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Fields, Cheryl M. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1987
Private organizations and state governments are increasingly seeking out businesses with training needs they cannot fulfill themselves and finding community colleges willing to set up flexible retraining programs quickly. (MSE)
Descriptors: Consultants, Higher Education, Labor Force Development, Labor Needs
Peer reviewedGarrison, Don C. – Community and Junior College Journal, 1985
Provides information on the Putting America to Work Project of the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges. Highlights examples of community college-industry partnerships. (DMM)
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Economic Development, Job Training
Peer reviewedBoyle, M. Ross – Community and Junior College Journal, 1983
Examines a number of popular conceptions and misconceptions about the forces changing the nature of the American economy. Explores the effects of the real forces on the mission and methods of community, junior, and technical colleges. Calls for an educational partnership between the business community and the community college. (DMM)
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Economic Change, Economic Development
Download full textBird, Keith W. – 2003
This document, presented in PowerPoint slide print-outs, discusses the Kentucky Community and Technical College System's role as strategic partner in Kentucky's economic and workforce development system. The KCTCS is composed of 25 colleges in sixteen geographic districts. The KCTCS has 3 main goals that it hopes to achieve by 2020: (1) access…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Labor Force, Planning, School Business Relationship
Virginia Community Coll. System, Richmond. – 2002
This document discusses the Virginia Community College System (VCCS) and how it has become the lead agency in workforce development for Virginia as well as advancing Virginia's workforce through non-credit training, retaining courses and programs to meet the needs of business and industry. This document contains a summary of activities and…
Descriptors: Business Correspondence, Community Colleges, Economics, Experiential Learning
Kintzer, Frederick C. – International Educational Cultural Exchange, 1970
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Educational Change, Educational Legislation, Higher Education
Peer reviewedLarkin, Paul G. – Community and Junior College Journal, 1983
Contrasts Bureau of Labor Statistics' employment forecasts with National Center of Educational Statistics' data on college graduation trends. Offers insights regarding the core of science and math skills needed for using new technologies, changing work force distribution and delivery systems, and funding and faculty shortages. (DMM)
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Educational Change, Futures (of Society)
Direct linkFidler, Timothy A. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1982
Examines the impact of community college programs on business and industry through the preparation of a trained labor force. Notes existing partnerships between industry and postsecondary education, but concludes that new linkages are necessary if community colleges are to provide leadership for change through labor and industrial development…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Cooperative Programs, Job Training, Labor Education
Griggs, Mildred Barnes; Bragg, Debra D. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1997
Considers the role of community colleges in emerging school-to-work (STW) transition systems, focusing on school-based learning, work-based learning, and connecting activities. Argues that community colleges have long provided students with work-related learning, but that efforts should be made to document these outcomes. Reviews future…
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Education Work Relationship, Job Training
Peer reviewedBergman, Terri – Community College Journal, 1994
Describes the goals and focus of the National Workforce Assistance Collaborative, a national resource for technical assistance in workforce and workplace development supported by a Department of Labor grant. Indicates that the collaborative has developed two strategies for its dissemination effort: a national resource network and an electronic…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Cooperative Programs, Labor Force Development, School Business Relationship
Peer reviewedBramucci, Raymond L. – Community College Journal, 1999
In this interview with the Assistant Secretary of Labor for the Employment and Training Administration (ETA), the following issues are covered: workforce development, new areas of focus, transition from the old to the new system, community colleges and the Workforce Investment Act (WIA), short-term and long-term challenges, and other initiatives.…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Change, Educational Objectives, Government School Relationship
Peer reviewedMcGinty, Louis L. – Inquiry, 2000
Follows up on an article published in the Spring 1999 edition of Inquiry regarding the Work Keys system being advanced by several of the community colleges of Virginia as a means of assessing and developing occupational skills. Evaluates the Work Keys system relative to accepted curriculum design use in Virginia's business community. (VWC)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Curriculum Design, Educational Assessment, Labor Force Development
Dowd, Steven B. – 1992
This paper presents a preliminary human resource development plan for the radiography program sponsored by Lincoln Land Community College (Illinois). The plan is based on the "Essentials and Guidelines of an Accredited Program for the Radiographer," initially adopted in 1944, and most recently revised in 1990, it involves the integration…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Community Colleges, Faculty Development, Guidelines
Peer reviewedEskow, Seymour – Community and Junior College Journal, 1983
Proposes five targets for the organizational work of the Putting America Back to Work project: community forums on the new economic agenda; business/industry/labor/government/education coalitions; planning for community economic development; creation of a transfer-of-technology network; and community education and training plan development. (DMM)
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Economic Development, Labor Force Development
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
