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Miller, Jon D.; Solberg, V. Scott – Peabody Journal of Education, 2012
This article argues for the need to differentiate between "professional" and "support" careers in fields of science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEMM). Using data from the Longitudinal Study of American Youth (LSAY), the article identifies important differences in the nature of the work and responsibility that…
Descriptors: Careers, Credentials, Young Adults, Employment Opportunities
Barabasch, Antje – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2012
Despite the heavy investments in the economic development of East German industry, the region still faces immanent structural challenges that affect the provision of vocational education and training (VET), in particular apprenticeships, and the availability of a well skilled workforce. In this article the situation of the economy as well as new…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Economic Development
Schmidt, Richard William – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this participatory action research was to create a comprehensive evaluation of advanced geoscience education in Pennsylvania public high schools and to ascertain the possible impact of this trend on student perceptions and attitudes towards the geosciences as a legitimate academic subject and possible career option. The study builds…
Descriptors: Earth Science, Advanced Courses, Secondary School Science, Science Education
de la Torre, Marisa; Allensworth, Elaine; Jagesic, Sanja; Sebastian, James; Salmonowicz, Michael; Meyers, Coby; Gerdeman, R. Dean – Consortium on Chicago School Research, 2013
Specific strategies for "turning around" chronically low-performing schools have become prominent, with the U.S. Department of Education enacting policies to promote four school improvement models that include "fundamental, comprehensive changes in leadership, staffing, and governance." Despite the attention and activity…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Research Methodology, Educational Change, Scores
Lindley, Joanne; Machin, Stephen – Sutton Trust, 2013
This report revisits the debate about why social mobility levels are relatively low in Great Britain and the United States of America compared to other countries. It focuses on three main areas within this debate: (1) the changing role of educational inequalities; (2) the expectation of ever higher levels of education as revealed in increasing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Mobility, Equal Education, Academic Degrees
Business-Higher Education Forum, 2013
This is the first in a series of Business-Higher Education Forum (BHEF) playbooks intended to assist companies, higher education institutions, private philanthropies, membership associations, professional societies, government agencies, and other stakeholders seeking to understand the potential value of investing in coordinated strategic,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Labor Force Development, Partnerships in Education, Academic Persistence
Kroth, Michael; Keeler, Carolyn – Human Resource Development Review, 2009
The purpose of this article is to broaden the discourse about caring as a managerial strategy by describing caring from three perspectives: nursing, education, and management. The authors suggest that current organizational models inadequately address the caring connection between manager and employee. Definitions of managerial caring and care…
Descriptors: Models, Caring, Labor Force Development, Administration
Educating All Learners for the New Economy: Region Needs More Varied Range of Learning Opportunities
Le, Cecilia; Kazis, Richard – New England Journal of Higher Education, 2009
New England's population and labor force growth have slowed considerably in recent years. What relatively little growth that has occurred has been concentrated in immigrant and other populations that have not been well-served historically by its educational and economic institutions. In an economy that is demanding ever more advanced skills from…
Descriptors: Time Management, Educational Attainment, Identification, School Buildings
Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2008
"Tough Choices or Tough Times," the report of the New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce, shows how the dynamics of the global economy will lead to a steady decline in the American standard of living if this country does not undertake the first thorough overhaul of its education system in a century. This new revised and expanded…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Early Childhood Education
Curtin, Penelope, Ed.; Stanwick, John, Ed.; Beddie, Francesca, Ed. – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2011
This book of readings on innovation was commissioned by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) and looks at the relationship between skills, innovation and industry. In November 2010, the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) held a forum in Sydney on the relationship between innovation and…
Descriptors: Innovation, Skills, Business, Industry
Adcock-Shantz, Jennifer K. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Current research indicates that community colleges are facing what has been termed a "leadership crisis" due to the high number of Baby Boomers retiring and those planning to retire in the next several years (McCall, 2006; Bagnato, 2004; Shults, 2001). In 2006, the American Association of Community Colleges recommended community colleges…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Baby Boomers, Retirement, Labor Needs
Metcalf, Heather E. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Considerable research, policy, and programmatic efforts have been dedicated to addressing the participation of particular populations in STEM for decades. Each of these efforts claims equity-related goals; yet, they heavily frame the problem, through pervasive STEM pipeline model discourse, in terms of national needs, workforce supply, and…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, STEM Education, Mixed Methods Research, Critical Theory
Perron, Rebecca – AARP, 2011
The graying of the labor force, together with the recession of 2008-2010, has forced employers and prognosticators to take a hard look at workforce preparation, training, and planning. This employer research survey is one component of a larger project that explores the workforce, labor force projections, and employer views on training,…
Descriptors: Labor Force, Aging (Individuals), Employment Projections, Expectation
O'Rear, Susan – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Across the United States, partnerships have formed between business and industry and rural community college workforce development customize training programs to meet the demands of the 21st century labor market. For many business and industry managers, a partnership has become a necessary means to train the unskilled as well as update skills…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Industry, Labor Force Development, Semi Structured Interviews
Park, Yoonhee; Jacobs, Ronald L. – Human Resource Development Quarterly, 2011
Although the importance of workplace learning has been recognized in research and practice, there is little empirical support that describes how workplace learning, including both formal and informal learning, is linked to organizational performance. This study investigated the influence of investment in workplace learning on learning outcomes and…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Human Capital, Informal Education, Structural Equation Models