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Download full textWashington State Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board, Olympia. – 1998
A study identified the gaps between supply and demand for training in Washington State and recommended strategies for reducing them. The study considered the perspectives of both employers and workers and separately analyzed the needs of three groups: youth, adults, and adults with barriers to employment. The study found the following: (1) there…
Descriptors: Demand Occupations, Educational Needs, Educational Planning, Employment Patterns
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Health, Education, and Human Services Div. – 1997
The General Accounting Office (GAO) examined the extent to which the financial aid provided under Title IV of the Higher Education Act to students enrolled in proprietary schools is being spent to train individuals for demand occupations. Job opening projections in 12 states were used to estimate job demand, the National Center for Education…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Education Work Relationship, Employment Projections, Federal Aid
High Skills, High Wages. Washington's Comprehensive Plan for Workforce Training and Education, 1998.
Washington State Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board, Olympia. – 1998
In Washington, urban centers enjoy rising wages and low employment; rural areas have stagnating wages and high unemployment. Most family-wage job opportunities are in occupations that require some postsecondary education but not a four-year degree. The shortage is most severe in the supply of skilled workers with vocational training. Technology…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Blacks, Disabilities, Employment Opportunities
