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Imel, Susan – 1990
The most significant factors affecting the labor market during the 1980s were the United States' loss of competitiveness in the world marketplace, continued shifts in production from goods to services, changes in the skill requirements of many jobs, and demographic shifts in the population. During the next decade, incompatibility between the type…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Articulation (Education), Basic Skills, Career Education
Harms, Louis T.; And Others – 1977
This report reviews activities of the first year's work of a project whose purpose was to provide information which will assist the Philadelphia School District in making plans for educational programs, staff, and facilities in response to impending changes in occupational job requirements in the Philadelphia area and changes in student needs and…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Needs, Educational Planning, Employment Patterns
Bowen, Gordon E. – 1975
Based on interviews with placement officers at more than 24 colleges in New England and information sought from corporate placement officials and college seniors, the job outlook for many 1975 New England college graduates seemed favorable according to early spring indications. Campus recruiting, as measured by the number of firms scheduling…
Descriptors: Accounting, Affirmative Action, Agriculture, Associate Degrees
Hudson River Center for Program Development, Glenmont, NY. – 1997
This document contains materials for use in conducting a 1-hour presentation on school-to-work (STW) programs in New York State for area employers in order to elicit their support for the state's STW initiative and encourage them to share information about the initiative with others in their communities. The document begins with nine tips for…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Economic Development, Education Work Relationship, Educational Benefits
Bolin, Rick, Ed.; Green, Lori, Ed. – 1989
Selected titles from a conference on building a quality workforce are as follows: "Action Packed 'Practical Education Now'" (Walters); "Adjusting to Transitions" (Schall, Dluzak); "Adult Literacy" (Nichols); "Aging Workforce" (Stowell et al.); "Artificial Intelligence and Human Performance…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Artificial Intelligence, Dislocated Workers, Economics
Missouri Univ., Columbia. Coll. of Education. – 1984
As part of a multiphased study of trends and priorities in vocational education in Missouri, four project consultants were hired to write reports on labor market needs in Missouri, vocational education delivery systems in the state, and fiscal resources available for Missouri vocational education programs. These individual reports were synthesized…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Curriculum Development, Delivery Systems, Educational Improvement
Pucinski, Roman – 1978
The state and local vocational education advisory councils, created by the Vocational Education Amendments of 1968, provide citizen input into the development and planning of vocational education programs. The whole structure of American industry is undergoing enormous change. We look to vocational education to help prepare this nation for…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Citizen Participation, Citizen Role, Community Cooperation
Bartik, Timothy J. – 2002
The labor market spillover effects of welfare reform were estimated by using models that pool time-series and cross-section data from the Current Population Survey on the state-year cell means of wages, employment, and other labor market outcomes for various demographic groups. The labor market outcomes in question are dependent variables that are…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Dropouts, Educational Status Comparison, Employed Women
Gibson, Cynthia M. – 2000
The Jobs Initiative, an eight-year demonstration, helps low-income residents find jobs that pay family-supporting wages in Denver, Milwaukee, New Orleans, Philadelphia, St. Louis, and Seattle. "Entrepreneurial intermediaries," ranging from a private foundation to a city agency, manage six sites that take a dramatically different,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Community Involvement, Community Organizations
AARP, Washington, DC. – 1998
This booklet, which is intended for human resource managers, provides practical guidance regarding preparing for an aging work force. Chapter 1 concerns the relationship between business practices and age neutrality and offers checklists that human resource managers can use to assess their company's general policy development, training,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Age Discrimination, Aging (Individuals), Career Development
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Thompson, Rachel Yarnell – Social Education, 1996
Recalls the experiences of two North Dakota men who worked in New Deal jobs programs during the depression. Provides a personal look at the achievements and the administration of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). Includes classroom suggestions for teachers. (MJP)
Descriptors: Business Cycles, Capitalism, Economic Factors, Economic Impact
Applied Management Sciences, Inc., Silver Spring, MD. – 1982
This report presents results of a project to assess the adequacy of existing data sources on the supply of 21 allied health occupations in order to develop improved data collection strategies and improved procedures for estimation of manpower needs. Following an introduction, chapter 2 provides a discussion of the general phases of the project and…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations, Allied Health Occupations Education, Allied Health Personnel, Audiology
North Carolina State Advisory Council on Vocational Education, Raleigh. – 1990
This is the first of five volumes of essays in the form of recommendations for the improvement of programs, services, and activities offered through vocational-technical education in North Carolina. The volume explains the rationale for, and comments on, 17 recommendations prepared by the State Advisory Council on Vocational Education for fiscal…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Career Choice, Career Development, Career Planning
1980
This inventory of research and evaluation projects completed during calendar years 1970-1979 for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy, Education, and Research (ASPER) of the Department of Labor contains summaries of projects on economic, social, and policy background; the labor market; the nature and impact of Department of Labor…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Affirmative Action, Age Discrimination, Economic Factors
Bielby, William T.; And Others – 1979
This report surveys the research done using the National Longitudinal Surveys (NLS) of Labor Market Experience data. It also identifies neglected research opportunities and directions of future research. The content is presented in eleven sections. The focus of sections 2-8 is on research done in major areas of labor market research. The sections…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Educational Benefits, Employed Women, Employment Experience
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