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Robin R. Donovan – ProQuest LLC, 2024
A practice that dates back centuries, apprenticeship is a workforce development model that has gained recent attention in the American higher education system. The researcher conducted a review of existing literature that included apprenticeships in higher education and other models of community college workforce development. Existing literature…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Urban Schools, Apprenticeships, Labor Force Development
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Sneed, Christopher T.; Upendram, Sreedhar; Cummings, Clint; Fox, Janet E. – Journal of Extension, 2023
Employment and training services offered through Extension are part of and continue a long tradition of policy-focused employment and job training. This paper chronicles the successes of UT Extension's work as a third-party partner in the delivery of workforce development programming geared toward individuals receiving Supplemental Nutrition…
Descriptors: Job Training, Labor Force Development, Federal Programs, Data
Smelker-Cheeseman, Dan – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This study explored apprenticeships as a means of workforce development and the creation of new talent pools within manufacturing companies. An apprenticeship is an arrangement between an individual, a company, and in some instances an academic provider to learn a trade or a job through the combination of academics and on-the-job training (OJT).…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Labor Force Development, Manufacturing Industry, Program Design
Betsy Alpert – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Georgia established the Dual Enrollment Accelerated Career Diploma (ACD) program in 2015 to address its skilled trades workforce shortage (Dual Enrollment Act, 2015: Williams, 2015). ACD allows high school students to earn their diplomas by replacing several of their graduation-required credits with technical college credentials earned through…
Descriptors: School Counselors, High Schools, Dual Enrollment, Acceleration (Education)
Amy Loyd – Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education, US Department of Education, 2023
This program memorandum conveys to States the Biden-Harris Administration's priorities, State Plan requirements, submission process, and deadline for Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Unified and Combined State Plans (State Plans) for Program Years (PYs) 2024 through 2027, consistent with WIOA Sections 102 and 103.
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Labor Force Development, Labor Legislation, Statewide Planning
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Short, Heather; Anderson, Valerie Anne – European Journal of Training and Development, 2021
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to explore the implications of national and international standards for human resource development (HRD) practice. It focuses on the experiences, perceptions and learning of those involved in the social construction of standards and standardisation processes. Design/methodology/approach: The research is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Labor Force Development, Standard Setting, Policy Formation
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Patino, Azeneth; Naffi, Nadia – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2023
This systematic review presents a comprehensive analysis of the existing literature examining training approaches and resources intended for workforce development in increasingly digital workplaces, a trend that has been expedited by the COVID-19 pandemic. The review adheres to the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Training Methods, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Cronen, Stephanie; Diffenderffer, Anne; Medway, Rebecca – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2023
This compendium presents comprehensive information from the surveys for the full report "Linking Adult Education to Workforce Development in 2018-19: Early Implementation of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act at the Local Level. Evaluation Report. NCEE 2023-001r" (ED626771), and serves as a supplement, which provides in-depth…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Adult Education, Labor Force Development, Labor Legislation
Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education, US Department of Education, 2025
This playbook provides ways in which Governors and teams can blur the lines between high school, postsecondary education, and the workforce. Governors play a significant role to Raise the Bar for student success by developing an "education-to-workforce system" that focuses on Unlocking Career Success.
Descriptors: State Government, State Officials, Governance, High Schools
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Collins R. Nunyonameh; Elizabeth Obinnim; Eric Kodzo Adzivor – International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training, 2024
Context: Faced with deep challenges with access to formal education, many West African countries are increasingly taking steps to reform their informal apprenticeship systems to make them a quality skills development alternative for their teeming youth. A review of the literature shows that although different countries in the region are deploying…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Apprenticeships, Educational Change, Nonformal Education
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McKenzie, Karen; McNall, Anne; Noone, Steve; Branch, Alison; Murray, George; Sherring, Melissa; Jones, Lynne; Thompson, Judith; Chaplin, Jill – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2021
Background: Concern about the poor care of some people with an intellectual disability has highlighted the need for systemic, large-scale interventions to develop a skilled workforce. Method: We outline how an implementation science theoretical model informed the development of a region-wide Positive Behavioural Support (PBS) Workforce Development…
Descriptors: Models, Teaching Methods, Program Development, Positive Behavior Supports
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Cronen, Stephanie; Diffenderffer, Anne; Medway, Rebecca – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2023
For more than 70 years, the federal government has supported efforts to improve adult literacy and other basic skills. Many adults need help with basic skills like reading, writing, mathematics, and English proficiency to succeed in the American workforce. Congress has long provided resources to help individuals address these educational…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Labor Force Development, Program Implementation, Federal Legislation
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Ori Eyal; Izhak Berkovich – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2024
Purpose: The current body of research has separately examined ethics education design and evaluation, as well as the development of ethical identity in managers. However, a notable deficiency in the literature lies in the absence of a comprehensive investigation into the interconnections between these two areas. This conceptual paper aims to…
Descriptors: Ethical Instruction, Administration, Higher Education, Labor Force Development
Mable J. Baker – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The United States is currently experiencing a decline of skilled talent in the workforce, with healthcare occupations suffering the most due to a loss in workforce talent and the onset of an aging population. This talent shortage is attributed to a "skills gap." The current case study used qualitative methodology to examine the expansion…
Descriptors: Job Training, Job Skills, Allied Health Occupations, Allied Health Occupations Education
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Daniel Sparks; Sade Bonilla – Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2024
More than half of states have implemented tuition-free college policies aimed at reducing attendance costs and incentivizing enrollment. We review the academic literature on the design features and impacts of these tuition-free policies, and we analyze an initiative Virginia implemented in 2021 called Get a Skill, Get a Job, Get Ahead (G3), which…
Descriptors: Student Reaction, Institutional Characteristics, Student Costs, Higher Education
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