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Cotner, 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
Suffren, Quentin; Mezera, Danielle – Foundation for Excellence in Education (ExcelinEd), 2018
The Career and Technical Education (CTE) playbook series has explored strategies and processes states can use to strengthen CTE program quality and provide students with pathways to postsecondary credentialing and middle- and higher-wage career opportunities. This fifth playbook in the series addresses the final set of steps for strengthening…
Descriptors: Alignment (Education), State Programs, Vocational Education, Industry
Locke, Dawn G. – US Government Accountability Office, 2022
The federal government helps veterans pursue skills needed in the civilian workforce. Veterans Affairs (VA) created Veterans Employment Through Technology Education Courses (VET TEC) to support veterans who enroll in high-technology education programs through VA-approved training providers. The act includes a provision for the US Government…
Descriptors: Veterans, Veterans Education, Employment, Job Training
Leung-Gagné, Melanie; Wang, Victoria; Melnick, Hanna; Mauerman, Chris – Learning Policy Institute, 2023
In 2021, California committed to providing universal prekindergarten (UPK) for all 4-year-olds and income-eligible 3-year-olds by 2025-26. UPK includes several early learning programs, including transitional kindergarten (TK), the California State Preschool Program (CSPP), Head Start, and expanded learning opportunities to provide full-day early…
Descriptors: School Districts, Educational Planning, Preschool Education, Access to Education
Grollmann, Philipp; Hugo, Frederik; Thomas, Stefan; Wittig, Wolfgang – European Training Foundation, 2021
Interested in managing existing work-based learning schemes by incorporating monitoring and evaluation methods? Following a brief discussion of the concept of work-based learning, this handbook presents the rationale for monitoring and evaluation as part of good governance. The functioning of work-based learning schemes is represented by a process…
Descriptors: Work Experience Programs, Vocational Education, Program Evaluation, Governance
Judkins, David; Gardiner, Karen; Smith, Adrienne; Walton, Douglas – Abt Associates, 2020
The Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training (TAACCCT) program provided grants to community colleges and other eligible institutions of higher education to expand and improve their ability to deliver education and career training programs. Grant-funded colleges served workers who were eligible for training under the Trade…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Program Descriptions, Career Development, Grants
Anderson, Theresa; Eyster, Lauren; Lerman, Robert I.; Conway, Maureen; Jain, Ranita; Montes, Marcela – Urban Institute, 2016
Accelerating Opportunity (AO) combined integrated career pathways at two-year colleges with team teaching, acceleration strategies, supportive services, and policy changes. It aimed to help low-skilled adults earn occupational credentials, obtain well-paying jobs, and sustain rewarding careers. This final implementation report documents activities…
Descriptors: Two Year Colleges, Career Pathways, Basic Skills, Credentials
Sweet, Richard – European Training Foundation, 2018
This handbook, first published in 2014, aims at helping policy makers and social partners understand some of the ways in which learning in the workplace can be encouraged and how its quality can be improved. It is also intended to help them understand some of the ways that such learning can be organised in a structured manner so that it benefits…
Descriptors: Work Experience Programs, Educational Policy, Workplace Learning, Educational Quality
Cedefop - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, 2013
As national qualifications frameworks in Europe move closer to operation, policy integration becomes a key challenge. Introducing qualifications frameworks based on learning outcomes is now a global phenomenon. According to the recent joint publication by Cedefop, ETF and Unesco, frameworks are either established or being developed in 142…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Qualifications, Educational Policy, Global Approach
Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute on Law and Social Policy, 2015
"Degrees of Freedom" challenges California to include currently and formerly incarcerated students in the vision set by the state's 1964 Master Plan for Higher Education--a vision of college access for all, for the benefit of the entire state. A college education strengthens economies, changes lives and renews communities, and yet, for…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Correctional Education, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions
Mukamal, Debbie; Silbert, Rebecca; Taylor, Rebecca M. – Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute on Law and Social Policy, 2015
"Degrees of Freedom" finds that California has not been adequately providing effective college opportunities for criminal justice-involved students, despite the fact that such access will help California build safer and more economically viable communities. This report is part of a larger initiative--Renewing Communities--to expand…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Correctional Education, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions
Dockery, A. Michael; Milsom, Nicola – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2007
This report sets out to comprehensively analyse major reviews and evaluations of programs relevant to Indigenous labour market outcomes, including national mainstream and Indigenous-specific policies. The main evaluations covered relate to the Aboriginal Employment Development Policy, the Indigenous Employment Policy, the Community Development…
Descriptors: Community Development, Indigenous Populations, Employment Programs, Labor Market
Health Resources Administration (DHHS/PHS), Hyattsville, MD. Bureau of Health Professions. – 1983
This report evaluates current health manpower shortage area (HMSA) designation criteria against defined standards and program objectives, assesses possible alternatives and improvements to those criteria, and examines possible approaches to, and feasibility, of measuring demand and predicting the likelihood that unmet demand in an area will be met…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Health Needs
Institute of Museum and Library Services, 2009
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is committed to bringing together museums and libraries across the country for conversations dedicated to developing a better understanding of the roles of libraries and museums as providers of public service to communities. The Future of Libraries and Museums in the 21st Century Planning…
Descriptors: Library Role, Museums, Libraries, Library Services
Sum, Andy; And Others – 1986
This publication is designed to increase the skills and knowledge of practicing human resource staff, private sector decision makers, and university students preparing for careers in the human resources field in the use of labor market and occupational information for policymaking and planning. Chapter 1 reviews human resource issues, concepts and…
Descriptors: Career Education, Case Studies, Data Analysis, Data Collection