November 29, 2002

Job-Training Law Results in Fewer Federal Dollars for Colleges

By ELIZABETH F. FARRELL

When the Workforce Investment Act was signed into law in 1998, legislators expected it to streamline a hodgepodge of government efforts for the unemployed into one program that would give job seekers more opportunities to pursue career training.

But as Congress prepares to revise the measure next summer, many college officials and training providers say the law has fallen far short of its goal of providing more kinds of training to a larger group of job seekers in many areas of the

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