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Illinois Community College Board, 2009
The Illinois Community College Board provided more than $3.3 million to community colleges during fiscal year 2009 to support local workforce and economic development services through their Business and Industry Centers. The workforce development activities conducted under this grant include customized job training on campus or on-site at a…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Nontraditional Education, Community Colleges, Industry
B and C Associates, Inc., High Point, NC. – 1973
This study analyzes the capabilities of a selected sample of black colleges to deal with the problems of unemployment, underemployment, and job training. It further analyzes the existing and potential levels of interrelations between minority colleges, business, and industry. (NTIS)
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Business, Higher Education, Industry
Shelly (E.F.) and Co., New York, NY. – 1969
Although publicized figures indicate that private industry has hired over 100,000 "hard-core" nationally, this study identified less than 10,000 persons who were receiving special training. Data on the successes, failures and problems of training programs were obtained by questionnaire from 224 companies with a total work force of over…
Descriptors: Black Employment, Disadvantaged, Employment Services, Industry
Illinois Community College Board, 2008
The Illinois Community College Board provided more than $3.3 million to community colleges during fiscal year 2008 to provide workforce and economic development services through their Business and Industry Centers. The workforce development activities conducted under this grant include customized job training on campus or on-site at a business;…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Nontraditional Education, Community Colleges, Industry
Burt, Samuel M.; Striner, Herbert E. – 1968
In recent years there has been a significant increase in the efforts of private industry to employ and train the hard-core unemployed youth and adults of this nation. The time has come, however, for a change in the continuing pattern of employers engaging in experimental and demonstration projects, each learning anew what others have learned about…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Employer Attitudes, Government Employees, Government Role
Illinois Community College Board, 2007
The Illinois Community College Board provided more than $3.3 million to community colleges during fiscal year 2007 to provide workforce and economic development services through their Business and Industry Centers. The workforce development activities conducted under this grant include customized job training on campus or on-site at a business;…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Nontraditional Education, Community Colleges, Industry
Frey, Donald N. – 1982
The way resources are deployed to educate Americans will affect, as never before, productivity, the economy, and the quality of life. To maintain the present standard of living, Americans will be dependent on a continuous infusion of scientific breakthroughs and productivity-enhancing technology. Periodic upgrading of skills will be a necessity…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Economic Progress, Economics, Industry