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Otteman, Timothy; Irwin, Lori – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2016
The event administration industry exploded as an academic discipline in the 1990s, and data from the U.S. Department of Labor shows a 33 percent faster growth rate, in comparison to all other occupations, for event-planning jobs from 2012 to 2022. With these changes, the need for qualified college graduates entering the recreation and…
Descriptors: Hospitality Occupations, Practicums, Undergraduate Students, Experiential Learning
Cormier, Maria; Brock, Thomas; Jacobs, James; Kazis, Richard; Glatter, Hayley – Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2022
This report describes a study conducted by the Community College Research Center (CCRC) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Task Force on the Work of the Future to understand how community colleges are adapting their workforce programs to changing skill demands, diversifying pathways to certificates and degrees, and grappling with…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Job Skills, College Faculty, College Administration
Waugh, Alexandra – Jobs For the Future, 2013
Millions of adult Americans lack the basic literacy skills necessary to perform everyday tasks requiring basic reading and math. This stifles our economy, given that employers are increasingly likely to require education or training beyond high school. Organizations that provide job training to lower-skilled adults through Jobs for the Future's…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Teaching Methods, Literacy, Numeracy
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Fisher, Harold S.; And Others – 1976
This is the second volume of a four-volume report of a research project designed to (1) identify job needs for agricultural occupations which will result from the Muskegon County Wastewater Management System and perform a task analysis on each occupation, (2) develop instructional modules and determine their place in either high school or 2-year…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Machinery Occupations, Agricultural Occupations, Agricultural Technicians
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Fisher, Harold S.; And Others – 1976
This is the third volume of a four-volume report of a research project designed to (1) identify job needs for agricultural occupations which will result from the Muskegon County Wastewater Management System and perform a task analysis on each occupation, (2) develop instructional modules and determine their place in either high school or 2-year…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Machinery Occupations, Agricultural Occupations, Agricultural Technicians
Center for New Work of Flint, MI. – 1987
The Future of Work project grew out of an essay of the same title by Frithjof Bergmann, a philosophy professor at the University of Michigan. In spring 1983, Professor Bergmann and a colleague, Richard Gull, founded the Center for New Work of Flint in Michigan, where the problems besieging the U.S. auto industry were focusing attention on the…
Descriptors: Career Change, Career Education, Curriculum Development, Demand Occupations
BARBOUR, HENRY O.; HOLLANDSWORTH, HELEN L. – 1966
A 3-WEEK WORKSHOP WAS CONDUCTED FOR 14 TEACHERS OF FOOD SERVICE PROGRAMS. THE OBJECTIVES OF THE WORKSHOP INCLUDED (1) ANALYZING THE NATURE OF FOOD SERVICE OCCUPATIONS AND RECOGNIZING THE COMPETENCIES EXPECTED OF WORKERS IN FOOD PRODUCTION, SALES, AND SERVICES, (2) DEVELOPING INSTRUCTIONAL GUIDES AND MATERIALS FOR SELECTED OCCUPATIONS IN THE FOOD…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Foods Instruction, Instructional Materials, Service Occupations
Fisher, Harold S.; And Others – 1976
This volume is one of a four-volume final report of a research project developed to identify the jobs and training needs for the area of wastewater land treatment systems and related agricultural occupations. The overall purpose of the project is presented in terms of its six subobjectives: (1) To identify the agricultural occupations related to…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Behavioral Objectives, Career Development, Curriculum Development
Moskovis, L. Michael; McKitrick, Max O. – 1972
Outlined in this two-part document is a model for the implementation of a business-industry oriented program designed to provide high school seniors with updated training in the skills and concepts necessary for developing competencies in entry-level and second-level accounting jobs that involve accounts receivable, accounts payable, and payroll…
Descriptors: Accounting, Behavioral Objectives, Bookkeeping, Curriculum Development