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Citation
Johnson, T., Gritz, M., & Dugan, M. (2000). National Job Corps Study: Job Corps applicants’ programmatic experiences. Seattle, WA: Battelle Memorial Institute.
Highlights
- This report built on the process and descriptive analyses of the National Job Corps Study to understand which Job Corps program features led to positive results for applicants and participants. Job Corps offers intensive academic classroom instruction and vocational skills training to economically disadvantaged youth.
- The authors investigated programs’ enrollment procedures, characteristics of the Job Corps centers, and program practices to identify those that seemed to be related to positive programmatic experiences for participants. The authors used data from the program’s management information system, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and surveys of program staff.
- The study found that students who had admissions counselors who put the onus on them to complete the admissions process, attended smaller centers in rural areas, and had access to high quality vocational training and academic instruction were more likely to have positive programmatic outcomes than those that did not.
- Programmatic outcomes did not appear to be influenced by demographic similarity amongst staff and students, nor by the types and variety of vocational training offered.
Intervention Examined
Job Corps
Reviewed by CLEAR: March 2014
Topic Area
Research Guidelines
Review Protocol: Opportunities for Youth Review Protocol
Review Guidelines: Quantitative Descriptive Guidelines