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Roomkin, Myron – 1973
The study investigates on a pilot basis employer and union reactions to selected foreign-inspired changes in the American apprenticeship system. Recent developments in European apprenticeship are reviewed, and possible policies based on these foreign developments are proposed. The reactions of employers to these policies are assessed through a…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Attitude Change, Employer Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship
Download full textWoloszyk, Carl A. – 1996
The extent of linkages of vocational education with Michigan's business community was examined through a survey of employers and labor union representatives and five employer focus groups. Of the 583 public and private sector employers and union representatives who received the questionnaire, 185 (31.9%) returned usable responses. The…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Education Work Relationship, Employer Attitudes, Focus Groups
Long, Ellen – 1997
This report was based on telephone interviews with 86 individuals from 53 workplaces across Canada. The study sample included a diverse range of workplace types and sizes from both large and small communities. Of the eligible workplaces contacted, 93% were able to participate. The interview questions focused on why workplaces started basic skills…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Basic Skills, Education Work Relationship
Douglas, Jane I., Ed. – 1976
This report briefly discusses present rationales, future prospects, and methods and procedures involved in employer support of child care. It is based on a study which was intended to test the feasibility of providing child care and youth programs, through a system design, for employees of resort hotels and the primary labor union involved with…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Administrator Evaluation, Affirmative Action, Child Care
Moran, Sarah – 1995
This document is the staff development manual that was developed to train worker education facilitators involved in the Chicago Teachers' Center of Northeastern Illinois University and Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union Worker Education Program (WEP). The document begins with an overview of the WEP, which uses workers' life and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Cooperative Planning
MPR Associates, Berkeley, CA. – 2001
California's school-to-career (STC) efforts were examined in a statewide evaluation study that was initiated in December 2000 and scheduled for completion by June 2002. The study's first phase was assessed in an interim report that focused on the following major activities: (1) development of a white paper describing the STC's national and state…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Advisory Committees, Case Studies
