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Mihm-Herold, Wendy – ProQuest LLC, 2010
In light of the current economic downturn, thousands of Iowans are unemployed and this is the ideal time to build the skills of the workforce to compete in the knowledge-based economy so businesses and entrepreneurs can compete in a global economy. A tool for assessing the skills and knowledge of dislocated workers and students as well as…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Human Capital, Dislocated Workers, Emerging Occupations
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Quigley, B. Allan – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2001
Adult basic and literacy education (ABLE) is governed by political processes that impede practice. New trends that may help move ABLE toward democracy include the Internet as a site of policy debates and advocacy and use of the findings of practitioner action research. (Contains 16 references.) (SK)
Descriptors: Action Research, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Educational Change