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Rachel Baker; Eric Bettinger; Madison Dell; Gus Gluek; Kaylee Matheny; Hidahis Mesa; Alex Monday – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2024
Background: Condensed courses, as opposed to semester-long courses, are an increasingly popular strategy to improve equity in higher education. With condensed courses, students focus on a smaller number of courses during seven- to ten-week terms (Gullatt, 2006; Zepeda & Mayers, 2006). Historically marginalized students may benefit because the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community College Students, College Faculty, Minicourses
Jobs for the Future, 2021
This report from JFF with a select group of community college practitioners, makes the case for policymakers, employers and practitioners to invest in and strengthen short-term credentialing programs to rapidly retrain unemployed workers for better career prospects, especially workers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. It includes key commitments…
Descriptors: Credentials, Retraining, Unemployment, COVID-19
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Rosenberg, Diana; O'Connor, Brigid – Information Development, 1988
Discusses the development of a library training program by the University of Juba Library in Southern Sudan, and describes three levels of courses offered to library staff. Details are given of the curriculum, training staff, selection of trainees, and teaching tools, as well as examples of problems encountered. (CLB)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Certification, Curriculum Design, Developing Nations
Whittingham, Karen – 2003
The skill needs of Australian high-technology start-up companies and the implications of those skill needs for vocational education and training (VET) were examined through a study of 14 start-ups' inherent abilities to access the VET system and on VET's relevance to their needs. The case studies documented a strong demand and role for VET in the…
Descriptors: Biotechnology, Emerging Occupations, Employer Attitudes, Employment Qualifications
Kirk, Gordon; Kirk, Jenny; Fletcher, Mick; Vorhaus, John – 2001
As a result of new adult education funding arrangements announced by the Further Education Funding Council for England in Spring 2000, short courses of 3 or 6 hours duration were developed that concentrated on basic skills, information and communications technology (ICT), and general lifelong learning subjects. Courses were designed as minicourses…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Students