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Guth, Douglas J. – Community College Journal, 2018
Community colleges are attempting to bridge America's widening blue-collar skills gap through workforce development programs promising living-wage jobs that don't require four years of college. While trade, construction and manufacturing companies are starving for talented workers, these fields also suffer from an image problem, one fueled by…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Labor Force Development, Job Skills, Vocational Education
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Brooks, Nita G.; Greer, Timothy H.; Morris, Steven A. – Journal of Education for Business, 2018
The authors' focus was the assessment of skill requirements for information systems security positions to understand expectations for security jobs and to highlight issues relevant to curriculum management. The analysis of 798 job advertisements involved the exploration of domain-related and soft skills as well as degree and certification…
Descriptors: Information Security, Information Systems, Advertising, Teamwork
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Caruso, Shirley J. – Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 2018
This paper serves as an exploration and thick description of job performance outcomes based upon the manner in which self-directed learning activities of employees are conducted, mediated by the use of Web 2.0 technologies in organizational settings. It provides a collective view of the role that Web 2.0 technology plays in self-directed workplace…
Descriptors: Web 2.0 Technologies, Technology Uses in Education, Independent Study, Job Performance
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Ponguta, Liliana Angelica; Rasheed, Muneera Abdul; Reyes, Chin Regina; Yousafzai, Aisha Khizar – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2018
The international community has set forth global targets that include calls for universal access to high-quality early childhood care and education (ECCE), as indicated in the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals. One major impediment to achieving this target is the lack of a skilled workforce. In this paper, we argue the case for…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Models, Youth Leaders, Youth Programs
Clifford, Mary Ellen – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Discussion continues about requiring a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) as the minimum requirement for entry into registered nursing practice. A Magnet® recognized hospital located in the Northeast United States is requiring all registered nurses without a BSN (n = 284 or 28%) to obtain their BSN by 2022 as a condition for employment. The…
Descriptors: Employment Qualifications, Bachelors Degrees, Nursing Education, Nurses
Koller, Vinz – Jobs for the Future, 2018
The driving force of California's growing innovation economy is talent. However, there is also a growing mismatch between the type of talent in demand and the type of talent in supply. This paper describes why one of California's best options for closing this talent gap is to expand and modernize the State's apprenticeship system. [Additional…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Talent Development, State Programs, Youth Programs
Hussain, Ameena A. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This study utilized Clark and Estes' gap analysis framework to investigate barriers to building an academically and/or professionally trained Qatari student affairs workforce at Hamad Bin Khalifa University. Data collection combined a survey of 32 respondents with nine in-depth interviews drawn from the same sample. The respondents' experience in…
Descriptors: Capacity Building, Foreign Countries, Academic Support Services, Universities
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Ruchi Doshi, Editor; Manish Dadhich, Editor; Sandeep Poddar, Editor; Kamal Kant Hiran, Editor – IGI Global, 2024
A new challenge has become present in the field of generative artificial intelligence (AI). The fundamental nature of education, a vital element for advancing the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), now grapples with the transformative impact of AI technologies. As we stand at this intersection of progress and pedagogy, critical…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Sustainable Development, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Innovation
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Victoria Wang; Melanie Leung-Gagné; Hanna Melnick; Marjorie E. Wechsler – Learning Policy Institute, 2024
In 2021, California committed to providing universal prekindergarten (UPK) for all 4-year-olds and expanding access for income-eligible 3-year-olds by 2025-2026. California UPK includes several early learning programs, including transitional kindergarten (TK), the California State Preschool Program (CSPP), Head Start, and locally funded early…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Access to Education, Early Intervention, Educational Finance
Annie Davis Schoch; Kaela M. Tidus; Evandra Catherine; Deborah F. Perry; Frances Duran; Lauren Rabinovitz – Grantee Submission, 2024
Exclusionary discipline practices differentially harm young children of color. As early childhood education systems seek to close these gaps to ensure all young children have access to high quality early learning experiences, the field requires more evidence-based approaches that can be scaled and replicated. Infant and early childhood mental…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Infants, Preschool Children, Delphi Technique
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Samy, Ahmed; Savic, Marko – Work Based Learning e-Journal International, 2019
The "Applied" or "Professional" Higher Education (HE) institutions across the world are engaged to explore new, innovative educational models to address the expectations of the labour market. This has been triggered by the intensive globalization emphasizing the institutional need to streamline the mission and clearly define…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Academic Education, Vocational Education
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Tomé, Eduardo; Tracz-Krupa, Katarzyna – European Journal of Training and Development, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to define the impact of the investment in training in education by the European Social Fund (ESF) in four Eastern countries, namely, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic and Hungary. Those countries have some political, cultural, social and economic similarities and share some common ground in the human resource…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Human Resources, Labor Force Development
Excelencia in Education, 2019
Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, a U.S. commonwealth, almost two years ago (September 2017) and most educational institutions were severely impacted. Many are still recovering. As those on the island look to rebuild, it is important potential allies on the mainland are more aware of the enrollment and completion, funding patterns, and future…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Trends, Enrollment Rate, Educational Attainment
Miller-Adams, Michelle; Hershbein, Brad J.; Bartik, Timothy J.; Timmeney, Bridget; Meyers, Amy; Adams, Lee – W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2019
In 2018, the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research launched a major research initiative into place-based strategies for local prosperity. Place-based strategies are nothing new. For decades, cities, regions, and states have sought to increase the number of jobs available to residents, expand their tax base, and promote amenities and…
Descriptors: Community Development, Job Development, Economic Development, Economically Disadvantaged
Buchbinder, Shelley Krischer – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Since the 1980s, capital mobility and state restructuring have increased precarity in older industrial regions, such as eastern Connecticut (CT). These changes reconfigured labor markets, changing the work available, including the types, conditions, and skills required. Greater responsibility devolved onto poor and working-class people to navigate…
Descriptors: Job Training, Health Services, Manufacturing Industry, Labor Force
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