Minority Employment Opportunities, 1980-85: Hearings Before the Joint Economic Committee, Congress of the United States, Ninety-sixth Congress, First Session, October 9 and 18, 1979U.S. Government Printing Office, 1980 - 126 pages |
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... community . It is of the utmost impor- tance that Congress hear our ... colleges . It is evident that there was also a real need to provide ... community - based organiza- tions such as the Gateway Community Center . This marriage has not ...
... community . It is of the utmost impor- tance that Congress hear our ... colleges . It is evident that there was also a real need to provide ... community - based organiza- tions such as the Gateway Community Center . This marriage has not ...
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... community college , which is equipped to do the job that this hearing was ... colleges really have come of their own only since about the 1960's and they ... community colleges as the potential vehicle for doing a large part of the job ...
... community college , which is equipped to do the job that this hearing was ... colleges really have come of their own only since about the 1960's and they ... community colleges as the potential vehicle for doing a large part of the job ...
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... community college mission . This combination of job entry proficiency ... colleges . Along with the expansion of job - oriented education , there has ... community colleges , open admissions with or without high school graduation , and ...
... community college mission . This combination of job entry proficiency ... colleges . Along with the expansion of job - oriented education , there has ... community colleges , open admissions with or without high school graduation , and ...
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... community col- lege thrusts are white collar . This is the middle range of ... colleges , but we find that's no longer true . With the increased number of ... community college mission is shifting toward a combination of adult basic liter ...
... community col- lege thrusts are white collar . This is the middle range of ... colleges , but we find that's no longer true . With the increased number of ... community college mission is shifting toward a combination of adult basic liter ...
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... community college stand in relation to the challenge of the 1980's for preparing the minorities for the increasing employment opportunities in white - collar jobs ? The track record is good . Community colleges now have available job ...
... community college stand in relation to the challenge of the 1980's for preparing the minorities for the increasing employment opportunities in white - collar jobs ? The track record is good . Community colleges now have available job ...
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AFDC American Assembly Anderson areas black youth career CBO's CETA Colleges of Chicago community colleges community-based organizations Congress Congressman Mitchell decade disadvantaged earnings employed youth employers employment and training employment policies enrollment experience Federal Federal Communications Commission food stamp program funds going GREDE growth hearings higher hire Hispanic population Hispanic youth improve income increase institutions job creation job-sharing joblessness JOHNSON Joint Economic Committee labor force participation labor market look major manpower programs MARTIN median ment Mexican-Americans minimum wage minority employment opportunities minority groups minority youth unemployment munity colleges National National Urban League occupational person ployment prepared statement prime sponsors private sector problem Puerto Ricans question racial recession registration requirements Representative BROWN Representative MITCHELL Sawhill Senator Jepsen skills small business statistics structurally unemployed targeted teenage Thank tion unem unemployment rate United States-Mexico border Washington white youth women Wylie youth employment
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Page 94 - Occupational characteristics of employed Spanish origin persons differed, sometimes markedly, from that of the overall employed population. For instance, although 16 percent of all employed persons in the civilian labor force were professional and technical workers, only 8 percent of the Spanish origin labor force were so employed, and the proportion of employed persons of Spanish origin working as managers and administrators (5 percent) was significantly lower than for the overall population (11...
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