Examines outreach, admissions, and center characteristics and practices that appear to promote positive experiences for Job Corps students. Finds that outreach and admissions counselors play a key role in these experiences, as do center characteristics and strength of the academic and vocational...

Summarizes the main findings from a series of other reports on the study. Concludes that centers deliver comprehensive and consistent services. Furthermore, Job Corps makes a meaningful difference in educational attainment and earnings; gains are found across most groups of students and types of...

First in a series of reports describes and documents program services, concluding that the program model is well-developed and the program well-implemented and provides information that will be useful in interpreting findings from the net impact study.