Student Employment
Education
Key First Job or Make-Work? Value of Summer Program Debated
10:30 A.M. The Cleveland Public Theater. Inside a dark, hot studio,
instructor Dan Gangloff is leading a group of teenagers through a
warm-up.
Education
Youth Fellows: Not Just Another After-School Job
It is a bright and balmy afternoon in Boston, a welcome change of
pace after the seemingly endless winter the city has endured.
Education
Bill Would Ease Pell Grant Shortfall, But Trim Summer Jobs
The Senate Appropriations Committee last week approved a $1.9 billion supplemental-spending bill that, in comparison with House-passed bills, increases the amount of money to minimize a Pell Grant shortfall, reduces added funding for the summer-youth-jobs program, and restores funding cuts in Education Department programs.
Education
Supply of Summer Youth Jobs Falling Short of Demand
Hundreds of thousands of disadvantaged teenagers are searching for employment this summer, but the public and private sectors will not be able to meet the demand, according to government and industry officials.
Education
Summer Youth Programs and Jobs Stripped From Stimulus Package
WASHINGTON--Bowing to pressure from Republicans, the White House and Congressional Democrats last week ditched President Clinton's plan to spend billions of dollars this summer on education and youth-related programs as part of an economic-stimulus package.
Education
Reich Challenges Business To Match Clinton's Summer Jobs
Secretary of Labor
Robert B. Reich last week challenged
the business community to
match one for one the number of jobs
that would be created under President
Clinton's summer-employment
plan, for a total of 2.6 million jobs for
disadvantaged youths this summer.
Education
In Wake of L.A. Riots, Finding Money For Summer Jobs Seen as Top Priority
Employment and recreation programs
for urban teenagers that saw
their budgets slashed during the recession
are getting more attention and,
in some cases, more money-in
the wake of the Los Angeles riot.
Education
Minority Summer-Job Outlook Unclear
What appears to be a boom year for teen-age summer jobs may not reduce the chronically high unemployment rates of poor and minority youths, experts in a number of labor-related fields are warning.