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Pathways for Academic Career and Employment (PACE): Fiscal Year 2022
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Division of Community Colleges and Workforce Preparation, Iowa Department of Education, 2022
The Pathways for Academic Career and Employment (PACE) program is established to provide funding to community colleges for the development of programs that will lead to gainful, quality, in-state employment for members of target populations by providing them with both effective academic and employment training to ensure gainful employment and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, School Business Relationship, Partnerships in Education, Employment Opportunities
Pathways for Academic Career and Employment (PACE): Fiscal Year 2021
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Division of Community Colleges and Workforce Preparation, Iowa Department of Education, 2021
The Pathways for Academic Career and Employment (PACE) program is established to provide funding to community colleges for the development of programs that will lead to gainful, quality, in-state employment for members of target populations by providing them with both effective academic and employment training to ensure gainful employment and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, School Business Relationship, Partnerships in Education, Employment Opportunities
Literacy and Numeracy among Job Corps Students: Opportunities for Targeted Academic Infusion in CTE
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Mellard, Daryl F.; Woods, Kari L.; Desa, Deana Md. – Career and Technical Education Research, 2012
High literacy and numeracy demands in career and technical education (CTE) compared to low skill levels among many students prompted calls for academic infusion into training curricula. Research on CTE academic curriculum integration implicitly assumes that students' reading and math skills are like those described by models of typical academic…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Functional Reading, Vocational Education, Curriculum Development
Older Workers: Research Readings
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Griffin, Tabatha, Ed.; Beddie, Francesca, Ed. – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2011
One of the challenges facing Australia is the ageing of the population. Of major concern, especially to government, is that the dependency ratio--a measure of the burden that economically active persons carry by supporting dependent persons--will increase significantly unless older people keep working or immigration is used to change the…
Descriptors: Employment Services, Employment Potential, Maturity (Individuals), Age Discrimination
Building Lasting Connections to Employers: Developing Community-Wide Intermediaries. Research to Practice Brief. Issue 1
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Lueking, Richard – Institute for Educational Leadership, 2004
Well-supported employer participation is essential to successful workforce development programs. The Workforce Investment Act (WIA), which funds a system of programs throughout the country that assist individuals, including youth with disabilities, in overcoming barriers to employment through job training and placement, gave heightened attention…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Job Training, Disabilities, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
What Is All That Learning for? Indigenous Adult English Literacy Practices, Training, Community Capacity and Health
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Kral, Inge; Falk, Ian – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2004
In remote Indigenous communities in Australia there are minimal labour market opportunities, with the majority of jobs under the Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP), and limited education and training services. Yet Indigenous communities are under increasing pressure from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC)…
Descriptors: Health Services, Indigenous Populations, Adult Education, Literacy Education