Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation Comprehensive Employment and Training Act
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
Cete .
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At its height in the late seventies, for example, the Nixon-Ford-era jobs program known as CETA (Comprehensive Employment and Training Act) in a single year invested $200 million in arts jobs for community muralists, theater troupes, music teachers, community animateurs–about twice the current NEA budget (and much more when adjusted for inflation).
Memory, Money, and Persistence: Theater of Social Change in Context 2002
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And yet there has been little discussion in Canada about the proposed Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement CETA, which is perplexing given the far-reaching implications for this country of any pact with the EU.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed GARY MASON 2011
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And yet there has been little discussion in Canada about the proposed Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement CETA, which is perplexing given the far-reaching implications for this country of any pact with the EU.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed GARY MASON 2011
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"CETA" and they have no idea what you're talking of.
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So instead of setting priorities, CETA spent vastly more money, especially on job creation.
What Job 'Training' Teaches? Bad Work Habits James Bovard 2011
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After CETA became a laughingstock, Congress replaced it in 1982 with the Job Training Partnership Act.
What Job 'Training' Teaches? Bad Work Habits James Bovard 2011
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CETA hirees were often assigned to do whatever benefited the government agency or nonprofit that put them on the payroll, with no concern for the trainees' development.
What Job 'Training' Teaches? Bad Work Habits James Bovard 2011
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Some like the Theological Studies Center of the Amazon [es] (CETA for its initials in Spanish) are doing their part of maintaining a library [es] of historical documents, some of which is available online like this article about Peruvian cinema [es], but still most of this material are located in a physical building in Iquitos.
Global Voices in English » Peru: Recovering Memories of the Amazon 2009
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Congress responded in 1973 by enacting the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act CETA.
What Job 'Training' Teaches? Bad Work Habits James Bovard 2011
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An Urban Institute study of the mid-1980s concluded that participation in CETA programs resulted in "significant earnings losses for young men of all races and no significant effects for young women."
What Job 'Training' Teaches? Bad Work Habits James Bovard 2011
alexz commented on the word CETA
"Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement"
a Canada Europe trade agreement.
October 30, 2016