to-work programs, 85-86, 89-90, 92, 95, 134, 162

see also Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) program

Women, 15

apprenticeships, 39

proprietary school enrollment, 36

second-chance training, 85-89 passim, 163

skills improvement training, 68

in two-year programs, 33, 78, 79-80

Work Incentive (WIN) Program, 59, 85, 162

Workplaces, see Employer involvement; Employer-provided training; Industrial organization; Skills improvement training

Works Progress Administration, 44

Work-study programs, 45, 48

Y

YouthBuild, 164, 168n

Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act, 37

Youth Incentive Entitlement Pilot Projects (YIEPP), 158

Youth training, 3, 5, 10, 15, 55-56, 125-126, 163-165, 167-168n

under JTPA, 54-57, 87-89

skills improvement, 68

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With a wealth of insightful commentary and examples, this readable volume will be valuable to federal and state policymakers, leaders in the field of training, educators, employers, labor unions, and interested individuals.

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