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Business-Higher Education Forum, 2020
Strong, ongoing collaboration between business and higher education offers a solution to a growing skill shortage. But to see changes at scale, partnerships must exist within an ecosystem that fosters regular communication, relays industry needs to the academic community, and demonstrates to educators the larger marketplace for those skills. This…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Skill Development, Diversity, Education Work Relationship
Fuller, Stephen W. – 1971
As one of several special reports on development possibilities for the agriculture and forestry sector of the Four Corners Economic Development Region, this monograph deals with the use of industrial development bonds as a means of resolving finance problems arising from inadequate or nonexistent credit in rural areas. Distinguishing between the…
Descriptors: Credit (Finance), Financial Support, History, Industry
Robertson, Von H. – 1969
The purpose of this study was to determine the need for additional graphic arts programs in Utah's public schools and technical colleges. Personal interviews were conducted in 40 plants and 189 questionnaires were mailed, including some to the 40 interviewed plants. The study revealed: (1) a ratio of less than 100 trainee completions to more than…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Educational Planning, Educational Programs, Employment
Dean, Ernest H. – 1968
The purpose of the study was to determine the factors considered by industrialists as they select communities in which to locate their new manufacturing plants, and to place the relative importance upon vocational-technical education as a factor in the plant site selection process. The three populations consisted of 113 companies of varying sizes…
Descriptors: Community Education, Cultural Influences, Decision Making, Doctoral Dissertations
Grushka, Donna G. – 1968
The objective of this project was (1) to increase knowledge of industrial conditions, requirements and vocational education programs among selected teachers, industrial supervisors, and apprenticeship personnel, and (2) to increase communication and cooperation among these people for the purpose of bringing graduates of vocational trade and…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Experimental Programs, Group Discussion, Industry
Hansen, Gary B.; Bentley, Marion T. – 1976
This second volume of a two-volume final report contains appendixes to Volume I, the description and findings of a 3-year research and demonstration project in which the Utah State University Manpower Development Service (MDS) was established to provide technical assistance to private and public agency employers for improving personnel systems,…
Descriptors: Consultation Programs, Employers, Industry, Job Training