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Download full textHilliard, Tom – Jobs for the Future, 2011
In 2007, Michigan undertook a bold mission: to retrain tens of thousands of adults to qualify for jobs in emerging and expanding sectors of the economy. The state's proposal to jobless, dislocated, and low-income residents was simple but appealing: enroll in up to two years of postsecondary education, and Michigan would cover up to $5,000 in…
Descriptors: Credentials, Economic Progress, Dislocated Workers, Community Colleges
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Direct linkBathmaker, Ann-Marie – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2007
The English "Skills for Life" strategy symbolises the prominent place that adult basic skills have claimed in education and training policy in England since the beginning of this century. The strategy aims to improve the skills of a large number of learners over a ten year period (2001-2010). This paper explores what we can learn about…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Statistical Data, Basic Skills, Adult Basic Education
Atchoarena, David, Ed.; Gasperini, Lavinia, Ed. – International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) UNESCO, 2003
An international joint study by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and UNESCO's International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) was conducted on education and rural development to review the status of the topic from the standpoint of public policies and the conceptual frameworks on which they are based and…
Descriptors: Educational Planning, Educational Change, Rural Areas, Book Reviews
