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Elliott, Larry – Wisconsin Vocational Educator, 1988
The author suggests that technical colleges expand their efforts to provide support, motivation, and retraining for dislocated workers. In addition to technical skills, he suggests that dislocated workers should study the social sciences to strengthen intellectual skills that will be useful in goal setting and decision making. (CH)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Dislocated Workers, Job Skills, Job Training
Feuer, Dale – Training, 1987
Reports on changes that will affect the labor force and the workplace. Trends include (1) the crumbling skill base, (2) the shifting skill focus, (3) the shift from physical to mental labor, (4) technology management, and (5) avoidance of obsolescence. (CH)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Futures (of Society), Job Skills, Job Training
