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Harwood, Chris – Canadian Literacy and Learning Network, 2012
The purpose of the "State of the Literacy and Essential Skills Field" report is to provide an environmental scan showing the state of Literacy and Essential Skills (L/ES) across the country, from the perspective of the Canadian Literacy and Learning Network (CLLN) and its national network of partners, both within and outside the Literacy…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Literacy, Basic Skills, Educational Assessment
Shulock, Nancy; Moore, Colleen – Institute for Higher Education Leadership & Policy, 2013
The California Community Colleges are vital to closing the projected shortfall of Californians with a postsecondary credential and sustaining the state's economic competitiveness. Increasing the number of students who pursue and earn certificates and associate degrees in career technical education (CTE) fields is an important component of the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Attainment, Community Colleges, College Role
Griffin, Tabatha, Ed.; Beddie, Francesca, Ed. – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2011
One of the challenges facing Australia is the ageing of the population. Of major concern, especially to government, is that the dependency ratio--a measure of the burden that economically active persons carry by supporting dependent persons--will increase significantly unless older people keep working or immigration is used to change the…
Descriptors: Employment Services, Employment Potential, Maturity (Individuals), Age Discrimination
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Klein, E. – International Labour Review, 1983
The conventional approach to analysis of employment problems in the modern sector, namely comparison of workforce supply and demand, is inapplicable in the traditional sector, where a distinction needs to be made between the concepts of workforce underutilization and its availability. The author discusses these concepts and presents their policy…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Employment Problems, Human Capital, Labor Economics
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Tome, Eduardo – Journal of European Industrial Training, 2008
Purpose: The aim of this paper is to analyse critically the youth labour market (YLM) and the YLM policies in Portugal. The analysis covers essentially the period after 1986, when Portugal entered the European Union. Design/methodology/approach: The paper consists of three main sections. In the first the main players dealt with (government,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Labor Market, Foreign Countries, Labor Force Development
Fleming, Robben W. – Vocational Guidance Quarterly, 1974
Trends and policies affecting manpower planning toward 1990 are presented. (Author)
Descriptors: Employment Patterns, Employment Projections, Futures (of Society), Labor Force
Oregon University System, 2007
In 1996, the Oregon University System (OUS) conducted the first systemwide survey of recent (1994-95) bachelor's degree recipients. Changes in Oregon's economy in the preceding decade led to concerns about the preparedness of college graduates as they entered the work force. The purpose of this study is to assess an OUS college experience from the…
Descriptors: Income, College Graduates, Educational Quality, Labor Market
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Alfred, Mary V. – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2007
In 1996, the United States Congress passed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, placing emphasis on individuals to take responsibility for separating themselves from governmental dependence by becoming economically self-sufficient through employment. Using a qualitative approach, this study explored the experiences…
Descriptors: Females, Labor Force Nonparticipants, Labor Force, Economic Progress
Macro Systems, Inc., Silver Spring, MD. – 1974
The Occupational Training Information System (OTIS), which is in operation in Oklahoma and in a developmental stage in Kentucky, was evaluated. The principle objective of OTIS is to provide the information necessary to formulate educational, manpower, and economic development plans and policies. OTIS consists primarily of a manpower demand…
Descriptors: Information Systems, Labor Force, Labor Force Development, Labor Market
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Job, Barbara Cottman – Monthly Labor Review, 1979
A study of labor force activities of nonparticipants in 1976 used data from the current population survey to identify contributing factors to future participation of nonparticipants. Findings indicate that the best predictors of future labor force activity are age, prior work experience, and labor market interest. (LRA)
Descriptors: Labor Force, Labor Force Nonparticipants, Labor Market, Labor Supply
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Wang, Greg G. – Journal of European Industrial Training, 2008
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to analyze a new research topic, national human resource development (NHRD) for neglected but critical components of economics foundation and accumulated international development research and practices. Design/methodology/approach: Through a targeted literature review on NHRD writing, major development…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Content Analysis, Labor Force Development, Human Resources
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Milliron, Mark David – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2007
This chapter describes how globalization is changing the U.S. economy and the job market for community college students and discusses the skills students need to participate in a globalized world.
Descriptors: Global Approach, Labor Market, Community Colleges, Economics
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Reardon, Robert C.; Bullock, Emily E.; Meyer, Katie E. – Career Development Quarterly, 2007
The authors analyze civilian occupations and employment data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau in 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990, and 2000 with respect to 6 kinds of work (Holland's RIASEC [Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, Conventional] classification), employment, and gender. For the 1990 and 2000 censuses, kinds of work,…
Descriptors: Occupations, Employment Projections, Employment Patterns, Census Figures
Connecticut Department of Higher Education (NJ1), 2009
The Departments of Labor and Higher Education, working in close collaboration with the constituent units of public higher education, present this comprehensive report on the employment of graduates of public colleges and universities. This report summarizes the employment and compensation experience of students who graduated from the State's 18…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Employment, Public Colleges, College Graduates
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Plumb, Carolyn; Reis, Richard M. – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2007
The United States, as well as the rest of the world, will face critical civil, environmental, energy, communication, manufacturing, and health-care challenges in the coming decades, and more scientists and engineers will be needed to address those problems. The number of jobs in the U.S. labor force requiring science and engineering skills, in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Labor Market, Labor Force Development
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