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Gallup, Amber – COABE Journal: The Resource for Adult Education, 2020
Apprenticeship is an internationally recognized model of learning receiving increased attention as it evolves to meet the needs of modern workers, employers, and the labor market. As apprenticeship expands, and new industries explore the model, adult educators are being asked to help develop programs and pathways, write curriculum, serve as…
Descriptors: Adult Educators, Apprenticeships, Program Development, Adult Education
Amanda Ahlstrand; Debby Andrews; Michelle Carson; KayLynn Hamilton; Jennifer Jirous-Rapp; Gina Wells; Blaire Willson-Toso – American Institutes for Research, 2022
Our nation's economy and global competitiveness depend on an educated, skilled workforce that can quickly adapt to changes in technology and business processes. Adult educators understand that adult learners need opportunities to obtain workplace and career management skills through work-based learning experiences that prepare them for the complex…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Work Based Learning, Job Skills, Career and Technical Education
Rutschow, Elizabeth Zachry; Beal, Katie; Johnson, Chase – MDRC, 2019
In the United States, approximately one in ten adults -- nearly 36 million people -- lack basic literacy and numeracy skills, while 27 million adults lack a high school diploma. Over the last decade, new models for adult education have emerged that integrate basic skills education with workforce and college-readiness training. These integrated…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Career Readiness, Job Skills, Adult Basic Education
Dworak, Linda – Abell Foundation, 2019
Throughout Baltimore, men and women, from young adults to older workers, are seeking meaningful employment opportunities that offer family-sustaining wages and support personal well-being. Labor markets are tight, meaning that skilled workers are in great demand, and a unique prospect exists to open doors to quality jobs, particularly for those…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Program Effectiveness, Job Skills, Employment Qualifications
Steele, Christopher; Goldberger, Susan; Restuccia, Dan – Continuing Higher Education Review, 2013
Continuing and professional education units are faced with the constant need to keep pace with dynamic labor markets when assessing program offerings and content. Real-time labor-market data derived from detailed analysis of online job postings offers a new tool for more easily aligning programs to local labor-market demand. The authors describe a…
Descriptors: Labor Market, Higher Education, Professional Continuing Education, Universities
Baird, Dee – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2011
The demand for improved workplace skills in the U.S. is rapidly rising, and U.S. industries, employees, and educational systems are struggling to respond. This paper describes the Skills Advantage program, an effort led by employers and facilitated by Kirkwood Community College to address regional employment needs. This work-ready certificate…
Descriptors: Job Skills, Labor Market, Community Colleges, Job Training
Greer, Tomika W. – New Horizons in Adult Education & Human Resource Development, 2013
Women returners are women who leave the paid workforce for a period of time following the birth of their child(ren) and subsequently seek to return to paid employment. As women returners attempt to re-enter the workforce, many of them are in need of updating their skills or re-training in a new set of skills. In this study, the training and…
Descriptors: Reentry Workers, Females, Birth, Labor Force
van Tryon; Patricia J. Slagter – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2013
With an eye toward contemporary skill building to meet community centered economic needs, organizations such as Literacy Volunteers of America are increasingly pressured to examine new avenues in promoting employment readiness skills for the newly literate. These organizations and countless others have come to the realization that being prepared…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Influence of Technology, Partnerships in Education, Adult Literacy
Tetteh, Edem; McWilliams, Douglas – Simulation & Gaming, 2010
Customer needs for high-quality goods and the risk of product-liability litigation against businesses have made companies look for a way to sustain quality assurance in their products and services. Lean manufacturing is the latest and most successful system being used by companies to turn their business around. Visual inspection plays an important…
Descriptors: Quality Control, Inspection, Job Skills, Undergraduate Students
Mut, Francesca Salva; Trobat, Miquel F. Oliver; Sastre, Ana Maria Calvo – European Journal of Vocational Training, 2006
Data from the Balearic Islands (Spain) on the number of young people dropping out of the education system with no formal qualification and on the general level of education of the young population as a whole indicate that this region is not on a par with most of the other regions in Spain and the European Union as a whole. The regional government…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Adults, Educational Attainment, Dropouts