A Fisherman's Guide

An Assessment of Training and Remediation Strategies

Robert Taggart

A thoughtful evaluation of the entire CETA system.

Table of Contents
  1. Teach Them to Fish
    • A Menu for the Labor Market's Leftovers
    • A Preview of Coming Attractions
  2. Training the "Leftovers"
    • The Training System
    • A Profile of CETA Traiing
  3. Effects and Effectiveness
    • Is Training Worthwhile?
    • An Anatomy of Impacts
    • Instrumental Factors
    • Work as Training
    • A Theoretical Perspective
  4. Nuts and Bolts
    • Diversity in Local Training Efforts
    • The Delivery Perspective
    • Federal Oversight and Intervention
    • National Administration - The Lessons From Job Corps
  5. Visions and Revisions
    • The End of an Era
    • Training and Its Impacts - A Summary and Interpretation of Findings
    • Management, Decisionmaking and Delivery - A Summary and Interpretation of Findings
    • The Underlying Issues
    • Shaping the Future
    • Next Steps

373 pp. 1981
$19 paper ISBN 0-911558-92-6 / ISBN-13 978-0-911558-92-0.


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