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Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (NJ1), 2007
As conceived by the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL), Lifelong Learning Accounts (LiLAs[SM]) are employer-matched, portable individual accounts used to finance employee education and training. They provide employees with an affordable means of upgrading their skills and knowledge, while helping to meet the needs of employers and…
Descriptors: Employees, Retirement, Manufacturing Industry, Federal Legislation
Association of American Colleges and Universities, 2007
This report identifies the essential aims, learning outcomes, and guiding principles for a 21st century college education. It is based on extensive input both from educators and employers and responds to the new global challenges today's students face. It describes the learning contemporary students need from college, and what it will take to help…
Descriptors: General Education, Leadership, Educational Practices, Academic Achievement
Fuentes, Andres – OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2007
While employment growth has accelerated, allowing unemployment to fall significantly since 2005, many low-skilled workers are still unemployed and the duration of unemployment spells is still long. The introduction of an in-work benefit for workers in low-income households, subject to a minimum of hours worked, could lower barriers to higher…
Descriptors: Unemployment, Labor Market, Foreign Countries, Employment Patterns
Kneip, Jason – Journal of Web Librarianship, 2007
Library webmasters in medium-sized academic libraries were surveyed about their educational backgrounds, job responsibilities, and training and experience levels in Web development. The article summarizes the findings of the survey with recommendations for libraries and library and information science programs. (Contains 7 tables, 5 figures,and 5…
Descriptors: Information Science Education, Academic Libraries, Educational Background, Job Analysis
Brooks, Ann K.; Clunis, Tamara – Human Resource Development Quarterly, 2007
This review of research focuses on the impact of race and on learning and development in the U.S. workplace from 1980 to 2005. Specifically, we take a historical perspective on race and ethnicity in the United States; summarize and synthesize research in the areas of career development, training, promotion, performance appraisals, mentoring, and…
Descriptors: Research Design, Ethnicity, Career Development, Job Training
Liu, Zeyun; Xiao, Jin – Education Economics, 2006
This study compares the growth in salaries across three spatial regions in China during the period 1993-1998, when economic reforms were implemented nationwide. Our study compares the impact of three forms of education and training on salary growth, namely pre-job formal schooling, on-the-job-training provided by employers, and adult education…
Descriptors: Salaries, Human Capital, Education Work Relationship, Adult Education
Professionalism and Whole Primary School Factors Aiding and Impeding the Work of the Learning Mentor
Marshall, Heather Roper – Support for Learning, 2006
This article is based on a survey of 25 learning mentors in order to identify their background and training, barriers and opportunities they experience in their work with individual primary aged pupils with EBD. Heather Roper Marshall undertook this study as part of her work towards her BA (Hons) Education. She adopts a personalised, narrative…
Descriptors: Mentors, Primary Education, Surveys, Opportunities
Hughes, Melissa Alldread; Alberto, Paul A.; Fredrick, Laura L. – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2006
Access to public community job-training sites can be restricted if students with moderate mental retardation exhibit behavior unacceptable to nondisabled coworkers or the general public. The authors conducted a functional behavioral assessment (FBA) in public community settings to determine the function of each student's problem behavior. They…
Descriptors: Intervention, Moderate Mental Retardation, Behavior Modification, Job Training
Eliah, Elaine – Tech Directions, 2006
While western Iraq's Anbar province was making headlines with its voter turnout this past December 2005, a quieter turnout of its young men was making headway graduating from school. In Habbaniyah, a volatile city where rockets and mortars destroy buildings and lives all too suddenly and frequently, the Iraq Construction Apprentice Program (ICAP)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Job Skills, Males, Labor Market
Wrigley, Heide Spruck – Centre for Literacy, 2008
In this paper, the author would like to put forward a number of issues to think about and discuss. At the same time, she argues for a better articulated system that more closely matches the needs and goals of various subgroups of English language learners. Adult ESL programs serve diverse immigrant populations with different needs and goals. A…
Descriptors: Literacy, Adult Literacy, English Language Learners, Immigrants
Bartik, Timothy J. – W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2009
This chapter is a draft of Chapter 7 of a planned book, "Preschool and Jobs: Human Development as Economic Development, and Vice Versa." This book analyzes early childhood programs' effects on regional economic development. Four early childhood programs are considered: (1) universally accessible preschool for four-year-olds of similar…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Taxes, Early Childhood Education, Nurses
Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2012
Policymakers and education leaders in Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) states have been working since 2002 to meet all 12 "Challenge to Lead" Goals for Education. At the same time, SREB states have had to struggle with the toughest economic challenges in decades. Even so, SREB states have succeeded in achieving many of the goals…
Descriptors: Public Education, Educational Policy, Policy Formation, Educational Improvement
Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2012
Policymakers and education leaders in Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) states have been working since 2002 to meet all 12 "Challenge to Lead" Goals for Education. At the same time, SREB states have had to struggle with the toughest economic challenges in decades. At the same time, SREB states have had to struggle with the…
Descriptors: Public Education, Educational Policy, Policy Formation, Educational Improvement
Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2012
Policymakers and education leaders in Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) states have been working since 2002 to meet all 12 "Challenge to Lead" Goals for Education. At the same time, SREB states have had to struggle with the toughest economic challenges in decades. At the same time, SREB states have had to struggle with the…
Descriptors: Public Education, Educational Policy, Policy Formation, Educational Improvement
Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2012
Policymakers and education leaders in Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) states have been working since 2002 to meet all 12 "Challenge to Lead" Goals for Education. At the same time, SREB states have had to struggle with the toughest economic challenges in decades. Even so, SREB states have succeeded in achieving many of the goals…
Descriptors: Public Education, Educational Policy, Policy Formation, Educational Improvement