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Doherty, Kathryn; Walsh, Kate; Jacobs, Sandi; Neuman-Sheldon, Brenda – National Council on Teacher Quality, 2010
The U.S. Department of Education recently published a notice of draft priorities and requirements for applying for "Race to the Top" (RTT) funding--$4.35 billion in competitive federal grants. Even though it constitutes the smallest piece of education stimulus funding in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, "Race to the…
Descriptors: Competition, Educational Change, Educational Experience, Grants
Dyer, Judith Sandra – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this case study was to explore how low-skilled workers who participated in a health care training program learned to acquire the technical, cognitive, and developmental competencies they needed to gain skilled employment in higher-level positions in the field and thus advance their careers. The data methods used were: (1) in-depth…
Descriptors: Program Design, Job Training, Skilled Workers, Human Capital
Santiago, Deborah, Comp.; Lopez, Estela, Comp. – Excelencia in Education (NJ1), 2010
The importance of college degree completion for U.S. society and economic competitiveness makes it imperative to improve educational outcomes for Latino students. Institutional leaders, educators, and policymakers who recognize this imperative are challenged to determine what they can do to improve educational outcomes for Latino students.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Human Capital, Hispanic American Students, Achievement Gap
Lopez-Varela, Asuncion, Ed. – InTech, 2012
This is a unique and groundbreaking collection of questions and answers coming from higher education institutions on diverse fields and across a wide spectrum of countries and cultures. It creates routes for further innovation, collaboration amidst the Sciences (both Natural and Social), the Humanities, and the private and public sectors of…
Descriptors: Social Sciences, Knowledge Management, Research Methodology, Higher Education
Edie, David – Wisconsin Council on Children and Families, 2007
The last quarter century of research on brain development suggests that the nurturing and learning experiences available in the first few years play a strong role in shaping a child's development. Babies are born with a remarkable intrinsic ability to learn. The foundation for a child's intellect, personality and skills is established in the first…
Descriptors: Young Children, Brain, Longitudinal Studies, Early Childhood Education
Mattoon, Richard H. – Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, 2007
On October 30, 2006, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and the Midwest Higher Education Compact held a conference on higher education and economic growth. Speakers included Michael Moskow, Richard Lester, Michael Luger, Sean Safford, Larry Isaak, Stefanie Lenway, Rod Shrader, Brian Fabes, Arthur Rothkopf, Randy Eberts, Gary Fethke, Victor…
Descriptors: Economic Progress, Higher Education, Human Capital, Research and Development
Aaronson, Daniel; Park, Kyung-Hong; Sullivan, Daniel – Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, 2007
Fewer teenagers are participating in the labor force today than at any point since WWII. At just under 44 percent teen labor force participation is 15 percentage points below its peak in the late 1970s. The authors investigate the long-run decline in the work activity of young adults, and the acceleration of this trend during the last five years.…
Descriptors: Labor Force Nonparticipants, Human Capital, Employment Patterns, Labor Market
Bartik, Timothy J.; Erickcek, George – W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2007
This paper examines the effects of expansions in higher educational institutions and the medical service industry on the economic development of a metropolitan area. This examination pulls together previous research and provides some new empirical evidence. We provide quantitative evidence of the magnitude of economic effects of higher education…
Descriptors: Medical Services, Wages, Economic Development, Industry
Regel, Omporn; Salmi, Jamil; Watkins, Alfred; Tan, Hong; Dawkins, John; Saroyan, Alenoush; Vestergaard, Jakob – World Bank Publications, 2007
This report was prepared at the request of the Government of Malaysia (GOM) as a contribution to the long term development objectives for the university sector under the Ninth Malaysia Plan. The GOM is considering new policy directions to make the country a more competitive player in the world economy. Such a strategy will require bold innovations…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Low Income, Quality Control, Foreign Countries
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Flores-Crespo, Pedro – Journal of Education and Work, 2007
By applying Amartya Sen's capability approach, this article questions the functionalist idea that suggests that education can precipitate economic growth and development. It will be argued that the freedom-centred perspective advances the concept of human capital and that it allows a deeper understanding of the relationship between higher…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Schools, Employment, Economic Opportunities
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Luttrell-Rowland, Mikaela – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2007
This article examines the World Bank's recent World Development Report on youth and development (2007) as an empirical example to explore the links between the employment of "group identity" and the use of policy frameworks. Drawing on feminist theory to analyse the representations of young people put forward within the report, this article…
Descriptors: Banking, Global Approach, Research Reports, Youth
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Sokolov, V. S. – Russian Education and Society, 2007
It must be acknowledged that the present system of higher education in Russia does not have a system to evaluate the quality of the specialists who are being produced. Three years ago, an order of the education minister approved an appropriate procedure. Seemingly everything is in place: an overall aim, a hierarchical rating system, a structure of…
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Higher Education, Criteria, Foreign Countries
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Long, Bridget Terry – Teachers College Record, 2007
Background/Context: The essay provides a comprehensive review of work by economists and others in related quantitative disciplines on the transition of students to college. A particular emphasis is given to the role of price and financial aid although issues related to college preparation, access, and persistence are also investigated. The final…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Research Design, Human Capital, College Preparation
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Hay, Stephen – British Journal of Educational Studies, 2009
Prior to its election to office in 2007, the Australian Labor Party announced a commitment to introduce Trade Training Centres (TTCs) into all Australian secondary schools as an initiative of its Education Revolution. TTCs were proposed as a key element of Federal Labor's education and training policy that aimed to manage future risks to…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Global Approach, Governance, Educational Change
Orkodashvili, Mariam – Online Submission, 2008
The dilemma of providing effective education particularly in developing countries with limited resources and ambiguous calculations of rates of return due to unstable economies and labour market fluctuations makes it an absolute necessity to consider costs and benefits associated both with academic and vocational education. Through argumentation…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Academic Education, Labor Market, Developing Nations
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