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Rosow, Jerome M.; Zager, Robert – 1993
This volume, Interim Report No. 3 in a 3-year study, considers literacy programs designed to qualify employees for promotions or professional advancement. It adopts a multidimensional definition of moving ahead, one that extends to monetary rewards, career development, and employment security. The volume is divided into two parts: report and case…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Career Change
Download full textNew Jersey State Employment and Training Commission, Trenton. – 1993
The At-Risk Youth Task Force of the State Employment and Training Commission concluded that a generation of young people faced underemployment or unemployment as a result of the increased skill demands required by the global economy. Two interrelated phenomena adversely affected the ability of a majority of young people to succeed in the labor…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Apprenticeships, Articulation (Education), Economic Development
Employment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1998
The Workforce Investment Act represents a total customer-driven overhaul of the U.S. job training system that will help employers obtain needed workers and empower job seekers to obtain the training needed for the jobs they want. The Department of Labor will implement the Workforce Investment Act in cooperation with the Department of Education.…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Agency Role
Gregory, Vikki – 1990
Midlife and older women are at an economic disadvantage relative to their male counterparts and younger women. Older women should be served by the nation's employment, training, and vocational programs. Interviews with participants and operators of employment and training programs identified six program components needed to serve older women: (1)…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Counseling, Change Strategies, Cooperative Programs
Leigh, David – 1993
This module for a 1-semester Total Quality Management (TQM) course for high school or community college students covers the topics of benchmarking and the continuous improvement process. It includes the following components: (1) a narrative summary of the topics; (2) a discussion of benchmarking; (3) a benchmarking exercise (the "numbered ball"…
Descriptors: Benchmarking, Business Administration, Business Education, Course Content
Leigh, David – 1993
This module for a 1-semester Total Quality Management (TQM) course for high school or community college students contains a brief overview of the definition of processes, a section on process flow diagrams, and a section on process management as well as a description of process variation. Examples are used throughout the module to make processes…
Descriptors: Business Administration, Business Education, Course Content, Course Descriptions
Leigh, David – 1993
This module for a 1-semester Total Quality Management (TQM) course for high school or community college students contains a brief overview of problem solving and offers a practical approach along with some of the tools that can be used. The following components are included: (1) narrative of the problem-solving process; (2) the problem-solving…
Descriptors: Business Administration, Business Education, Course Content, Course Descriptions
Anderson, Carmell F. – 1980
From its beginnings the history of adult education has been entwined with the evolutionary struggle between labor and management for workplace control. The history of worker's education is, in reality, the history of two types of education--worker's education under worker's control and labor-management adult education under company control. Each…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Continuing Education, Education Work Relationship, Educational Administration
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Subcommittee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1981
This congressional hearing contains testimony given in Montpelier, Vermont, at the first of a series of nationwide hearings on vocational education. Focus of this particular hearing is on the specific needs of Vermont as a rural northeastern state to train a workforce that is talented enough to help retrain existing businesses and industry and…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Educational Legislation, Educational Needs, Educational Objectives
MONCUR, JOHN P., ED. – 1967
INSTITUTE PAPERS TREAT THE UTILIZATION OF SUPPORTIVE PERSONNEL IN SCHOOL SPEECH AND HEARING PROGRAMS. A PREFACE PRESENTS THE INSTITUTE'S PURPOSES, AND AN INTRODUCTION BY THE EDITOR DESCRIBES THE CONCERNS, ATTITUDES, AND CONCLUSIONS OF THE INSTITUTE PARTICIPANTS. THE REPORT INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING 10 SPEECHES--"WELCOME AND INTRODUCTORY…
Descriptors: Allied Health Personnel, Audiology, Conference Reports, Counseling
PDF pending restorationBale, Richard L.; Sprague, C. Fremont – 1977
The Mountain-Plains Education & Economic Development Program, which exemplifies the comprehensive, residential family-centered approach to serving the economically disadvantaged, was compared to four similar programs in the United States: Arizona Job Colleges (AJC) in Arizona; Madera Employment Training Center (METC) in California; Manpower,…
Descriptors: Ancillary Services, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Economic Factors
CONSAD Research Corp., Pittsburgh, PA. – 1976
This report presents the study of a project conceived as a means of developing and testing a model Career Development Program. The project was designed to contribute significantly to the opening of nontraditional occupations to young women of low socioeconomic status and varying race and ethnic backgrounds. Three major goals were: (1) To assist a…
Descriptors: Blue Collar Occupations, Career Development, Career Guidance, Career Planning
Jobs for the Future, Inc., Cambridge, MA. – 2001
In the United States today, too many hardworking people are unable to earn enough through work to support their families. Policymakers can help change this situation by taking the following steps: (1) keep work central; (2) promote family-supporting work; (3) invest in education and work skills; (4) make it easier for individuals to stay employed…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Education Work Relationship, Educational Needs, Employment Opportunities
Clark, Mary Jo – 1997
In an attempt to meet the need for improved skills in the local workforce, San Juan College (New Mexico) made efforts to locate a target population of students and find out how successfully the courses they took met their work needs. A computer search identified a trial population of 513 students who met a set of criteria that suggested they took…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Course Evaluation, Course Objectives, Education Work Relationship
Atkinson, Robert D. – 2001
This paper presents specific steps elected officials, program managers, and other policymakers can take to craft a more effective workforce development system intended to give workers the tools they need to succeed in the new economy. First, the new labor market and work systems are discussed. The paper then lays out eight principles for all…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Charter Schools, Curriculum Design, Economic Development
