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Kitchen, Deeb-Paul, II – Thought & Action, 2014
In recent years, issues pertaining to graduate student union organizing have been at the center of several political battles and court cases. This attention is, at least in part, due to the growth of graduate student unions at a time when organized labor's influence is receding in other, more traditionally unionized sectors of the labor force. As…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Labor Market, Activism, Teaching Assistants
Gándara, Patricia; Cuellar, Marcela – Civil Rights Project - Proyecto Derechos Civiles, 2016
Concerns over the United States' global standing have spurred a national focus on improving postsecondary attainment. At the same time, many sectors of the economy find they have difficulty recruiting highly trained individuals to fill the good jobs that exist; jobs like nursing, respiratory care, dental hygiene, and various mid-level management…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Bachelors Degrees, State Action, State Surveys
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Rao, Harika – Journal for Leadership and Instruction, 2015
The purpose of the research was to understand the latest job skill requirements for undergraduates from the real world as perceived by the students themselves and their career counselors at a university in South Florida. The study intended to provide relevant inputs to enhance the marketability of the undergraduate students by seamless…
Descriptors: Job Skills, Labor Needs, Undergraduate Students, Thinking Skills
Asera, Rose; McDonnell, Rachel Pleasants; Soricone, Lisa; Anderson, Nate; Endel, Barbara – Jobs For the Future, 2013
It is a truism of American social policy that our nation has great success generating innovative programs that improve outcomes for participants--but that we are far less effective at moving from small, "boutique" programs into broadly applied solutions that improve the prospects of large numbers of individuals. This is certainly true in…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Innovation, Scaling, Sustainability
Beteille, Tara; Kalogrides, Demetra; Loeb, Susanna – National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research, 2011
Principals tend to prefer working in schools with higher-achieving students from more advantaged socioeconomic backgrounds. Principals often use schools with many poor or low-achieving students as stepping stones to what they view as more desirable assignments. District leadership can also exacerbate principal turnover by implementing policies…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Achievement Gains, Academic Achievement, Principals
Tucker, Katie D.; Rowell, James R., Jr. – 1974
There is an obvious need for a valid, realistic model for research on the occupational needs of the community for relevant time periods to provide planners with quantified data on which to base decisions. The purpose of this study is to develop a statewide system to: (1) identify job needs at the local community level, and (2) relate job needs to…
Descriptors: Community Planning, Educational Needs, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns
Battaglino, Tamara Butler; Haldeman, Matt; Laurans, Eleanor – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2012
The latest installment of the Fordham Institute's "Creating Sound Policy for Digital Learning" series investigates one of the more controversial aspects of digital learning: How much does it cost? In this paper, the Parthenon Group uses interviews with more than fifty vendors and online-schooling experts to estimate today's average…
Descriptors: Expertise, Electronic Learning, Costs, Online Courses
Fishkind, Henry H.; And Others – 1976
The general objectives of this study were to (1) develop a methodology whereby needs assessments of vocational and technical education might be conducted efficiently and effectively in all urban areas of Florida, and (2) conduct, using the methodology developed, a needs assessment of the needs of business and industry, students, funding,…
Descriptors: Employment Projections, Labor Force Development, Labor Needs, Labor Supply
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HCR, Washington, DC. – 1985
This report describes a method to estimate the number of migrant and seasonal farmworkers present in a prescribed area during crop harvest, and to pinpoint areas of high need for health and social services. The collection of health clinic and federal program data on migrant and seasonal farmworkers in Florida, northwestern Ohio, and Maryland's…
Descriptors: Data Interpretation, Employment Patterns, Employment Projections, Farm Labor
Thomas, Hollie B.; Boyett, Ray H. – 1976
The major purposes of this study were to (1) develop baseline data relative to the supply of and demand for vocational and technical education personnel by program area, level, and area of the State; (2) identify the availability of inservice and preservice programs for vocational and technical education personnel, and (3) analyze any…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Educational Trends, Inservice Teacher Education, Labor Needs
Florida Univ., Gainesville. Center for Community Needs Assessment. – 1973
The focus of this paper is on the development of a model for assessing community educational needs, referred to as the Needs Assessment Project (NAP). The model's primary purpose is to classify, organize, and assign priority to community needs, so that the educational system can assign these needs to the proper administrative unit for changes to…
Descriptors: College Role, Community Benefits, Community Colleges, Data Collection
Stevens, David W. – 1992
State programs offer greatest promise for practical strategic actions to enhance the quality of the nation's adult work force. Three steps in the recursive process that create a model of state action are as follows: (1) documentation of the platform for action, which consists of current adult work force attributes and current institutional…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Decision Making, Futures (of Society), Government Role
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Div. of Workforce Development. – 1998
This report addresses legislative concerns that Florida's adults with disabilities are appropriately served by postsecondary vocational and adult education programs. Introductory materials include the following: Employment Task Force for Adults with Disabilities; Workforce Development Implementation Act of 1998 Legislative Mandate; task force…
Descriptors: Adult Day Care, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Disabilities
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Div. of Vocational, Adult, and Community Education. – 1993
This resource guide is designed to bring together information and resources on career preparation for students with disabilities in Florida's schools. The intended audience includes special and vocational teachers and administrators who have an interest in improving outcomes for students with disabilities within their districts. Chapter 1…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, Daily Living Skills, Demonstration Programs
Christal, Melodie E., Ed. – 1981
Practitioner papers and research papers on higher education planning and budgeting are presented. "Before the Roof Caves In: A Predictive Model for Physical Plant Renewal" by Frederick M. Biedenweg and Robert E. Hutson outlines a systematic approach that was used at Stanford University to predict the associated costs of physical plant…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Building Operation, College Buildings, College Planning
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