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2. Apprenticeship in the United States - Wikipedia

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   An example of a re-entry apprenticeship program is Job Corps. Job Corps is a residential program centered around work, providing a structured community for at-risk teens. In 2000, an experiment done by Schochet et al., found that those who were not enrolled in the program were had an arrest rate 15.9% higher than those who were enrolled in the ...

3. Apprenticeship - Wikipedia

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   A shoemaker and his apprentice c. 1914 Electricians are often trained through apprenticeships. Apprenticeship is a system for training a new generation of practitioners of a trade or profession with on-the-job training and often some accompanying study (classroom work and reading). Apprenticeships may also enable practitioners to gain a license ...

4. Comprehensive Employment and Training Act - Wikipedia

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   artist relief, art jobs program, federal artist employment, public art Status: Repealed The Comprehensive Employment and Training Act ( CETA , Pub. L. 93–203 ) was a United States federal law enacted by the Congress , and signed into law by President Richard Nixon on December 28, 1973 [ 1 ] to train workers and provide them with jobs in the ...

5. Registered apprenticeship - Wikipedia

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   Registered Apprenticeship is a program of the United States Department of Labor that connects job seekers looking to learn new skills with employers looking for qualified workers. Employers , employer associations, and joint labor-management organizations, known collectively as "sponsors", provide apprentices with paid on-the-job learning and ...

6. Vocational education in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Job retraining programs in the United States are often criticized for their lack of proper focus on skills that are required in existing jobs. A 2009 study by the US Department of Labor showed that the difference in earnings and the chances of being rehired, between those who had been taught and those who had not, was small. [10]

7. Citizen Schools - Wikipedia

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   Currently, Citizen Schools serves over 5,000 students and recruits over 4,280 volunteers over 31 program sites in 13 cities across 7 states. [2] The center pieces of the Citizen Schools model are its apprenticeship programs run by volunteers that culminate in public demonstrations called WOW!s, [ 3 ] and partnering with some middle schools to ...