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Little, Brenda Margaret – Education & Training, 2011
Purpose: UK government strategies for higher education (HE) continue to emphasise the promotion and enhancement of students' employability skills and subsequent graduate opportunities. The purpose of this paper is to explore what this means for those HE learners already in work. Design/methodology/approach: The paper presents the findings of a…
Descriptors: Employment Potential, Student Attitudes, Labor Market, Education Work Relationship
King, Stephanie B. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2011
Research focusing on community college leadership programs and the needs of workforce development personnel shows that the primary knowledge and skills needed by professionals in the field include collaboration, teaching, community college context, effects of globalization, data usage, and skills related to leadership and team work. Program…
Descriptors: Curriculum Research, Community Colleges, Leadership, Labor Force Development
Nimon, Kim; Reio, Thomas G., Jr. – Human Resource Development Review, 2011
This article describes why measurement invariance is a critical issue to quantitative theory building within the field of human resource development. Readers will learn what measurement invariance is and how to test for its presence using techniques that are accessible to applied researchers. Using data from a LibQUAL+[TM] study of user…
Descriptors: Human Resources, Labor Force Development, Social Theories, Reliability
El-Kiswani, Abeer – UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training, 2013
The UNEVOC-UNESCO International Centre in cooperation with the Regional Bureau for Education-Beirut published the regional synthesis report on Component II of the regional project on entrepreneurship education in the Arab States (2009-2012). With support from the StratREAL Foundation, the project aimed at supporting Arab countries in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Entrepreneurship, Arabs, Educational Policy
Cedefop - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, 2013
Certificates, diplomas and titles are commonly known as qualifications. Their purpose is to show employers, training providers, and individuals what the person holding the qualification has learned and can do. Every country issues many different qualifications, but for the European labor market to work as intended--that is for European citizens to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Employment Qualifications, Certification, Academic Degrees
Business-Higher Education Forum, 2013
This report shows how insights gained from system dynamics modeling and the U.S. STEM Undergraduate Model® can help inform the Navy's strategy to grow a robust civilian workforce that is strongly invested with Navy-relevant STEM skills and ready to contribute to the next generation of Naval innovation. This work positions the Navy to serve a…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Undergraduate Students, Models, Systems Approach
Myers, Nancy F. – Human Resource Development Review, 2008
In this article, the author shares her thoughts on bridging the theory-to-practice gap in human resource development (HRD). She says both theorists and practitioners are responsible for the gap between theory and practice. They need to open up their respective cultures to each other and invite one another to participate. They have to discard…
Descriptors: Theory Practice Relationship, Labor Force Development
Marchese, Theodore J. – Trusteeship, 2009
Boards typically consider various financial indicators to gauge the health of their institutions, such as meeting enrollment goals. But there's one indicator--seldom bragged about--that trustees should pay closer attention to: graduation rates. Growing public attention to the need for more college graduates will increase pressure on campuses to…
Descriptors: Graduation Rate, College Graduates, Governing Boards, Enrollment
Herr, Jane Leber; Wolfram, Catherine – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2009
This paper examines the propensity of highly educated women to exit the labor force at motherhood. We focus on systematic differences across women with various graduate degrees to analyze whether these speak to differences in the capacity to combine children with work over a variety of high-education career paths. Working with a sample of Harvard…
Descriptors: Mothers, Females, Employment Patterns, Labor
Cho, Yonjoo; Egan, Toby Marshall – Human Resource Development Review, 2009
Despite considerable interest in action learning, no systematic investigation of action learning literature has been reported. Two purposes of this study are (a) to systematically access and examine recent empirical studies on action learning and related themes using Garrard's Matrix Method for reviewing literature (the review of the literature…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Meta Analysis, Classification, Literature Reviews
Godkin, Lynn; Allcorn, Seth – Human Resource Development Review, 2009
Narcissistic leadership can benefit organizational performance. Aberrant narcissism can destroy the psychosocial health of groups, limiting performance. This article examines Dependent Organizational Disorder, a common form of narcissism, which infects leadership, thwarts performance, and interrupts organizational learning. Dependent…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Human Resources, Leadership, Personality Traits
Du Chatenier, Elise; Verstegen, Jos A. A. M.; Biemans, Harm J. A.; Mulder, Martin; Omta, Onno – Human Resource Development Review, 2009
In open innovation teams, people from different organizations work together to develop new products, services, or markets. This organizational diversity can positively influence collaborative knowledge creation but can frustrate and obstruct the process as well. To increase the success rates of open innovation, it is vital to learn how individuals…
Descriptors: Innovation, Institutional Cooperation, Corporations, Teamwork
Office of Vocational and Adult Education, US Department of Education, 2012
In his 2012 State of the Union Address, President Obama laid out a blueprint for an economy that is built to last. The President's plan affirms that the strength of the American economy is inextricably linked to the strength of America's education system. Particularly in times of economic challenge, American employers need a workforce that is…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Educational Change
Krueger, Carl – Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, 2012
While tax revenues in many Western states have improved since FY 2011, the 2012 legislative sessions still experienced what has become the familiar round of funding cuts to higher education, coupled with tuition increases for students. The good news is that the cuts and increases weren't as severe as in previous years, despite continued aversion…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Finance, Health Care Costs, Taxes
Golden, Thomas P.; Bruyere, Susanne M.; Karpur, Arun; Nazarov, Zafar; VanLooy, Sara; Reiter, Beth – Rehabilitation Research, Policy, and Education, 2012
Individuals with disabilities have lower rates of workforce participation and lower earnings than their nondisabled peers. This article traces the history of the U.S. workforce development policy framework, including the Workforce Investment Act of 1998; the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended; and the impact of the Ticket to Work and Work…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Labor Force Development, Accessibility (for Disabled), Educational History