East St. Louis Action Research Project
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

BUILDING OPPORTUNITIES:
A Report on Employability and Job Training Issues  and  A Construction Skills Job Training Strategy  for  East St. Louis, Illinois

Table Of Contents

Executive Summary

Chapter One:
Introduction
Local Interest
Current Relevance
Methodology
Questions Addressed

Chapter Two:
Employability and Employment Sectors
Relevant Data and Recent Studies
Employability Issues
Current Job Sectors
Promising Job Sectors

Chapter Three:
Job Training: Present and Future
National Job Training Policy
Job Training Reform Efforts
Evaluative or Critical Recent Studies
Local Job Training Efforts and Awareness
Local Issues and Critique

Chapter Seven:
Conclusion

Appendices
A: Interviewee List
B: Survey Questions
C: Tables for Chapter One
D: Tables for Chapter Two
E: Tables for Chapter Four
F: Diagram of "Recycler" Prototype
G: Potential Case Studies
H: Map of St. Louis Regional Area

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May 1997

Document author : Diane Gormery-Barnes
HTML by : Yong Wook Kim
Last modified: May 21, 1997

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