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Download full textGándara, Patricia; Cuellar, Marcela – Civil Rights Project - Proyecto Derechos Civiles, 2016
Concerns over the United States' global standing have spurred a national focus on improving postsecondary attainment. At the same time, many sectors of the economy find they have difficulty recruiting highly trained individuals to fill the good jobs that exist; jobs like nursing, respiratory care, dental hygiene, and various mid-level management…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Bachelors Degrees, State Action, State Surveys
Deese, Stephanie – 2002
The Workforce Investment Act of 1998 provided states with a great amount of flexibility in the implementation of a system-wide approach to job training and workforce development. The legislation consolidated employment and training services into a one-stop system that is known as JobLink Career Centers in North Carolina. This document presents…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Employment, Job Development, Job Training
Maack, Stephen C. – 2002
This report presents the results of a Rio Hondo College (California) survey of Workforce Development/CalWORKS participants. The survey was designed to measure service quality and provide information for any needed areas of improvement in Workforce Development/CalWORKS services. Approximately 269 surveys were mailed to participants, with a response…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Assessment, Job Training, Labor Force Development
Wacker, Mary Ellen; Nitzke, Joe – 2001
This document presents the findings of a Western Iowa Tech Community College (WITCC) survey that asked employers to assess the skills of specific graduates employed and to provide detailed information about the jobs held by those graduates. The results were utilized to inform curricula decisions and satisfy a state program review mandate. Surveys…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Employer Attitudes, Graduate Surveys, Institutional Evaluation
Rosenfeld, Stuart A. – 1995
This book about new technology at two-year colleges contains two parts. Part one includes the following chapters: (1) "Introduction"; (2) "Toward the Vanguard of Industrial Modernization"; (3) "Learning Who Does What and How Well: Technology Education and Modernization Services";(4) "Structuring Community Colleges' Services"; (5) "Delivering the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community Development, Economic Development, Emerging Occupations
Pezzoli, J. A.; Lee, Hollis; Hussey, Thomas – 2000
In this study, Maui Community College examines the potential employment demand for entry-level automotive technicians on the island of Maui in Hawaii. A requirement for ASE certification by National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation, Inc. is that the college ascertain on a regular basis the community demand for trained automotive…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community Needs, Employment, Job Skills
Katsinas, Stephen G.; And Others – 1995
This two-part report presents quantitative and qualitative data from a 1994 national study of community college participation in the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) program, a transitional welfare-to-work program. Following a preface, an executive summary reviews the study methodology, indicating that 277 colleges out of 1,170 surveyed…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, College Role, Community Colleges, Employment Services
PDF pending restorationParkland Coll., Champaign, IL. Office of Institutional Research and Evaluation. – 2003
This study presents the findings of the 2001-2002 Student Occupational Follow-Up Survey of graduates of Parkland College, Illinois. A total of 595 graduates of occupational programs were contacted approximately five weeks after graduation. Of those, 352 returned surveys, for a response rate of 59.2%. Females outnumbered males by more than two to…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Demography, Graduates, Job Training
Dallas County Community Coll. District, TX. – 2000
According to this document, a central measure of institutional effectiveness is how well individuals who receive a Dallas County Community College District (DCCCD) education perform in the workplace. A survey was mailed to employers who register with the DCCCD Job Bank to recruit from the colleges. A total of 540 employers were mailed the survey…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Employer Attitudes, Employment, Job Skills
Zeiss, Tony, Ed. – 1997
Examining the role of community colleges in workforce development, this monograph describes results from a national study of community and technical colleges and the employers they serve regarding needs for workforce training and successful program elements. Following introductory sections, reviewing the purpose of the study, the following…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, College Role, Community Colleges, Education Work Relationship
La Guardia Community Coll., Long Island City, NY. – 1993
In June 1993, a workforce development symposium was held at LaGuardia Community College, in New York, involving 119 business leaders and training and employment executives from the borough of Queens. The purpose of the meeting was to determine the critical training needs of the area's business community. Symposium participants were divided into…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Conferences, Employer Attitudes
Gollattscheck, James; And Others – 1986
A survey was conducted of selected two-year colleges to gain an in-depth knowledge about the business/industry training programs provided by these colleges and to quantify the efforts of two-year colleges to improve the quality of the work force and the efficiency of public and private enterprises. Study findings, based on responses from 54 of the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Inplant Programs, Job Training, Labor Education
Clagett, Craig A.; Alexander, Hershel J. – 1995
In January 1995, the Maryland Association of Deans and Directors of Continuing Education/Community Services undertook a study of all state organizations that had received workforce training under contract arrangements during 1993-94. The study sought to develop a profile of organizations served, determine employer satisfaction with training, and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Contract Training, Employer Attitudes, Industrial Training
Minnesota State Technical Coll. System, St. Paul. – 1994
For the past 8 years, Minnesota technical colleges have been offering customized training services to the state's employers. To gather data on what kinds of organizations use custom training (CT) programs, the State Board of Technical Colleges surveyed 600 public and private employers that had used CT services through at least one of the system's…
Descriptors: Corporate Education, Job Training, Labor Force Development, Partnerships in Education
Austin, Henry – 1989
Prepared as part of an effort by Oakland Community College (OCC) to monitor the evolution of information technology in relation to the college's mission and purpose, this report describes OCC's current programs in data processing, examines the fit between the current curriculum and the employment market for computer specialists in southeast…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Computer Science Education, Curriculum Development, Data Processing
