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Cantor, Jeffrey A., Ed. – ASHE Higher Education Report, 2006
An old adage--the truly educated never graduate--has come to exemplify the rationale for the growth and expansion of professional continuing education (PCE) programs in the United States. This monograph is about the trends and best practices in professional continuing education. It explores how this area of higher and adult education, once the…
Descriptors: Professional Continuing Education, Lifelong Learning, Higher Education, Exhibits
International Association of Machinists, Washington, DC. Research Dept. – 1964
INTERRELATED AREAS OF MANPOWER UTILIZATION AS APPRENTICESHIP, TRAINING, AND RETRAINING ARE DISCUSSED AGAINST A BACKGROUND OF THE MAJOR TRENDS AFFECTING MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT IN BOTH THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA. SEVERAL MAJOR FACTORS HAVE AFFECTED MANPOWER UTILIZATION--(1) AN INCREASED POPULATION, (2) AN OLDER POPULATION, (3) MORE WOMEN IN THE…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Apprenticeships, Employment Patterns, Federal Legislation
Turner, Susan; Conradus, Carolyn – 1978
This monograph is intended to help the operators and planners of employment and training programs, particularly those sponsored under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA), in developing and providing supportive services to improve client employability. The first section, presenting the purpose of this publication, is followed by a…
Descriptors: Ancillary Services, Counseling, Delivery Systems, Employment Programs
Stevenson, Gloria – Worklife, 1978
Skill Training Improvement Program (STIP), a Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) program, provides up to eighteen months of training in highly skilled industrial jobs. Discusses STIP guidelines and describes several STIP projects being conducted in various communities. (EM)
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs

Bridgwood, Ann – Educational Research, 1987
The author examines technical and vocational education and training for 14- to 18-year-olds in Denmark, France, Sweden, West Germany, the United States and Japan. She aims to compare the Technical and Vocational Education Initiative of Great Britain with systems in other countries. (CH)
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Comparative Analysis, Developed Nations, Education Work Relationship
Bolton, Elizabeth B.; Humphreys, Luther Wade – Personnel Journal, 1977
Both management and women workers are asking for a reexamination of traditional training and development practices. The existing training model that has worked so well for developing men into managers and leaders should be expanded to include women--an androgynous approach to training--with similarities, rather than differences in abilities…
Descriptors: Discriminatory Legislation, Employed Women, Females, Inplant Programs
Mires, Peter B. – Journal of Geography, 2004
There are perhaps 10,000 technicians in the United States who work in the field known as cultural resource management (CRM). The typical field technician possesses a bachelor's degree in anthropology, geography, or a closely allied discipline. The author's experience has been that few CRM field technicians receive adequate undergraduate training…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Teaching Methods, Paraprofessional Personnel, Bachelors Degrees
Taylor, Maurice C.; Lewe, Glenda R. – 1990
This interim report describes the first few months' work of a task force that developed a set of procedures for conducting a literacy task analysis. A literacy task analysis could be used by employers, union delegates, human resource personnel, trainers, and adult educators to understand better the specific workplace training needs of employees,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Foreign Countries, Job Analysis
Levine, Jerrold M.; And Others – 1979
The feasibility of training selected abilities so as to facilitate transfer among tasks requiring these abilities and therefore reduce training time and increase personnel flexibility was investigated by the Office of Naval Research. Sixty undergraduate college students participated in a study of from one to five days duration. Experimental…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Electronics, Feasibility Studies, Job Skills

Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1980
The thirty-nine papers presented here were prepared by persons concerned with youth unemployment at the request of two subcommittees of the House Committee on Education and Labor. They address root causes and ways both public schools and employment and training systems can reduce the extent and the rate of youth unemployment. An introduction…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Employment Patterns, Job Placement, Job Training
Short, Larry G. – Training and Development Journal, 1978
First discusses some features of the Metric Conversion Act which established federal support of metric system usage in the United States. Then covers the following: what HRD (Human Resources Development) specialists can do to assist their company managers during the conversion process; metric training strategies; and how to prepare for metric…
Descriptors: Educational Programs, Educational Resources, Educational Strategies, Employees
Rosenbaum, James E. – American Educator: The Professional Journal of the American Federation of Teachers, 1989
The Japanese education system provides a model for American school reform that effectively links school with entry into the workforce. Japanese schools maintain close relationships with businesses that expect teachers to nominate high-achieving students for jobs after graduation. (FMW)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Education Work Relationship, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
Pittman, Karen J. – New Directions for Youth Development, 2004
As a formal observer of youth development work for the last fifteen years, the author is pleased to say that the field in the United States has made great progress in creating and institutionalizing the basic elements of a mature professional development system and in becoming purpose-driven. Topics such as youth worker competencies, links to…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Foreign Countries, Public Agencies, Professional Personnel
Embler, Sandra; Graves, Stacy – Department of Defense Education Activity, 2009
This report summarizes the postsecondary intentions and scholarship monies earned by high school graduates of the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) in SY08-09. As part of the process for planning for postsecondary life, seniors indicate whether they are planning to attend a 4-year college/university, junior/community college, or…
Descriptors: Vocational Schools, High Schools, Scholarships, Postsecondary Education
Bassi, Laurie J.; McMurrer, Daniel P. – OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2006
Human capital--the productive capacity that is embedded in people--is one of the most important contributors to the growth in nations' output and standard of living. Globalisation and technological change have increased the importance of human capital in recent years, to the point that there are now only two options to sustain high profits and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Human Capital, Employer Attitudes, Developed Nations