The Challenge of Preparing an Urban Population for Full Employment. 1978 National Leadership Conference for Administrators of Vocational Education in Large Cities. Leadership Training Series No. 56.

Overview & Synopsis

Twenty-one conference presentations are included in this report of a national conference for large city vocational education administrators. Section 1 includes one presentation entitled "The Challenge of Youth Unemployment in Urban Areas" and three on "Changing Vocational Education to Impact on Youth Unemployment in Urban Areas." Each of the three papers in section 2 is entitled "Coordinating Vocational and Manpower Training Activities in a Large Urban Area." Section 3 contains two presentations on "Practices to Assure Sexual Equality in Vocational-Technical Programs," three on "Practices to Assure Racial Equality in Employment of Graduates of Vocational Education," and two on "Techniques for Orienting Vocational Education Personnel to the Needs of Minority and Female Clients." In section 4 two papers deal with "Strategies for Coordinating Secondary and Post-Secondary Vocational-Technical Education in Urban Areas," two with "The Future of Part-Time Adult Vocational Education in Urban Areas," and one with "Changes Needed in Vocational-Technical Education to Better Serve the Needs of Post-Secondary and Part Time Adult Clients in Urban Areas.""The Role of Career Education in Desegregating Schools in Large Cities" is contained in section 5 and "Providing Inservice Education to Meet the Training Needs of Building Level Vocational Administrators in Urban Areas" makes up section 6. Appended are simulation exercises used at the conferences, the conference program, and the names and addresses of program participants, presenters, and presiders. (JH)