Describes the training programs that IBM offers its staff and its customers. (IRT)

The author gives five impressions on the state of evaluation of training programs in industry. He takes the position that evaluation is given short shrift. (IRT)

Describes the kind of training programs that AT&T and Citicorp offer to their employees. (IRT)

Education training programs in industry stem from several major needs--to accommodate the turnover and growth in personnel, to accommodate changes in knowledge and skills required by a company and its employees, and to improve the skills and performance of present employees. (Author/IRT)

Although corporate motives for training tend to be short-term, functional, and mission-oriented, more and more corporations and institutions of higher education are cooperating to offer employees classes carrying college credit. (Author/IRT)

If we can bring ourselves to realize the intimate relationship between liberal and useful knowledge, between traditional and corporate education, we can overcome the mutual prejudice and distrust between university and corporation and tap vast reservoirs of human energy. (Author/IRT)

Describes programs offered or sponsored by national trade associations in the finance industry. (IRT)

The training profession is not an easy one for teachers to enter because of the credibility gap that exists between education and business. Resumes must be written for the business of training and must emphasize those skills and experiences that would be applicable to business rather than to teaching. (Author/IRT)

Outlines a scenario in which the university might lose its credentialing and legitimizing role to industry and then becomes corporate education in its fullest and most complete sense. (Author/IRT)

If schools of education diversify and emphasize the value of their programs for those who wish to teach in business and industry, they can reduce their dependency on the job market for public school teachers and solve the problem of teacher quality. (DCS)