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Brooks, Jeffrey S. – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2005
This book directly engages some of the more difficult aspects of working as an educator in a public school. This book investigates what it means to teach, lead, and live during times of ongoing and intense change and offers insights which might help committed professionals better serve the needs of students as they seek to implement their own…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Public Schools, Teachers, Teaching (Occupation)
Alberta Learning, Edmonton. Apprenticeship and Industry Training. – 1999
This manual is a reference on the apprenticeship and industry training system for local and provincial apprenticeship committee members, presiding officers, and secretaries in Alberta. Section 1 contains an overview of Alberta's apprenticeship and industry training system. Section 2 provides an overview of the apprenticeship and industry training…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Advisory Committees, Apprenticeships, Blue Collar Occupations

Knoke, David; Ishio, Yoshito – American Behavioral Scientist, 1994
Summarizes the 1991 National Organizations Study on formal job training programs. Finds that blue-collar core occupations receive as much company training as white-collar occupations. Determines that the more extensive a company's internal labor market, the more formal training programs are used for advancement and promotion. (CFR)
Descriptors: Blue Collar Occupations, Job Development, Job Training, Labor Economics
Berryman, Treva – 2002
Staff members of the Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) and the Tennessee Higher Education Commission worked jointly to establish a task force to investigate and develop recommendations for addressing the workforce shortages in nursing and allied health in Tennessee. The investigation established that Tennessee already has a workforce shortage of…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations, Allied Health Occupations Education, Demand Occupations, Education Work Relationship
Nurse Supply, Distribution and Requirements. 3rd Report to the Congress. Nurse Training Act of 1975.
Health Resources Administration (DHHS/PHS), Hyattsville, MD. Div. of Nursing. – 1982
This report focuses on the supply, distribution of, and requirements for nursing. The first chapter describes the supply of registered and licensed practical nurses. Characteristics of the overall nursing supply are discussed in terms of marital status, age, and employment patterns. Data are also provided on nurses newly licensed to practice,…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations, Allied Health Occupations Education, Employment Projections, Higher Education
Kilpatrick, Sue – Rural Society, 2007
Analysis of the experiences of four farmer groups set up to learn how to jointly manage local natural resource issues shows that the groups are going though two simultaneous processes. One builds technical competency in natural resource management and the other is the underpinning social process that allows the groups to make decisions and work…
Descriptors: Agricultural Occupations, Social Capital, Natural Resources, Skill Development
Glenna, Leland L.; Welsh, Rick; Lacy, William B.; Biscotti, Dina – Rural Sociology, 2007
Following a rise in university-industry relationships (UIRs), scholars began questioning the efficacy of those relationships, as well as whether industry and university research interests and integrity are being compromised. Although many of these studies focus on the university, few examine the perspectives of industry participants. We conducted…
Descriptors: Industry, Interests, School Business Relationship, Integrity
Sommers, Paul; Heg, Deena – 2000
A project was conducted to improve the state of Washington's community and technical college system by developing and using an improved occupational forecasting system to assess and respond to education and training needs. First, long-term occupational forecast data from Washington's Employment Security Department were matched with technical and…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Agribusiness, Agricultural Occupations, Auto Mechanics
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1991
This document, submitted by Senator Kennedy, is the official Senate report on the authorization of the Health Professions Training and Nurse Education Improvement Act of 1991 (the reauthorization of the original Public Health Service Act)--legislation that provides for programs that support the training and education of professional health…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Educational Finance, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Public Health Foundation, Washington, DC. – 2001
This guide was developed to assist states in addressing the national workforce development objectives for the health professions and for employees of public health agencies in order to achieve the National Healthy People 2010 workforce objectives. The guide is organized in four sections. The opening section is a "how to" resource for…
Descriptors: Adults, Competence, Futures (of Society), Government Role
McPheeters, Harold L. – 1987
Health professions education is a costly and complex aspect of higher education, and its components and functions are different from those of the rest of higher education. This report offers information on the various functions, costs, and funding sources of academic health centers. Because it is difficult for state health policy leaders to…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Clinics, Educational Economics, Educational Finance
Bird, Geoffrey; Hood, Terry; White, Brian – 2001
This paper offers findings from a case study of western Canada's Tourism Learning System (TLS) initiative. TLS aims to facilitate possible adoption of a national tourism learning system, as well as adaptation of development principles to other industries. The tourism industry now accounts for more than 25% of the world's trade and nearly 10% of…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Curriculum, Foreign Countries, Hospitality Occupations
Rettig, Richard – 2000
This report analyzes how the Texas higher education system will meet the needs of future health care professionals. The report examines: (1) medical education needs (physician supply, physician distribution, medical schools' responses to physician distribution, and distribution of medical schools and regional academic health centers); (2) national…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations, Allied Health Personnel, Education, Educational Demand
Gordon, Robert; Kane, Thomas J.; Staiger, Douglas O. – Brookings Institution, 2006
Traditionally, policymakers have attempted to improve the quality of the teaching force by raising minimum credentials for entering teachers. Recent research, however, suggests that such paper qualifications have little predictive power in identifying effective teachers. The authors propose federal support to help states measure the effectiveness…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Discussion, Credentials, Job Performance

Templin, Vicki L. – Population Research and Policy Review, 1987
Reports on a study designed to define the demographic and career characteristics and the values of lawmakers in the United States and Canada. Discusses how this information was used to predict policy decisions. (TW)
Descriptors: Data Collection, Decision Making, Demography, Foreign Countries