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Allen, Peg – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers (J1), 2011
When it comes to curriculum, certifying and training, no industry is more challenged to keep current than the information technology field (IT). IT industry professionals experience constant changes in computer software and hardware. As one of the top fields listed nationally, IT training programs are thriving at the Warren County Career Center…
Descriptors: Dislocated Workers, Computer Software, Information Technology, Career Centers
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Santa Cruz, Inaki; Siles, Gregori; Vrecer, Natalija – European Journal of Education, 2011
For the past 20 years, researchers worldwide have shared a consensus that tracking leads to failure in school. But educational systems continue to use this practice for many reasons. One argument used to support the practice is that students who enter the vocational track early in their careers tend to enter the labour market more quickly. Data…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Continuation Students
Uhalde, Ray; Kazis, Richard – Jobs for the Future, 2010
The new Community College and Career Training Grant Program to be launched this fall presents an important opportunity to help more American workers find better long-term employment more efficiently, through the promotion of innovative training and education programs that incorporate the best of what works for dislocated and unemployed adult…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Objectives, Vocational Rehabilitation, Grants
Wilson, Delfina Acosta – ProQuest LLC, 2009
In Mississippi, the bulk of the responsibility to conduct workforce training falls on the community colleges. With the recent trends of large industry relocating overseas, layoffs, and plant closures, these challenges have become prevalent in rural America. Through the development and delivery of workforce programs to local business and industry,…
Descriptors: Community Development, Educational Needs, Community Colleges, Doctoral Dissertations
Colleges Ontario, 2009
Ontario has an opportunity to implement meaningful and transformational changes that exploit the potential for growth in the new economy and drive it's prosperity to unprecedented levels. But the threats to Ontario's future are just as great. Failing to move forward now with significant measures could leave Ontario unprepared for the challenges…
Descriptors: Public Colleges, Foreign Countries, Student Mobility, Position Papers