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Download full textCotner, Hope; Bragg, Debra; Goold, Grant; Heiser, Eric; Miller, Darlene G.; Van Noy, Michelle; Cheng, I-Fang; Costelloe, Sarah; Freeman, Brian; Lemire, Sebastian; Porowski, Allan; Yadav, Elizabeth M. B. – What Works Clearinghouse, 2021
In today's labor market, students increasingly need greater levels of postsecondary education and training to enter or advance in many industries. Meanwhile, employers are calling for the education system to better align with industry needs, as their demands for a skilled workforce continue to rise. In response to the increasing emphasis for…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Career Pathways, Program Design, Program Evaluation
Kim Cliett Long; Angela Gunder; Beverly Robinson; Van L. Davis; Dylan Barth; Terrance Adams, Contributor; Ricardo Brown, Contributor; Kimberly Bryant, Contributor; Meacie E. Fairfax, Contributor; Cristi Ford, Contributor; Marybeth Gasman, Contributor; Jennifer Mathes, Contributor; Robbie Melton, Contributor; Michael Nettles, Contributor; Russ Poulin, Contributor; Omari Ross, Contributor – Online Learning Consortium, 2024
The evolution of artificial intelligence (AI) presents an unprecedented opportunity for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to lead in an era characterized by rapid technological advancement and societal transformation. This report explores the integral role HBCUs--with their history of academic excellence and commitment to…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Technology Uses in Education, Black Colleges, School Role
Direct linkTucker, Marc – ASCD, 2019
Did you know that close to half of today's jobs in the U.S. could be done by robots and that proportion is rapidly increasing? It is quite possible that about half of today's high school graduates will not have the knowledge or skills needed to get a decent job when they graduate. Tomorrow's high school graduates will be able to thrive in this…
Descriptors: High Achievement, Educational Methods, Partnerships in Education, College School Cooperation
Mann, Elizabeth – Brookings Institution, 2017
Amid persistent concerns about the well-documented skills gap, community colleges have the potential to provide low-cost, high-quality education and training to students. Robust relationships between colleges and local industry partners are critical to building strong workforce development programs for students. In this context, this toolkit…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, School Business Relationship, Partnerships in Education, Education Work Relationship
Hoffman, Nancy – Jobs for the Future, 2020
Intermediaries that design and build work-based learning delivery systems believe that postsecondary credentials--certifications and degrees (both associate's and bachelor's)--are a requirement for most good jobs. Indeed, such credentials increase access to economic mobility and, ultimately, greater equity. When coupled with work-based learning…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Community Colleges, High School Students, College Credits
National Academies Press, 2016
U.S. strength in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines has formed the basis of innovations, technologies, and industries that have spurred the nation's economic growth throughout the last 150 years. Universities are essential to the creation and transfer of new knowledge that drives innovation. This knowledge moves…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Labor Force Development, Change Strategies, Best Practices
Rothwell, William J., Ed.; Gerity, Patrick E., Ed. – Community College Press (NJ3), 2008
"Linking Workforce Development to Economic Development: A Casebook for Community Colleges" is a compilation of best practice examples, which illustrate what it takes for community colleges to achieve their goal of helping people acquire education and skills, helping employers, supporting communities, and building the nation. The book is…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Labor Force Development, Economic Development, Best Practices
Duke, Amy-Ellen; Martinson, Karin; Strawn, Julie – Center for Law and Social Policy, Inc. (CLASP), 2006
This report examines one promising approach: state and local partnerships with business and industry to train low-wage workers and help them advance. For this analysis, the authors examined partnerships that: (1) Involve an investment of public funds and are managed by a public sector institution (business and industry also typically invest in…
Descriptors: Job Training, Labor Force Development, Wages, Government Role
International Labour Office, Geneva (Switzerland). – 2002
This report from the 91st session of the International Labor Organization (ILO) conference examines recent legislation, policies, and practices reflecting new approaches to learning and training. The document was intended to foster discussion regarding a revision of the ILO standard on human resources training and development. Chapter I examines…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Vocational Education, Basic Skills, Continuing Education
Nijhof, Wim J., Ed.; Heikkinen, Anja, Ed.; Nieuwenhuis, Loek F. M., Ed. – 2002
This collection of essays, which is arranged in four sections, concerns flexibility in the Vocational Education and Training (VET) systems of Europe. The first section, "Introduction," includes the following chapter: "Shaping Conditions for a Flexible VET" (Nieuwenhuis et al.). The second section, "Institutional and…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Allied Health Occupations Education, Delivery Systems, Educational Change
Hughes, Maria – 2003
Successful employer engagement requires that colleges in the United Kingdom secure employers' involvement in the design, development, management, and delivery of post-16 learning so that the skill needs of employers and the workforce will be met and the increased productivity, competitiveness, and efficiency of individual organizations and the…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Articulation (Education), Contract Training, Education Work Relationship
Lee, Young-Hyun; Cho, Jeong-Yoon; Tau, Alfred; Pereira, Clarence A. – 2002
A comparison of vocational training and technical qualification systems in Korea and South Africa shows both countries are responding to similar changes in economic and enterprise structures. South Africa's work experience learnership system is more desirable than Korea's more traditional separation between formal education and workplace training,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Comparative Education, Credits
Pines, Marion; Callahan, Jim – 2000
This guide is designed to provide practical information for community leaders, local Workforce Investment Boards, Youth Councils, staff, and others committed to effective youth and workforce development. Its four sections provide technical assistance and training materials for Youth Councils. Chapter 1, "Planning the Menu," defines youth…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Economically Disadvantaged, Education Work Relationship, Instructional Materials
Winthrop, Jerauld – 2001
Career academies are high school programs that frame academic learning around a career focus in order to increase student motivation and achievement. They generally have three defining features: a school-within-a-school structure, a college preparation curriculum with a career theme, and partnerships with employers, the community, and higher…
Descriptors: Career Academies, Compliance (Legal), Education Work Relationship, Employer Employee Relationship
2002
The American Hospital Association's Commission on Workforce for Hospitals and Health Systems identified the workforce development related challenges facing health care institutions and issued a series of recommendations regarding how hospital leaders can build a thriving workforce. The change strategies identified by the commission were as…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Blacks, Change Strategies, Demand Occupations
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