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Danzberger, Jacqueline P.; Blank, Martin J. – 1985
A credible system of assessment and formal documentation for Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) clients' program experiences is needed to provide disadvantaged youth and adults with a method to present skills and abilities to employers. This system could certify skills and experience of dislocated workers to prospective new employers, assist…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Disadvantaged, Educational Certificates, Employment Programs
Download full textEuropean Commission, Brussels (Belgium). – 2002
Enhanced cooperation in vocational education and training (VET) will be an important contribution toward ensuring a successful enlargement of the European Union. The social partners play an indispensable role in development, validation, and recognition of vocational competencies and qualifications at all levels and are partners in promotion of…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Educational Certificates, Educational Cooperation, Educational Policy
Hughes, Maria, Ed.; Turner, Paul, Ed. – 2002
This report provides a summary of findings from research into work-related education and training undertaken over the last five years by organizations then called the Further Education Development Agency (FEDA) and Quality and Performance Improvement Dissemination (QPID) Unit of the Department for Education and Employment. Cross-references to…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Basic Skills
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
Stickney, Eric M.; Alamprese, Judith A. – 2001
A process study was conducted between 2000-2001 in order to gauge the progress of 98 Connecticut institutions that received state school-to-career (STC) grants. Progress was measured against national averages. The following were among the findings: (1) grantees made significant progress in implementing fundamental STC components, such as career…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Career Academies, Career Awareness
Brady, Berni; McCauley, Fiona – 1999
A 6-month consultation process was conducted to identify changes needed in Ireland's system of adult education in the era of lifelong learning. The following issues were addressed: (1) financial barriers for adults wishing to return to education; (2) the lack of access to mainstream programs of education and training; (3) the lack of information…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accreditation (Institutions), Adult Education, Adult Educators
Wheelahan, Leesa – 2000
Issues in developing the institutional structures to deliver cross-sectoral education and training were examined in a study of five Australian single-sector higher education institutions with various institutional arrangements with the vocational education and training (VET) sector and five dual-sector universities. Data were collected from the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Accreditation (Institutions), Adult Learning, Articulation (Education)
Alto, Romulita; Isaacs, Irene; Knight, Brian; Polestico, Rebecca – 2000
This book provides an overview of vocational-technical education and training (VTET) in the 10 member countries of the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organisation (SAMEO). The book begins with an introduction explaining the objectives and methodology of the cooperative research project on which the study was based. Each of the 10…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accreditation (Institutions), Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies
