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Direct linkAvis, James – Journal of Education and Work, 2022
The paper brings together a range of debates on the left that address TVET's future in current context. At the heart of these debates rest two issues. The first addresses competing views of capital and the second focuses on the contradiction between the interests of capital and workers. The paper argues that capital is not all of a piece and that…
Descriptors: Technical Education, Vocational Education, Employer Attitudes, Labor Force
Download full textCielinski, Anna – Center for Law and Social Policy, Inc. (CLASP), 2019
During the early 2000s, state and local leaders developed career pathways programs in an effort to redesign education and workforce development systems to better meet the education and employment needs of low-income, educationally underprepared adults. These career pathways increase individual prosperity and regional competitiveness by aligning…
Descriptors: Career Development, Vocational Education, Adult Education, Labor Force Development
Schanker, Jennifer B.; Taylor, Judith C. – Jobs for the Future, 2012
The Michigan Center for Student Success commissioned this study to determine whether strategies employed to improve adult students' success at 41 Breaking Through colleges nationwide have taken root at Michigan's original colleges and spread beyond them. A statewide survey revisited four of the colleges profiled in previous publications, and the…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Community Colleges, Labor Force Development, Technical Education
Bragg, Debra; Ruud, Collin – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2012
Looking beyond institutional strategies, the National Commission on Adult Literacy (2008) called for legislation that would make workforce preparation the primary goal of adult education, including addressing education for unemployed and lower-skilled workers, and other adult groups historically underserved by higher education. Further, state…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Higher Education, Adult Education, Bachelors Degrees
Scully-Russ, Ellen – European Journal of Training and Development, 2013
Purpose: The aim of this paper is to review the policy literature on green jobs and green jobs training in the USA and to present findings of a qualitative study on the start-up of two Energy Training Partnerships (ETP) funded by the US Department of Labour to train workers for green jobs. Design/methodology/approach: The paper includes a review…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Economic Development, Labor Market, Economically Disadvantaged
Reese, Susan – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers (J3), 2012
Who are the adult students in career and technical education (CTE) today? There is not one simple answer to that question. Some are young with little life experience, while others are returning to the workforce and learning new skills to reinvent themselves. Whatever the case, educating adult students is an integral part of ACTE's mission, and the…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Technical Education, Career Education, Student Characteristics
Kemmis, Ros Brennan; Green, Annette – International Journal of Training Research, 2013
There is a growing enthusiasm for developing a more highly skilled workforce in both Australia and internationally. Federal and state policies are directed towards increasing productivity and the engagement of formerly disengaged senior school students and the wider society. There is a new determination to manage transition arrangements between…
Descriptors: Vocational Education Teachers, Vocational Education, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries
Florida Department of Education, 2015
The principal purpose of the report for the "Florida School District Adult and Technical Centers" is to provide timely, accurate, and comparative information about the Florida School District Adult and Technical Centers System. This report is intended for use by people who are interested in data relevant to education in the School…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Technical Education, School Districts, General Education
Schanker, Jennifer B.; Taylor, Judith C. – Jobs for the Future, 2012
The Michigan Center for Student Success commissioned this study to determine whether strategies employed to improve adult students' success at 41 Breaking Through colleges nationwide have taken root at Michigan's original colleges and spread beyond them. A statewide survey revisited four of the colleges profiled in previous publications, and the…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Community Colleges, Labor Force Development, Technical Education
de Anda, Maria Luisa – Journal of Education and Work, 2011
This article is based on the Mexican case study undertaken as part of the comparative study of the implementation and impact of National Qualifications Frameworks (NQF). Even though Mexico does not have a comprehensive NQF, the country has considerable experience in the development of labour competence technical standards; these share some aims…
Descriptors: Legal Problems, Qualifications, Supply and Demand, Lifelong Learning
Florida Department of Education, 2014
The principal purpose of the report for the "Florida School District Adult and Technical Centers" is to provide timely, accurate, and comparative information about the Florida School District Adult and Technical Centers System. This report is intended for use by people who are interested in data relevant to education in the School…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Technical Education, School Districts, General Education
Iowa Department of Education, 2016
This report is Iowa's response to the four questions that the United States Department of Education, Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE), requires of all states and territories receiving federal funding through the Workforce Investment Act (WIA), Title II, Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA). The overall goal of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Career Education, Technical Education
Florida Department of Education, 2013
The principal purpose of the report for the "Florida School District Adult and Technical Centers" is to provide timely, accurate, and comparative information about the Florida School District Adult and Technical Centers System. This report is intended for use by people who are interested in data relevant to education in the School…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Technical Education, School Districts, General Education
Dymock, Darryl; Billett, Stephen – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2010
Governments are currently mobilising their national workforces to compete effectively in a globalised economy where being export-effective and import-competitive are necessary to secure national economic and social goals. Australia is no exception here. Yet, in this country, as in others, similar mobilisations occurred in earlier times, most…
Descriptors: War, Foreign Countries, Labor Force Development, Educational History
National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2011
Research messages 2010 is a collection of summaries of research projects published by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER). The summaries are clustered under five broad themes used by NCVER to organise its research and analysis: Industry and employers; Students and individuals; Teaching and learning: VET system; and VET in…
Descriptors: Retirement, Employment Level, Employer Attitudes, Learning Disabilities
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