A Study of Terminees from JTPA Programs in Tennessee.

Autor/inn/en	Petry, John R.; Bellott, Fred K.
Titel	A Study of Terminees from JTPA Programs in Tennessee.
Quelle	(1990), (59 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Education Work Relationship; Job Training; Postsecondary Education; Program Effectiveness; School Community Relationship; Student Characteristics; Vocational Education; Womens Education; Work Experience Programs; Tennessee + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Berufsqualifizierender Bildungsgang; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; 'Women''s education'; Frauenbildung
Abstract	A study of the terminees from Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) programs in Tennessee was conducted. Terminees were JTPA participants who either completed a program or left the program for some other reason. First-class mail survey forms were sent to 2,462 persons. Two follow-up mailings were sent. A return rate of 29.4 percent was obtained. Among the findings were the following: (1) 58.1 percent of the respondents completed their JTPA training; (2) 67 percent received their training in an area vocational technical school, 21.6 percent in a state community college, and 11.4 percent in a state technical institute; (3) 71.1 percent of the respondents were working when they filled out the questionnaire; (4) of those working, 81.5 percent stated that they earned more after training than before they entered JTPA; (5) 68.8 percent of the respondents were women; (6) 71 percent of the respondents were white; (7) the mean age of respondents was 28.7, with a range from 17-60 years; and (8) 58.7 percent were from rural Tennessee. Program completers were more likely than noncompleters to attend an area vocational technical school, to be working when the survey was made, to have spent more time on the job, to work more hours per week, to take less time to find a job after JTPA training, to have a higher income per week after finishing training, to earn more when completing the survey, and to use skills learned in JTPA on the job. Gender, race, location, handicapped status, veteran status, employment before JTPA, and educational level did not influence whether or not the trainee completed the training program. The text contains 7 tables, and the appendixes provide detailed results in four extensive tables. (CML)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC