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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED217121 AUTHOR: Briggs, Vernon M., Jr. Ed.; Foltman, Felician F., Ed.
TITLE: Apprenticeship Research: Emerging Findings and Future
Trends. Proceedings of a Conference on Apprenticeship
Training (Washington, D.C., April 30-May 1, 1980).
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1981
NOTE: 228 p.
AVAILABILITY: six or more copies).
ABSTRACT: This conference sought to identify and evaluate
critical developments within the contemporary apprenticeship
training system. Input came from educators, scholars,
federal officials, and persons from labor and management.
Conference participants stated that more persons are in
apprenticeships (395,000) in the United States than ever
before, but there was no agreement about whether this supply
of apprentices is large enough and is in the right
occupational areas to prevent a skilled labor shortage in
the future. Conference presenters stated that gains had been
made in providing equal opportunity for minorities,
especially blacks, during the past few years, through
outreach programs and other nontraditional methods of
recruitment. Gains have also been made by females, although
the percentage of female apprentices remains low. The same
is true for Hispanics, who are becoming increasingly vocal
about their need for more apprenticeship opportunities.
Other issues discussed by conference participants included
the following: (1) whether equity for minority groups is
compatible with economic efficiency; (2) whether age
requirements for apprentices should be lowered to encourage
more youth to participate or raised to permit women to enter
later in life; (3) the propriety of financial incentives to
encourage industry to expand apprenticeships; (4) the
quality of apprenticeship training; and (5) linkages of
apprenticeships with other training systems. (KC)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Affirmative-Action; Age-Discrimination;
Blacks-; Conferences-; Employment-Projections; Females-;
Hispanic-Americans; Males-; Nontraditional-Occupations;
Postsecondary-Education; Sex-Fairness; Skilled-Occupations
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Apprenticeships-; *Equal-Opportunities
Jobs; *Labor-Force-Development; *Labor-Needs; *Minority
Groups; *Program-Effectiveness
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