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Direct linkThomas, Hywel; Qiu, Tian – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2012
Purpose: Within the context of policies on developing the workforce of the government health sector in England, this paper aims to investigate participation in work-related continuing education and training (WRCET), its pedagogy and effectiveness. Individual and organizational characteristics associated with effective WRCET are examined.…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Educational Change
Download full textMcMillan, Heather S.; Morris, Michael Lane; Atchley, E. Kate – Online Submission, 2008
The purpose of this paper is to identify construct definitions and measurement tools for the work/life interface concepts: balance, conflict and facilitation. An understanding of these concepts is critical to HRD (human resource development) professionals because interventions designed to counter work/life interface issues can not be created, and…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Human Resources, Organizational Culture, Family Work Relationship
UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (NJ1), 2008
The two studies included in this volume, both dealing with the subject of literacy and sustainable development, are joint winners of the 2004-2005 International Award for Literacy Research, sponsored jointly by the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, Hamburg, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) and the Canadian…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Functional Literacy, Literacy Education, Lifelong Learning
Munchhausen, Gesa – European Journal of Vocational Training, 2008
The question of skill development in temporary work has so far been neglected in research and practice. The expansion and speciality of this way of earning a living--particularly as a result of the frequently changing demands on different workplaces and the strategy of lifelong learning favoured by educational policy in order to obtain and improve…
Descriptors: Skill Development, Temporary Employment, Informal Education, Labor Force Development
Wilson, Robin – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008
This article reports that Gary Rhoades, who has spent his entire 22-year career at the University of Arizona studying issues that affect the professoriate, has been named general secretary of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP). Mr. Rhoades directs Arizona's Center for the Study of Higher Education. Leaders of the AAUP hope…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Labor Force, Professional Associations, College Faculty
Dillaway, Heather; Pare, Elizabeth – Journal of Family Issues, 2008
Most women must decide whether to work for pay while mothering or make mothering their sole social role. Often this decision is portrayed in terms of whether they will be "stay-at-home" and presumably "full-time" mothers, or "working mothers" and therefore ones who prioritize paid work over caregiving. Inferred within this construction is women's…
Descriptors: Feminism, Mothers, Females, Public Policy
Balsa, Ana I. – Journal of Human Resources, 2008
Current estimates of the societal costs of alcoholism do not consider the impact of parental drinking on children. This paper analyzes the consequences of parental problem-drinking on children's labor market outcomes in adulthood. Using the NLSY79, I show that having a problem-drinking parent is associated with longer periods out of the labor…
Descriptors: Wages, Labor Market, Alcohol Abuse, Parent Child Relationship
Reindl, Travis – New England Journal of Higher Education, 2008
New England and the nation as a whole is facing intensifying global competition and rapidly growing demands for a skilled workforce. In addition, significant increases in spending by students and taxpayers have not moved the needle: the percentage of adults with a college degree has changed little over the past decade. New England must act now to…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Attainment, Global Approach, Labor Force
Colleges Ontario, 2011
In November 2005, the province of Ontario and the federal government signed two historic agreements--the Canada-Ontario Labour Market Development Agreement and the Canada-Ontario Labour Market Partnership Agreement. One year later, on Nov. 24, 2006, key labour market stakeholders, including users, delivery agents and government came together to…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Labor Market, Foreign Countries, Labor Force Development
Mordechay, Kfir – Civil Rights Project / Proyecto Derechos Civiles, 2011
Across the massive megalopolis stretching from the northern suburbs of Los Angeles County through the metropolitan complex along the northern border of Baja California is a diverse area containing 24 million people, with a disproportionate percentage of Latinos and African Americans who are facing an educational and economic disaster. As it…
Descriptors: Social Class, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Labor Market, Educational Opportunities
Office of Vocational and Adult Education, US Department of Education, 2011
The Adult Education--Basic Grants to States program authorized under the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act of 1998 (AEFLA), enacted as Title II of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) (P.L. 105-220), is the major source of federal support for adult basic education and literacy education programs. When AEFLA was authorized in 1998,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Family Literacy, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation
Office of Vocational and Adult Education, US Department of Education, 2011
The Adult Education--Basic Grants to States program authorized under the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act of 1998 (AEFLA), enacted as Title II of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) (P.L. 105-220), is the major source of federal support for adult basic education and literacy education programs. When AEFLA was authorized in 1998,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Family Literacy, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation
Office of Vocational and Adult Education, US Department of Education, 2011
The Adult Education--Basic Grants to States program authorized under the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act of 1998 (AEFLA), enacted as Title II of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) (P.L. 105-220), is the major source of federal support for adult basic education and literacy education programs. When AEFLA was authorized in 1998,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Family Literacy, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation
Bilboe, Wendy – International Journal of Training Research, 2011
Since the opening up of private universities and colleges in the Kuwait education system in the late 1990s, there has been an explosion of tertiary institutions (both domestic and international) established in the country, with many of them offering vocational education and training. The move towards vocational and educational training forms part…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Private Colleges, Ownership
Obama's American Graduation Initiative: Race, Conservative Modernization, and a Logic of Abstraction
Kuntz, Aaron M.; Gildersleeve, Ryan Evely; Pasque, Penny A. – Peabody Journal of Education, 2011
The American Graduation Initiative stands as the cornerstone of the Obama administration's higher education agenda. To investigate the state of the politics of education in the Age of Obama, this article employs critical discourse analysis to unveil the hidden meanings and ideological commitments inherent in Obama's policy discourse. Read within…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Presidents, Agenda Setting, Politics
