Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2003. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 84-86). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (M.A.)--Guo li zheng zhi da xue, 1972. / Cover title. Reproduced from typescript; on double leaves. Bibliography: leaves 134-1411.

Thesis--PlanB (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ed. D.)--Marshall University, 2003. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains p. viii, 135 p. Includes abstract. Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 112-115).

This thesis evaluates the evaluations of federal institutional training to determine whether these produce reliable feedback on program performance. It is based on evaluations of the Canada Manpower Training Program (CMTP), the National Institutional Training Program (NITP) and the Direct Purchase Option (DPO) of the Canadian Job Strategy (CJS). Comparisons among the tools and techniques used in evaluating these three programs reveal that improved methods have been incorporated over time. However, a review of United States literature on social program evaluation reveals that these upgrades have not kept pace with research advances in this area. This thesis concludes that the methods used in evaluating federal institutional training and problems in their application have prevented evaluators from reliably assessing the performance of the CMTP, NITP and DPO programs.

The economy of Quebec suffered for many years of persistent unemployment and skilled labour shortages that the market could not eliminate, neither government intervention as the number of youths enrolled in vocational programs at high school and college dropped of 50% in one decade. / Could we adjust vocational training so that it responds efficiently and usefully to the needs for skilled labour? This can hardly be achieved as the role of the educational system in that respect is not well defined, programming is inadequate, training for youths is not a priority, and its resources are as scarce as the information available to evaluate its profitability or to choose the most efficient set of programs. / To attain this conclusion, we reviewed surveys on training in firms to estimate if it takes advantage of all available social benefits. Their results did not allow such finding but revealed that Quebec firms train less than elsewhere in Canada, that training is the prerogative of firms experiencing hiring problems and targets mainly a skilled, educated and well paid labour force. Therefore, the intervention of the government lies within a distribution of responsibilities where vocational training supplies skilled labour to which those firms with more specific needs will add complementary skills. / Years ago, the vocational training system was well fulfilling this task as training institutions were one source of skilled labour favoured by Quebec firms. This has since changed. Our original analysis of the efficiency of vocational programs confirmed their inadequacy to the needs, especially at high school level, as most skills taught target occupations affected by chronic labour surpluses. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)

Thesis (M.A.)--Guo li zheng zhi da xue, 1972. / Cover title. Reproduced from typescript; on double leaves. Bibliography: leaves 134-1411.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2009. / Title from title screen (site viewed October 13, 2009). PDF text: 219 p. ; 2 Mb. UMI publication number: AAT 3355628. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in microfilm and microfiche formats.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1971. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Louisville, 2004. / Department of Leadership, Foundations, & Human Resource Education. Vita. "May 2004." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 236-247).