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Blume, Grant; Meza, Elizabeth; Bragg, Debra; Love, Ivy – New America, 2019
The Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training (TAACCCT) grant represented an unprecedented investment by the federal government in integrated postsecondary education and workforce training offered primarily by community and technical colleges. Between 2011 and 2018, 256 grants totaling nearly $2 billion were awarded through…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Career Education, Federal Aid, Grants
Didier, Nicolás – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2018
This article aims to present the lifelong education system of Chile from a functional and institutional point of view, in an attempt to describe its strategy. This paper covers both formal education and graduate studies, which were analyzed systematically from the institutional framework and experience of Chile. A comprehensive review of open…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Lifelong Learning, Higher Education, Postsecondary Education
Payton, Anna; Knight, Genevieve – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2018
In simple terms, it's about new ideas being put into practice, and it underpins human progress, while in economic terms it can drive long-term productivity growth (Australian Department of Industry, Innovation and Science 2017). The opportunities underpinning the largest growth 'will come from knowledge-intensive companies that innovate and…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Job Training, Foreign Countries, Job Skills
Bauman, Kevin; Christensen, Cody – American Enterprise Institute, 2018
Policymakers at the state and federal levels have expressed concern over the emerging "skills gap"--the mismatch between the job skills employers are looking for and the skills that applicants in the labor market possess. The skills gap is most acute for middle-skilled jobs; that is, jobs that require training beyond high school but less…
Descriptors: Skill Development, Labor Force Development, Efficiency, Federal Legislation
Ware, Iris – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The value proposition for learning and talent development (LTD) is often challenged due to human resources' inability to demonstrate meaningful outcomes in relation to organizational needs and return-on-investment. The primary role of human resources (HR) and the learning and talent development (LTD) function is to produce meaningful outcomes to…
Descriptors: Talent Development, Organizational Objectives, Models, Outcomes of Education
Loprest, Pamela; Spaulding, Shayne; Hecker, Ian – Urban Institute, 2020
This resource outlines a menu of actionable strategies for local leaders for workforce-related recovery efforts in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and corresponding recession. These strategies focus on evidence-based interventions and approaches which promote inclusive recovery. We categorize these strategies by goal, type of action, and phase…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, COVID-19, Pandemics, Economic Climate
Schaberg, Kelsey – American Enterprise Institute, 2019
Skills have long been associated with productivity and economic well-being. A large body of evidence shows the value of academic and technical skills in the workplace. And in recent years, soft skills--skills that make for an effective employee, such as time management and communication--have also become increasingly valued in the workplace.…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Job Skills, Employment Programs, Job Training
Wyoming Community College Commission, 2020
The "Annual Partnership Report" catalogs partnerships that Wyoming community colleges established and maintained for each fiscal year. This partnership report fulfills statutory reporting requirement W.S. 21-18-202(e)(iv) which mandates the development of annual reports to the legislature on the outcomes of partnerships between colleges…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Community Colleges, College School Cooperation, Intercollegiate Cooperation
Pleasant, Stephanie – New Horizons in Adult Education & Human Resource Development, 2017
This essay explores the intersection of employee engagement and workplace diversity and inclusion. The current trend of organizations fusing these two concepts has provided motivation to examine the (dis)connection between theory and practice. This essay advances the perspectives of practitioners, as well as a critical framework used to discuss…
Descriptors: Human Resources, Labor Force Development, Employees, Job Training
Advance CTE: State Leaders Connecting Learning to Work, 2021
Work-based learning faces significant changes in delivery in the face of a global pandemic that has severely limited physical access to schools and businesses. These changes have forced school leaders and employers to acknowledge pre-existing inequities that perpetuate historical barriers and racial discrimination and keep marginalized learner…
Descriptors: Work Experience Programs, Access to Education, Agency Cooperation, Accountability
Morris, Gary – Centre on Skills, Knowledge and Organisational Performance (SKOPE), 2016
The Wolf Report (2011) made clear that the proliferation of low-level vocational qualifications was in need of reform. It was thought that too many of these qualifications lacked substance, had little value in the jobs market and provided a weak platform for further development. Amongst the report's recommendations, which were largely accepted and…
Descriptors: Job Skills, Labor Force Development, Job Training, Adolescents
Britton, Emma R.; Austin, Theresa Y. – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2023
This ethnography examines how teachers interpret and enact language-in-education policies in an adult ESL classroom in the United States, where students simultaneously received job training as Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs). We draw on postmodern and interpretive lenses from the ethnography of communication, considering how workforce-oriented…
Descriptors: Ethnography, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Baird, Matthew D.; Engberg, John; Gonzalez, Gabriella C.; Goughnour, Thomas; Gutierrez, Italo A.; Karam, Rita T. – RAND Corporation, 2019
The Office of Workforce Development (OWD) in New Orleans, Louisiana, with a grant from the U.S. Department of Labor, implemented Career Pathways, an innovative program designed to increase the local talent pool and help lower-skilled, unemployed, and underemployed individuals train for work in growing fields. RAND Corporation researchers evaluated…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Job Training, Job Skills, Program Effectiveness
Mohammadi, Arefeh; Grosskopf, Kevin; Killingsworth, John – Adult Learning, 2020
The U.S. workforce is increasingly comprised of older adults, women, and minorities who lack basic skills and are unable to acquire these skills through traditional educational and training programs. New approaches are needed to provide effective training to the adult learner and flexible support for nontraditional students who must balance…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Electronic Learning, Experiential Learning, Nontraditional Students
Badescu, Mircea – European Training Foundation, 2020
These Key Indicators on Education, Skills and Employment (KIESE) are a collection of statistics that are part of a broader set of indicators proposed by the ETF to enable an assessment of developments in the field of human capital in the partner countries. They include data on education, initial vocational education and training, lifelong…
Descriptors: Educational Indicators, Employment, Vocational Education, Human Capital