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Marchesi, Antonio G.; Cook, Kimberly – ICF International (NJ1), 2012
ICF International's white paper explores how implementation of social and emotional learning (SEL) has the potential to prepare students for workforce success and positively influence student engagement and academic performance while reducing dropout rates. Self-improvement and leadership development sections of bookstores are replete with texts…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Emotional Intelligence, Dropout Rate, Emotional Development
Kirkpatrick, Megan E.; Droessler, Christopher L. – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers (J3), 2007
Preparing every student to make knowledgeable career choices through academic rigor and work-based learning experiences requires a systematic, comprehensive and community-wide effort. Schools cannot truly prepare their students for productive and rewarding careers in an academic vacuum. Engaging business and community leaders, who may someday hire…
Descriptors: Community Leaders, Business, Partnerships in Education, Volunteers
Manpower Research Visibility, 1972
Manpower Research Visibility is a supplement to American Vocational Journal. (SB)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Vocational Education, Job Development, Labor Force Development
Hyatt, George, Jr.; And Others – 1975
Serving primarily as a policy group for local Rural Development Panels, the North Carolina Rural Development Committee's major objective for 1976 is to work with local leaders, private businesses and governmental agencies at all levels in planning and implementing comprehensive rural development programs. Specifically, the Committee's objectives…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Committees, Community Services, Conservation (Environment)
Wilson, JoAnn – 1981
The organizational and working relationships between postsecondary education and economic development in selected states were investigated, with emphasis on identifying state-level coordinated programs in 12 geographically diverse states known to be active in linking education to economic development (Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Louisiana,…
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Economic Development, Education Work Relationship