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Direct linkSpaulding, Shayne; Grossman, Jean Baldwin; Wallace, Dee – Public/Private Ventures, 2009
Noncustodial fathers have an essential role to play--both financially and emotionally--in the lives of their children. However, of the 11 million noncustodial fathers in the US, two thirds do not pay any formal child support. Many of these fathers are poor themselves and face multiple barriers, including low education levels, limited work…
Descriptors: Labor Market, Job Training, Financial Support, Fathers
Bermant, M.; And Others – 1986
This study provides a tool for describing, analyzing, and evaluating the effectiveness of human resources development (HRD) systems and their components. It is intended for policy makers, planners, and senior officials from government, employers', and workers' organizations who have responsibilities in human resources development. The first part…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Education Work Relationship, Enrollment, Entry Workers
Glenn, Hugh W. – 1985
Designed to assist in determining the need for the present and proposed occupational and degree programs offered by the Saddleback Community College District (SCCD), this report examines selected demographic and labor market data related to Orange County, California, industrial and occupational trends, and employment opportunities for SCCD program…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Needs, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns
LeBlanc, Carol – 1987
The Arizona Vocational Education Act of 1982 established countywide planning councils composed of representatives of secondary schools, community colleges, proprietary schools, employment and training, government, business and industry to coordinate the vocational education planning process. This progress report reviews the councils'…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Career Guidance, Community Colleges, Cooperative Programs
Nijhof, Wim J., Ed.; Heikkinen, Anja, Ed.; Nieuwenhuis, Loek F. M., Ed. – 2002
This collection of essays, which is arranged in four sections, concerns flexibility in the Vocational Education and Training (VET) systems of Europe. The first section, "Introduction," includes the following chapter: "Shaping Conditions for a Flexible VET" (Nieuwenhuis et al.). The second section, "Institutional and…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Allied Health Occupations Education, Delivery Systems, Educational Change
Download full textHughes, Maria, Ed.; Turner, Paul, Ed. – 2002
This report provides a summary of findings from research into work-related education and training undertaken over the last five years by organizations then called the Further Education Development Agency (FEDA) and Quality and Performance Improvement Dissemination (QPID) Unit of the Department for Education and Employment. Cross-references to…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Basic Skills
Lee, Young-Hyun; Cho, Jeong-Yoon; Tau, Alfred; Pereira, Clarence A. – 2002
A comparison of vocational training and technical qualification systems in Korea and South Africa shows both countries are responding to similar changes in economic and enterprise structures. South Africa's work experience learnership system is more desirable than Korea's more traditional separation between formal education and workplace training,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Comparative Education, Credits
Barnow, Burt S., Ed.; King, Christopher T., Ed. – 2000
This book, which is intended for policymakers, administrators, and researchers, contains 13 research papers and reviews of the literature on increasing the effectiveness of publicly funded training. The following papers are included: "Publicly Funded Training in a Changing Labor Market" (Burt S. Barnow, Christopher T. King); "The…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cost Effectiveness, Disadvantaged, Dislocated Workers
