Occupational and School Selections [electronic resource] : Experiences With The Portland WIN Voucher Training Program. Precis / Bruce B. Dunning.
In 1974, vouchers for institutional vocational training were available in the Work Incentive Program (WIN) in Portland, Oregon, from April until the end of September. Voucher recipients were allowed up to six weeks in which to decide about a training occupation, locate an appropriate school, and mak...
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| Summary: | In 1974, vouchers for institutional vocational training were available in the Work Incentive Program (WIN) in Portland, Oregon, from April until the end of September. Voucher recipients were allowed up to six weeks in which to decide about a training occupation, locate an appropriate school, and make arrangements for enrollment. Relationships between the WIN staff and WIN clients were restructured: Whereas staff members had given directive counseling to their clients, they now gave information and personal support in a nondirective manner. Three quarters of the voucher recipients were women. One hundred fifty four voucher recipients were interviewed when they committed their vouchers to training schools (i.e. in the commitment phase). Equivalent questions were asked of 163 trainees who did not have vouchers. Responses of voucher recipients and trainees without vouchers were compared. These responses dealt with such topics as: the characteristics of institutional trainees; the trainee's predispositions toward occupations when they entered WIN and the ways in which institutional training was presented to them initially; the extent to which trainees engaged in decision-making about participation in institution training as well as about training occupations and schools; the occupations and schools chosen; and, the factors which influenced decisions in the Portland WIN institutionalized training program. However, the changes that did occur in the commitment phase were judged desirable. (Author/JM) |
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| Item Description: | ERIC Document Number: ED134639. Sponsoring Agency: Employment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. Contract Number: DOL-51-11-73-02. Educational level discussed: Postsecondary Education. |
| Physical Description: | 28 p. |