The Persistent Dilemmas of Preparing for Work: Occupational Training Programs in Texas, PRP 55

This report on occupational training in Texas is the product of a policy research project conducted at the LBJ School in 1981-82, under grants from the Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation, the Hogg Foundation, and the Ford Foundation. The study analyzes three major types of training programs--firm-based training, postsecondary vocational education, and CETA programs--and analyzes the extent to which each has succeeded in resolving the dilemmas that are common to all forms of occupational training. The study then makes several recommendations to improve the current system of occupational training.