Publication Date
In 2025 | 11 |
Since 2024 | 250 |
Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 1037 |
Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 2190 |
Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 4847 |
Descriptor
Source
Author
Publication Type
Education Level
Audience
Practitioners | 487 |
Policymakers | 452 |
Teachers | 193 |
Administrators | 161 |
Researchers | 113 |
Community | 72 |
Students | 61 |
Parents | 11 |
Counselors | 8 |
Support Staff | 7 |
Media Staff | 4 |
More ▼ |
Location
United States | 565 |
Australia | 458 |
Canada | 402 |
United Kingdom | 363 |
California | 318 |
Illinois | 185 |
Texas | 179 |
Ohio | 160 |
New York | 159 |
Washington | 151 |
United Kingdom (England) | 148 |
More ▼ |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Does not meet standards | 4 |
Benton, Sherrole – Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, 2012
Tribal colleges are often performing little miracles in their communities. Most tribal colleges operate without benefit of local and state taxes. Yet, they bring in new money from other sources that stimulate the local economy. Students gain knowledge and skills that can transform their communities and local economies. Tribal colleges not only…
Descriptors: Small Businesses, American Indians, Technology Transfer, Economic Impact
Finch, Maida A. – Peabody Journal of Education, 2012
This article examines the education policy environment in Tennessee that preceded a comprehensive reform bill enacted to enhance the state's Race to the Top application. Through interviews with key policymakers in Tennessee, I describe how recent reform efforts undertaken at the state level positioned Tennessee as a strong contender for the Race…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Educational Innovation, State Legislation, Interviews
Hunter-Johnson, Yvonne, Ed.; Cherrstrom, Catherine, Ed.; McGinty, Jacqueline, Ed.; Rhodes, Christy, Ed. – American Association for Adult and Continuing Education, 2021
The American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE) was founded in 1982 as the result of a merger between the National Association for Public and Continuing Adult Education (NAPCAE) and the Adult Education Association (AEA). This prestigious association is dedicated to the belief that lifelong learning contributes to human…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Adult Education, Continuing Education, Lifelong Learning
Welch, Nancy – Morrison Institute for Public Policy, Arizona State University, 2009
Raising Arizona was the challenge of the 20th century. Sustaining Arizona is now the challenge of the 21st. A crucial part of that task is not just understanding today's knowledge economy, but mastering it. Ray and Charles Eames, the creative geniuses behind many iconic 20th century designs, debuted their film "Powers of 10" in 1977. In…
Descriptors: Economic Progress, Human Capital, Policy Analysis, Human Body
Mooney, Marianne; Silver-Pacuilla, Heidi – National Institute for Literacy, 2010
The purpose of this paper is threefold: (1) to provide information to policymakers and government personnel who support and develop workforce development programming, policies and practices for youth, including those with learning disabilities (LD); (2) to provide a national view of the literacy and employment status of youth with LD who have low…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Juvenile Justice, Literacy, Labor Force Development
Daley, Barbara J.; Conceicao, Simone C. O.; Mina, Liliana; Altman, Brian A.; Baldor, Maria; Brown, James – Human Resource Development Review, 2010
The purpose of this integrative literature review is to summarize research on concept mapping and to offer ideas on how concept mapping can facilitate practice, research, and theory development within human resource development. In this review, more than 300 articles, written in both English and Spanish, presented at two different concept mapping…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Labor Force Development, Literature Reviews, Research Methodology
Bowman, Nelson, III – International Journal of Educational Advancement, 2010
Although population predictions suggest that over the next 40 years, minorities will become the new majority in the country, the fundraising profession is not listening to these predictions as its demographics remain unchanged. The fact that President Obama has called for more Americans to become college educated, which says more and more people…
Descriptors: Fund Raising, Black Colleges, College Role, Minority Group Students
Henderson, Jacqui – Adults Learning, 2010
The recession has caused a sharp rise in the number of young people not in education, employment or training in the UK. Consequently, the spotlight of skills policy has been turned onto the young. Concerns over youth unemployment are well founded, of course. However, the underlying problems of educational underachievement and worklessness have…
Descriptors: Economic Climate, Unemployment, Youth Employment, Labor Market
Wilson, Tom – Adults Learning, 2010
The National Strategic Skills Audit by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills found that one in eight adults of working age has no qualifications; more than a quarter are not qualified to Level 2; and almost a half are not qualified to above Level 2. The CBI report, "Ready to grow: business priorities for education and skills,"…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Educational Needs, Labor Force Development, Skill Development
Bretherton, Tanya – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2011
This is the final report from a three-year program of research investigating the role of vocational education and training (VET) in workforce development. The research focuses on meat processing and child care, both of which are characterised by low-skill entry points to the labour market. The author pulls together the key themes emerging from the…
Descriptors: Industry, Labor Market, Rewards, Labor Force Development
de Alva, Jorge Klor; Schneider, Mark – American Institutes for Research, 2011
Given the importance of a college education to entering and staying in the middle class and the high cost of obtaining a bachelor's degree, "Who Wins? and Who Pays?" are questions being asked today at kitchen tables and in the halls of government throughout the nation. Using publicly available data, the authors look at who wins and who pays…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Higher Education, Education Work Relationship, College Graduates
Biswas, Radha Roy – Jobs for the Future, 2011
The nation's 1,200 community colleges are well positioned to strengthen the workforce of one of America's most critical sectors--health care. They can provide training and credentialing for incumbent workers in health care and to prepare new workers to succeed in and meet the workforce demands for this sector--expanding individual opportunity and…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Students, Careers, Community Colleges, College Role
North Dakota University System, 2011
This issue of "Legislative Review" takes a look at what's new in higher education from March 14-18, 2011. This Legislative Review reports that: (1) HB 1018, the Department of Commerce budget bill, was heard in Senate Appropriations March 15; (2) HB 1106 was heard in Senate Education March 14, received a 7-0 "do not pass"…
Descriptors: Special Schools, Higher Education, Government Libraries, Adult Students
American Association of State Colleges and Universities, 2011
Presented here are the top 10 issues most likely to affect public higher education across the 50 states in 2011, in the view of the state policy staff at the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU). This listing is informed by an environmental scan of the economic, political and policy landscape surrounding public higher…
Descriptors: Higher Education, State Colleges, Professional Associations, Enrollment
Jaillet, Alain – American Journal of Distance Education, 2011
The articles published in "D & S" concerning the creation and operation of remote training methods can be characterized according to the points of view taken by experts or researchers. The authors are interested in three particular aspects of the training process: organization, design, and impact. Different approaches in the design…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Development, Instructional Effectiveness, Distance Education