Research -- Research Proposals -- Electrical Contracting Foundation, 2005

This subseries includes information about apprenticeship programs in California and throughout the United States; reports and studies concerning apprenticeship and on various apprenticeship projects; California Apprenticeship Council hearings; apprenticeship guides and directories; newspaper clippings and articles; and assorted flyers, brochures, and fact sheets. This subseries is arranged by type of material, beginning with General, which contains two overviews of apprenticeship (one by the U.S. Department of Labor and one by the U.S. Department of Education) and Clippings and Articles. These folders are followed by sequences,concerning apprenticeship in California; historical overviews of apprenticeship in California and on a federal level; apprenticeship programs; apprenticeship project reports concerning projects in California and nationally; recruitment and retention; and reports concerning both California and national initiatives. Box 7 contains three folders concerning research and research proposals on apprenticeship. These folders include a Master's Thesis; an undergraduate senior project; and information concerning the Electrical Contracting Foundation's research proposal process