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Santiago, Deborah A., Comp. – Excelencia in Education (NJ1), 2007
By 2025, 22 percent of the U.S. college-age population will be Latino, a level already reached in four states: California, Florida, New York, and Texas. Meeting the country's future human capital and workforce needs make it imperative to improve outcomes for Latino students today. As public attention is focused on current achievement gaps,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Human Capital, Hispanic American Students, Achievement Gap
Bendick, Marc, Jr.; Egan, Mary Lou – 1982
This working paper, part of a project on the applicability of the French training system in the United States, argues that a systematic national commitment to midcareer worker retraining is necessary for American prosperity and international economic competitiveness. Although findings of the early human capital theorists demonstrated that an…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Career Change, Federal Programs, Human Capital
Hayes, Cheryl D.; Flynn, Margaret J.; Stebbins, Helene – UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities, 2004
Ensuring that children enter school ready to learn is now a well-established national goal. Dramatic changes over the past three decades in U.S. families and the economy, as well as emerging research on the importance of early brain development, have increased the demand for public investments in early childhood supports and services, especially…
Descriptors: Private Sector, Human Capital, Learning Readiness, Brain

Kitaev, Igor V. – Russian Education and Society, 1993
Asserts that enormous public resources are being expended to teach over specialized disciplines that are useless in a market economy. Calls for educational changes including updated curricula and training materials in economics; inservice education and retraining; and a national network of entrepreneurial education. (CFR)
Descriptors: Curriculum, Economic Change, Economic Development, Educational Change
Gilliam, Franklin D., Jr.; Bales, Susan Nall – UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities, 2004
Maternal and child health practitioners often approach systemic change in a very practical manner: fostering a collaborative vision, engaging critical stakeholders, working with policymakers on reform, and bringing the data and experience to inform the process. Systems are often maintained at a status quo due to deep, ingrained structures,…
Descriptors: Young Children, Child Development, Cognitive Structures, Context Effect

Guthrie, James W.; Pierce, Lawrence C. – Oxford Review of Education, 1990
Analyzes the increasingly global economy, stressing industrialized nations' interdependence, need to remain competitive, and consequent need for human capital development. Outlines educational reform strategies and compares U.S. and British reforms. Concludes British reforms attempt to increase access to education whereas U.S. reforms seek to…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Developed Nations, Economic Development, Economic Factors
Copley, Paul – 1985
If competitiors of the United States are making superior products and distributing them more effectively throughout the world, it may be because they are educating workers and managers in ways that create superior skills and discipline. Some U.S. educators agree with businessmen who point to Japan as a model that the United States should strive to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Education Work Relationship, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy
Thomas, Sheilah N. – 1983
The use of computer technology brings profound changes that demand a need for rethinking the role of public education. This report's purpose is to assist educators in shaping the future role and nature of the public schools. The report centers on two aspects of the change: the economic context and the evolving educational process. The work world…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Managed Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs

Cummings, William K. – Oxford Review of Education, 1995
Challenges the prevailing Western approach to education by asserting that several Asian nations have and are developing a distinctive approach to human resource development. Describes characteristics of this approach and contrasts it to the Western model. (CFR)
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Developing Nations, Educational Change, Educational Philosophy
Lall, Sanjaya – 2001
This document examines competitiveness in the developing world. Chapters 1 through 3, which are largely conceptual, examine the following topics: the concept of competitiveness and why it is important; market-stimulating technology policies in developing countries, and the relationship between import liberalization and industrial performance.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Competition, Economic Change
Business Roundtable, 2004
The Business Roundtable prepared this paper to: (1) help policymakers and the public better understand the facts about the United States' role in the worldwide economy; (2) offer context and perspective on employment trends; and (3) recommend a package of policies that will stimulate economic growth, foster innovation, create jobs and help workers…
Descriptors: Economic Progress, Higher Education, Federal Legislation, Macroeconomics
Augustine, Catherine H.; Levy, Dina G.; Benjamin, Roger W.; Bikson, Tora K.; Daley, Glenn A.; Gates, Susan M.; Kaganoff, Tessa; Moini, Joy S. – 2003
In 1998, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) established the DoD Office of the Chancellor for Education and Professional Development. Although achieving its mission requires that the chancellor's office influence the education and professional development providers' behavior, its charter grants it very limited formal authority to exercise such…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Change Agents, Change Strategies, Continuing Education
Department of Labor, Washington, DC. – 1989
Demographic trends, technological change, and increased international competition are creating shortages of skilled workers and an excess of unskilled workers. In response to this growing crisis, the Commission on Workforce Quality and Labor Market Efficiency made 44 recommendations for a substantial, ongoing national commitment to investment in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Business Responsibility, Corporate Education, Elementary Secondary Education
2002
This document summarizes a comparative analysis of the interconnections between technological and socioeconomic developments in agriculture and rural development, human capital formation, and social systems in the 13 candidate countries (CCs) for admission into the European Union (EU) and in the 15 countries of the EU. Specific topics considered…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Case Studies, Comparative Education, Demography
Parnes, Herbert S. – 1986
This policy paper explores the nature and significance of human capital development. Its intended audience includes policymakers, students and researchers, and citizens who bear the ultimate responsibility for public policy. An introductory section defines human capital broadly to include all productive capacities acquired at some cost and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Compensatory Education, Dislocated Workers