A look at the industrial training act

For almost a decade I have been a student of British developments in industrial relations and industrial training. During the same period I have been involved in these fields in the United States, particularly in California. California has been expanding at a very rapid rate in the areas of general education, higher education, and technical and vocational education. Consequently my point of view is that of a Californian as well as an American. We have many ‘Scotlands’ and ‘Wales’ in the United States: the quantity and quality of industrial training varies tremendously from one part of the country to the next. This makes it very difficult to say without considerable qualification what is being developed in America. However, there is a growing movement to establish an effective national manpower policy including industrial training and because of this what is being done in Britain is of considerable interest to those in the United States who have responsibilities in this area.