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Staatz, Colleen – Mathematica, 2021
Community health workers (CHWs) and peer recovery specialists (PRSs) can play an important role in meeting the health care needs of people with opioid use disorder. Registered apprenticeship programs, an "earn while you learn" approach, can help build a certified workforce of CHWs and PRSs by providing classroom and on-the-job training.…
Descriptors: Allied Health Personnel, Drug Abuse, Narcotics, Apprenticeships
Dilger, Robert Jay; Lowry, Sean – Congressional Research Service, 2021
Several federal agencies, including the Small Business Administration (SBA), provide training and other assistance to veterans seeking civilian employment. In recent years, the unemployment rate among veterans as a whole has generally been similar to or lower than the unemployment rate for nonveterans 18 years and older. However, veterans who have…
Descriptors: Veterans, Public Agencies, Small Businesses, Business Administration
National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2021
This report provides a summary of the outcomes and satisfaction of students who completed nationally recognised vocational education and training (VET) delivered by registered training organisations (RTOs) in Australia during 2020 using data collected between June and August 2021. The figures are derived from the National Student Outcomes Survey,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Outcomes of Education, Vocational Followup
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Sigstad, Hanne Marie Høybråten; Garrels, Veerle – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2023
People with intellectual disability are only marginally represented in the labour market, and research has identified several school-related barriers to their labour market participation. This study uses a qualitative method triangulation with eight teacher interviews and nine individualised educational plans (IEPs) to explore how teachers prepare…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mild Intellectual Disability, Teacher Role, Job Skills
Advance CTE: State Leaders Connecting Learning to Work, 2023
Exploring Summer Youth Employment Programs: Increasing Access Through Career Pathways builds the case and provides actionable recommendations for state-led support in the intentional alignment of summer youth employment programs (SYEP) with career pathways and the work-based learning continuum, including through Career Technical Education (CTE).…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Youth Employment, Career Pathways, Work Experience Programs
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Keep, Ewart – Journal of Education and Work, 2020
The question addressed in this paper is why expanding Higher Education (HE) has become the default policy position in England. One answer concerns the reluctance by employers to train. The paper adopts an historical perspective on the policy reviews into this issue which have displayed a remarkable policy amnesia, employers have not been engaged.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Educational History
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Barry, Michael; Gomez, Rafael; Kaufman, Bruce E.; Wilkinson, Adrian; Zhang, Tingting – International Journal of Training and Development, 2020
This paper examines the determinants of job-related training and workplace voice. Using data from a unique 2016 cross-national survey of Australian, British, Canadian and American employees, the paper contrasts two classic formulations in the literature; (1) the neoclassical/human capital approach which predicts that individual characteristics…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Job Training, Work Environment, Foreign Countries
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Bilsland, Christine; Nagy, Helga; Smith, Phil – International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning, 2020
This article is a scholarly discussion that outlines current studies of virtual training and internships in hospitality and tourism, and questions how these approaches can satisfy hospitality and tourism industry requirements in post-COVID19 environments. It reviews existing literature and compares best-practice approaches. In particular, this…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Internship Programs, Work Experience Programs, Hospitality Occupations
Tesfai, Lul – New America, 2020
Mayors play a crucial role in helping people attain the education and skills necessary to enter the workforce and climb the economic ladder. While many American cities are thriving today, they are also home to rising levels of economic inequality, driven in part by the difficulty non-college-educated workers face in securing family-sustaining…
Descriptors: Community Development, Economic Development, Apprenticeships, Labor Force Development
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Clancy, Sharon; Holford, John; Boeren, Ellen – Palgrave Studies in Adult Education and Lifelong Learning, 2020
This chapter explores the United Kingdom's (UK) response to the Youth Guarantee (YG) in the two largest of its four constituent countries -- England and Scotland. The chapter examines the forms, systems and funding which underpin the YG and the conditions currently affecting young people socially, economically and geographically in England and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Youth Programs, Governance, Job Skills
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Caldarola, Enrico G.; Modoni, Gianfranco E.; Sacco, Marco – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2018
The Teaching Factory is an emerging paradigm aiming to enforce skills and competencies of engineers and operators working in the field of manufacturing, through an alignment of the teaching and training activities to the needs of modern factories. In this research work, the Teaching Factory principles are applied to envision ManuLearning, a new…
Descriptors: Job Training, Manufacturing Industry, Alignment (Education), Small Businesses
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Jiracheewewong, Eknarin; Yongxia, MA; Han, XUE – Education and Urban Society, 2019
Currently, those Thai universities offering Chinese majors do not include any specific provisions for employability training. This research was thus conducted using an employer survey (N = 418) to determine employer needs and direct interviews with academics, students, and employers to identify the most effective training methods and how to…
Descriptors: Employment Opportunities, Undergraduate Students, Majors (Students), Chinese
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Hur, Hyunkang; Ha, Hyesong – European Journal of Training and Development, 2019
Purpose: This study aims to investigate the relationship between three organizational practices (distributive justice, procedural justice and potential growth opportunity) and at-will employees' work attitudes (job satisfaction and affective organizational commitment). Design/methodology/approac: The data for the analysis are derived from the 2000…
Descriptors: Justice, Job Security, Employment Practices, Job Training
Evangelista, Reynaldo A. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Few issues are more complex and require more effort than the training and performance of law enforcement personnel to be competent in a society where their performance is significantly important and multifarious to the general public. It is imperative that our law enforcement personnel are well prepared in their respective training programs and in…
Descriptors: Law Enforcement, Community Colleges, Graduates, Learning Experience
Ositelu, Monique O. – New America, 2019
As the overwhelming majority of those in U.S. prisons will rejoin society, it is imperative to prepare individuals to transition with effective rehabilitative programs. This paper analyzes the 2012/2014 U.S. Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) data because literacy and numeracy skills are designated as the key…
Descriptors: Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Education, Reentry Workers, Postsecondary Education
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