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Tew, E. James, Jr. – 1984
Adult students taking a dimensional metrology course usually do so to fulfill a need for their present employment, advancement, or expected employment. In order to assure that the quality of training is maintained it has become necessary to investigate alternatives to existing instructional approaches whereby the contents of the course can be…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Higher Education, Industrial Training, Instrumentation
Owens, Thomas R.; And Others – 1990
A study examined innovative workplace practices in companies that employ significant numbers of entry-level workers. In Phase 1 of the study, a literature review was undertaken, and interviews were conducted with human resource directors in 58 companies in the Pacific Northwest nominated as exemplary in their work with entry-level workers.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Corporate Education, Employee Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship
Krais, Beate; Krebstakies, Marlies – 1983
In the Federal Republic of Germany the most important form of training leading to a vocational qualification and the focus of all initial vocational training is the "dual system" of in-firm and in-school learning. Other forms of initial vocational training include apprenticeships, training in a firm, and vocational schools. Trainers…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Apprenticeships, Foreign Countries, Industrial Training
Chute, Alan G. – 1986
The Sales and Marketing Education organization of AT&T Communications conducts ongoing research to monitor the impact of their National Teletraining Network (NTN) programs for professional sales personnel on: (1) learning, (2) student acceptance of courses and instructors, and (3) student willingness to take additional teletrained programs.…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Conventional Instruction, Cost Effectiveness, Distance Education
Bishop, John; Stevens, David W. – 1985
Correlates of employer-provided training while in the most recent full-time job held were explored. Respondents were nearly 10,000 members of the 1980 high school seniors cohort of the High School and Beyond survey data set. Two types of forces expected to influence participation in employer-provided training were distinguished: incentive and…
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, Employees, Females, Incentives
Gxilishe, D. S.; van der Vyver, D. H. – Per Linguam: A Journal of Language Learning, 1987
This special issue of "Per Linguam" is entirely devoted to a study of language training in industry in the Cape Town metropolitan area of South Africa that examined the need for language instruction from both the management's and workers' points of view. Data were obtained from a literature review, a mail survey, and individual…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, College Role, Corporate Education, Employee Attitudes
Powers, David R.; And Others – 1988
Partnerships between businesses and higher education are discussed from the standpoint of effects on higher education traditions, policies and practices; business productivity and competitiveness; and opportunities for leadership. Part 1, "Making Partnerships Work: Objectives, Approaches, and Strategies," by David R. Powers and Mary F. Powers,…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Planning, College Programs, Contracts
Burns, David – 1984
The Occupational Analysis of the Training in Industry project was designed to provide valid and reliable information on the work of trainers. To structure the research, the Task Inventory/Comprehensive Occupational Data Analysis Programs (CODAP) method of analysis was used. A central feature of this methodology was the development and use of a…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Vocational Education, Career Ladders, Foreign Countries
Kaplan, Dorothy J. – 1987
This document is a short guide to developing and marketing a customized job training course for business and industry. Aimed at administrators/teachers in colleges or universities, the plan covers three main topics: marketing, program design and operation, and on-campus presentations. The marketing section explains how to create a marketing…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Continuing Education, Course Content, Course Organization
Smithers, Alan G. – 1976
The idea of organizing courses on the "sandwich principle" of alternate periods of academic study and industrial training is described. Results of a longitudinal study conducted at the University of Bradford are provided throughout the report. Following background information on the sandwich principle, students' reaction to sandwich…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Biology, Career Choice, Course Organization
American Association for Higher Education, Washington, DC. – 1981
Perspectives on cooperative programs between higher education and business and professional associations are presented in three papers. In "New Frontiers for Higher Education: Business and Professions," K. Patricia Cross traces three alternatives for higher education in its relationships with other adult education providers: parallel…
Descriptors: College Role, Cooperative Education, Higher Education, Industrial Training
Alexander, Clare – 1982
A course outline and sample materials for a course in English for garment workshop employees in New York are presented, and theoretical considerations in establishing an English for specific purposes (ESP) course are explored. Attention is directed to the needs analysis process undertaken in the garment industry. Specifically, ESP is used to mean…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Communication Skills, Course Content, English for Special Purposes
Brandenburg, Dale C. – 1981
A useful, values-oriented human resource development (HRD) program evaluation approach is one that is empirical with its orientation derived from a social/technical perspective. The optimum mix between the technical skills of evaluation and the required social skills of evaluation delivery is crucial for the quality assurance process. The core to…
Descriptors: Accountability, Business, Data Collection, Industrial Training
Glover, Robert W. – 1980
An alliance between apprenticeship and vocational education could accomplish more than either system could achieve on its own. An understanding of the system is important prior to working effectively with apprenticeship programs. They are sponsored by single employers or groups of employers acting singly or jointly with a union. Union interest…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Articulation (Education), Cooperation, Cooperative Education
Harvey, Edward B. – 1980
Results of a field survey of Canadian companies, trade unions, employer associations, educational establishments, and government agencies regarding the extent and possibilities of employer-sponsored training for workers are compiled in this report. Concentrating on the forty-nine companies in the survey sample, with collateral data from the…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Attitudes, Employer Attitudes, Employers