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Direct linkFitzgerald, Brian K.; Barkanic, Steve; Cárdenas-Navia, Isabel; Chen, Janet; Elzey, Karen; Hughes, Debbie; Troyan, Danielle – Industry and Higher Education, 2016
BHEF has achieved particular success in operationalizing its National Higher Education and Workforce Initiative (HEWI) through regional initiatives in data science and analytics (DSA). Leveraging its membership of corporate CEOs, university presidents and government agency leaders, BHEF seeded new undergraduate pathways in DSA at Case Western…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Case Studies, Labor Force, Program Implementation
Vecchiotti, Sara – State Education Standard, 2018
There is ample opportunity for state boards to improve outcomes for children by strengthening the early care and education workforce and thereby improving the quality of early care and education. Ensuring that ECE professionals have the knowledge, supports, and resources they need to support children's learning is one avenue to improving the…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Change, Labor Force, State Boards of Education
Baird, Dee – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2011
The demand for improved workplace skills in the U.S. is rapidly rising, and U.S. industries, employees, and educational systems are struggling to respond. This paper describes the Skills Advantage program, an effort led by employers and facilitated by Kirkwood Community College to address regional employment needs. This work-ready certificate…
Descriptors: Job Skills, Labor Market, Community Colleges, Job Training
Ghosh, Rajashi; Githens, Rod P. – Human Resource Development Review, 2011
Community colleges in the United States have become major providers of human resource development services, particularly through offering workforce development training to local employers. The addition of workforce development services to community colleges is a fairly recent phenomenon. Some see workforce development efforts as diluting community…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Labor Force Development, Contract Training, School Community Relationship
Friedel, Janice Nahra – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2008
This chapter uses Kentucky and Iowa as case studies to identify the contextual factors affecting the relationship between workforce development and state community college governance.
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Governance, Case Studies, Context Effect
Korsching, Peter F.; Lasley, Paul – Human Services in the Rural Environment, 1990
Among 1,861 households in rural Iowa, the true unemployment rate was 17.3 percent, compared with the officially reported figure of 6.5 percent. Such discrepancies, related to changes in job-seeking behavior among the chronic unemployed, produce underfunding of federal training and job assistance programs in rural areas. Contains 16 references. (SV)
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Financial Support, Human Services, Labor Force
Laanan, Frankie Santos; Compton, Jonathan I.; Friedel, Janice Nahra – Community College Journal of Research & Practice, 2006
This scholarly paper describes and analyzes the role of career and technical education (CTE) in Iowa community colleges. Iowa's community colleges are doing a good job of responding to the changing workforce needs of the state and providing smooth career pathways. However, changes in the population and economy of the state will call for further…
Descriptors: High Risk Students, Articulation (Education), Technical Education, Community Colleges
Download full textBlanck, Peter David; Sandler, Leonard A.; Schmeling, James L.; Schartz, Helen A. – Iowa Law Review, 2000
Iowa's emerging workforce of entrepreneurs with disabilities and the design of Iowa's Entrepreneurs with Disabilities (EWD) program were examined in an exploratory study. The study focused on the following issues: organizational characteristics of the EWD program; the characteristics of EWD applicants and their motivations for choosing…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Career Choice, Disabilities, Educational Research
Peer reviewedQuinley, John W. – Catalyst, 1996
Describes a survey of 1069 Iowa businesses to determine their needs for workforce training and the role of the state's community colleges in meeting those needs. Presents results related to types of businesses served; employer goals, needs, and ratings of program quality; and the role of technology. (21 citations) (AJL)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Needs, Employer Attitudes, Job Training
Peer reviewedOvel, Steve – Community College Journal, 1999
Describes the efforts of Iowa's community colleges to meet the need for highly skilled, well-educated workers who can help the state sustain growth, retain companies, and fend off stagnation. Programs developed include partnerships, the establishment of the Iowa Industrial New Jobs Training Program, and the Accelerated Career Education Program.…
Descriptors: Career Education, College Role, Community Colleges, Job Skills
