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Beaudin, Bart – 1982
This fact sheet identifies some of the basic premises of employer-sponsored training and reviews two studies that surveyed the quantity of occupational training in industry. Highlights and statistics from a 1977 study by Seymour Lusterman entitled "Education in Industry," and a 1975 study by the Bureau of Labor Statistics entitled…
Descriptors: Employer Employee Relationship, Employers, Industrial Training, Industry
Heimlich, Joe E. – 1993
Increased concern with the environment has increased opportunities for employment in the environmental job market. This digest helps clarify the meaning of environmental employment and discusses aspects of its present state. An examination of trends in environmental employment indicates a growing demand for new jobs in environmental fields created…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Careers, Employment Opportunities, Environmental Education
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Palmer, Jim – Community Services Catalyst, 1984
Provides an annotated bibliography of ERIC documents dealing with job training programs, methods of granting academic credit for employment training activities, and human resource development. (DMM)
Descriptors: College Credits, Community Colleges, Experiential Learning, Job Training
Arnold, John D. – 1985
Program rationale, goals, and strategies are outlined in this description of Arizona-based centers which trained migrant workers in the use of microcomputers for business and clerical applications. Topics include the need to create new jobs for displaced farm workers, the assets farm workers bring to the business world, the training-related…
Descriptors: Data Processing Occupations, Job Training, Migrant Adult Education, Migrant Programs
Imel, Susan – 1991
The changes in the composition of the labor force and the changing personal needs of older people are creating powerful incentives for them to remain in or reenter the work force. For many, this will mean job training or retraining. Training for older workers is provided through both private companies and publicly funded programs such as the Job…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Aging (Individuals), Corporate Education, Older Adults
Harshman, Carl L. – 1982
This paper explores the background to and process of quality circles as well as the implications of circles for training. In the first section, the emergence and growth of quality circles in Japan and the United States are traced. Next, the theoretical and conceptual bases of quality circles are examined, while section 3 looks at implementation in…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Job Training, Management Development, Program Content
Bachert, Russell E., Jr. – 1981
In an attempt to facilitate the professional preparation of outdoor educators, the directory lists and describes 46 outdoor or environmental education internship programs in 21 states. Organized by state, programs are listed alphabetically by sponsoring institution. Most entries include: the name of the institution; the program name; mailing…
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, Environmental Education, Experiential Learning, Internship Programs
Nadler, Leonard – 1983
This paper seeks to describe and analyze human resource development (HRD) from the perspective of business and industry and to identify the role of adult, career, and vocational education in HRD. The author first defines HRD as organized learning experiences in a given period of time to effect the possibility of performance change or growth in the…
Descriptors: Career Development, Educational Cooperation, Human Resources, Job Performance
Niemi, John A., Ed. – 1979
This monograph contains four papers based on a series of lectures delivered to graduate students and faculty at Northern Illinois University between 1976 and 1979. Robert Carlson examines European adult education, especially such issues as emphasis on job training over liberal education, the danger that adult education will become a method of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Certification
Lankard, Bettina A. – 1995
New ways to learn at work draw upon workers' previous experiences, link concepts and practices, and encourage reflection and the transfer of knowledge from one situation to another. Action, situated, and incidental learning are three current approaches. Action learning is a systematic process through which individuals learn by doing. It has been…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Experiential Learning, Incidental Learning, Labor Force Development
Brown, Bettina Lankard – 1998
The dynamics of a diverse work force characterized by organizational change, competition, and complex communication are increasing attention toward finding new ways of avoiding the costly and destructive outcomes of relationship dysfunctions. Litigation and legal negotiation are two of the most expensive ways of conflict resolution; and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Conflict Resolution, Educational Needs
Lankard, Bettina A. – 1994
The demographic characteristics of teenaged parents reveal a majority who are aged 18-21, live in poverty, have dropped out of school, and are unemployed and unmarried. Their potential for high school graduation is often dependent upon their support network and life course adaptation. Employment patterns of teen parents show high unemployment and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Career Development, Career Education, Daily Living Skills
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Zwemer, Diane – Community Services Catalyst, 1985
Provides citations and abstracts for ERIC documents describing employer needs assessment studies. (AYC)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Needs, Employer Attitudes, Employment Patterns
Peterson, Kimberly – 2002
This digest examines community college welfare-to-work programs and the strategies employed to enhance program completion, job retention, and educational advancement. It begins with a discussion of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, and the implications of this "work-first" oriented legislation…
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Education Work Relationship, Employment
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Bragg, Debra D., Ed. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2001
The fall 2001 issue of New Directions for Community Colleges discusses the changes in policy and practice of vocational education at community colleges. The 10 chapters included in this volume are: (1) "Opportunities and Challenges for the New Vocationalism" by Debra D. Bragg; (2) "The Role of Leadership in Successful Vocational Initiatives" by…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Improvement, Industrial Education, Instructional Development
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