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McCormick, Robert W. – NUEA Spectator, 1976
Several perceptions of higher continuing education/university extension in 1960 are reflected in the writings of Malcolm Knowles, Renee and William Petersen and A. A. Liveright. Social idealism, technological development, and increased occupational obsolescence were areas of change from 1960-75. (EA)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Change, Educational History, Extension Education
Blai, Boris, Jr. – 1983
The importance of the link between education and work is examined along with current trends, including employment opportunities, the evolving structure of the American economy, and productivity. The positive, direct benefits apparent between work and education are that sound schooling benefits the individual, the employer, and the nation's…
Descriptors: College Role, Continuing Education, Economic Climate, Education Work Relationship
Further Education Unit, London (England). – 1988
This bulletin aims to identify good practice in the adoption of a strategic approach to developing short courses in work-related nonadvanced further education (WRNAFE) in Great Britain. The focus is on vocational updating and retraining aimed principally at those in employment, usually at full cost to employers/sponsors. The bulletin discusses…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Planning, Foreign Countries, Inplant Programs
Holemon, Richard L.; And Others – 1969
Concerted Services in Training and Education was conceived as one way to minimize the dysfunctional effects of technological developments on rural communities. Three pilot projects were established to evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of a concerted approach to solving the training problem and other needs of rural people. One project was…
Descriptors: Educational Programs, Employment Problems, Needs, Pilot Projects

Koonz, Frances P. – Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing, 1978
Briefly discusses identification of the individual educational needs of nurses, as well as organizational needs, including the role of advisory committees. Concludes with a discussion of continuing educational needs created by changes in nursing practice and the delivery of health services. (EM)
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Educational Needs, Interdisciplinary Approach, Medical Care Evaluation

Bush, Terryl A.; Lewis, Charles W. – Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing, 1978
One hundred thirteen registered nurses working in three hospitals were surveyed to ascertain how nurses feel about continuing education and to examine the interactions between attitudes toward continuing education and personal-professional circumstances. The results provided strong evidence to support the concept of voluntary rather than mandatory…
Descriptors: Certification, Educational Attitudes, Educational Objectives, Medical Care Evaluation
Dicks, Dennis J. – Canadian Vocational Journal, 1985
The author looks at the Canadian short-term employment model and then examines characteristics of the Japanese employment model (recruitment methods, matching rewards to performance and investment, dealing with skill obsolescence and aging, and the advantages of Japan's long-term model). (CT)
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Economic Factors, Human Resources, Job Skills

Over, Ray – Journal of Educational Administration, 1983
Analyzes the sex ratio, national origins, age distribution, and qualification levels of Australian universities' education faculties; forecasts the effects of these universities' lack of growth, particularly on the quality of faculty members' work and on the relevance of their specialties. (Author/MCG)
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), Employment Patterns, Employment Projections, Foreign Countries

Gladkowski, Gerald – Journal of General Education, 1973
Author presented an attitudinal guide for consideration in the hope of assisting people to become more flexible in their opinions and beliefs, so that they might take a step toward a more realistic assessment of various available alternatives. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Development, Educational Responsibility, Educational Strategies
Weber, Richard C. – Agricultural Education Magazine, 1972
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Machinery
Martin, Thomas B. – Illinois Career Education Journal, 1973
How to prepare for occupational change in career education. (Editor)
Descriptors: Career Change, Career Choice, Career Development, Career Education
Fischler, Abraham – Man/Society/Technology--A Journal of Industrial Arts Education, 1972
Contains the text of a speech presented at one of eight 2-day regional forums which focuses on significant technological trends and identification of implications for education resulting from these trends and societal change. (Editor/SB)
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Educational Needs, Higher Education, Individualized Instruction

Dutton, Donnie – Lifelong Learning: The Adult Years, 1979
In his address to the Adult Education Association conference on January 10, 1979, the author reflects on the increasing necessity for adults to continue to learn and the marginal status of adult education. He discusses knowledge and skills obsolescence and indicates concerns for the field of adult education. (MF)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Educational Change, Educational Needs
Romeo, Joan – Worklife, 1976
New Medicare regulations will soon mandate upgrading of laboratory technicians' knowledge and skills; a Colorado demonstration project responded successfully to the needs of small-town and rural technicians with a creative approach (now being bought and used by others) and circuit-flying instructors. (AJ)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Instruction, Demonstration Programs, Inservice Education, Laboratory Technology
Levin, Henry M.; Rumberger, Russell W. – 1983
The changes to be effected by high technology in both projected employment growth and existing jobs seem to require significant changes in the American educational system. However, government estimates for the period 1978-90 suggest that employment growth will favor jobs that require little or no training beyond the high school level (for…
Descriptors: Automation, Education Work Relationship, Employment Opportunities, Employment Projections