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Download full textForrester, Keith, Ed.; And Others – 1993
The nine papers in this volume represent a majority of the presentations at a conference that examined in detail employee development (ED) initiatives from Europe and North America. An introduction provides a contextual background to the vocational training and education debates characterizing policy development in the European and North American…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Case Studies
Jobs for the Future, Boston, MA. – 2003
Seventeen small and mid-sized employers from Annie E. Casey Foundation Jobs Initiative sites addressed the challenges of recruiting, retaining, and promoting frontline workers. Employers shared collaboration experiences with Jobs Initiatives sites to develop effective, efficient strategies to prepare and support low-income residents. Firms relied…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Apprenticeships, Cooperative Programs, Coordination
Mower, Eleanor – 1997
In September 1997, more than 900 corporate leaders, educators, work force development professionals, coalition members, employment and training specialists and government officials participated in a conference focused on the new realities in the work force and workplace. The conference featured papers on such topics as the implications of a global…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Business, Conferences, Corporations
National Commission on Work-Based Learning (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1992
This document contains minutes of the fifth meeting of the National Advisory Commission on Work-Based Learning. The meeting's stated objective was to produce a set of specific action steps for the U.S. Department of Labor to promote work-based learning. A summary of introductory remarks (Jack MacAllister) is followed by a description of the…
Descriptors: Accounting, Adult Education, Employer Employee Relationship, Human Resources
National Literacy Secretariat, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1993
These proceedings of a symposium on literacy include precis of six speakers' comments and a directory of the participants. "The Hidden Education Problem" (Paul Simon) addresses the need to provide all citizens with the opportunity to learn to read and write. "The Role of Government in Literacy" (Jean-Jacques Noreau) describes…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Demonstration Programs, Employer Attitudes
Alster, Judith, Ed.; And Others – 1992
This document, which is based on a symposium devoted to capitalizing on the new work force, contains five reports describing how major U.S. corporations are dealing with the demographic changes currently under way in the United States. "Whither the Work Force?" (Delores Wolf) discusses the proper role of corporations in coping with a lack of…
Descriptors: Corporate Education, Cultural Differences, Cultural Pluralism, Demography
Lerman, Robert I. – 1999
Stagnant or declining wages for less-educated workers make policies to upgrade the job market options for low wage workers an urgent priority. One in three low wage workers lives in a low income family. The link between low basic skills and low wages is strong. No single standard of minimum skill requirements applies to all middle income jobs, and…
Descriptors: Adults, Basic Skills, Disadvantaged, Educational Needs
Labor/Higher Education Council, Washington, DC. – 1992
This report presents the views expressed at the Labor/Higher Education Council's National Meeting, the theme of which was "Education and Work: Redefinitions and New Strategies." Section 1 includes two keynote speeches: "Priorities for Economic Investment in People, Technology, and Public Works" (Ira Magaziner) and "Organized Labor's Stake in the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Dislocated Workers, Economic Development, Education Work Relationship
Oak Ridge Associated Universities, TN. – 1976
Conference goals included identifying projected technical manpower needs and skill mix requirements, potential obstacles to developing an adequate technical education base, and stimulating education, industry, and labor cooperation in technical program development and federal interagency coordination and cooperation. Findings of the conference…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Conference Reports, Curriculum Development, Employer Attitudes
Korea Research Inst. for Vocational Education and Training, Seoul. – 2001
This document contains the following five papers, all in both English and Korean, from a workshop on on-the-job training held in Korea in 2001: "Issues in Knowledge and Skills Development: Globalization and the Effective Use of New Technologies" (S. Ian Cummings); "The Knowledge Economy and Vocational Training Policy in Korea"…
Descriptors: Change, Corporate Education, Developed Nations, Education Work Relationship
Mager, Caroline; Robinson, Peter; Fletcher, Mick; Stanton, Geoff; Perry, Adrian; Westwood, Andy – 2000
This document contains seven papers examining the implications of proposed major reforms to the United Kingdom's post-16 sector. "The New Learning Market--Overview" (Caroline Mager) argues for balancing market-driven and planning-driven approaches to planning post-16 education. "Education and Training as a Learning Market"…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Cooperative Planning, Education Work Relationship, Educational Change
Sanguinetti, Jill, Ed.; Bradshaw, Delia, Ed. – 2000
This document contains 10 papers about and from a national forum that was conducted by the Adult Literacy and Numeracy Australian Research Consortium (ALNARC) to gather various perspectives on the inclusion of literacy and numeracy standards in Australia's national training packages and to discuss research about the implementation of training…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Administrator Attitudes, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy
Egan, T. Marshall, Ed.; Lynham, Susan A., Ed. – 2002
This document contains 143 papers and innovative sessions, three poster sessions presented at a conference on human resource development (HRD). A program overview, author index, and a keyword index are also included. The papers are grouped by the conference's 42 symposia, which were devoted to the following topics: women's HRD-related issues;…
Descriptors: Action Research, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Career Development
Guggenheim, Eric Fries, Ed. – 2002
This document contains 11 papers from a 2-day meeting on the principles, practice, and effectiveness of Jobrotation, which denotes a European Union program of investing in human capital by giving employees the opportunity to temporarily leave their posts for training without any major disturbance in the production process. The following papers are…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Articulation (Education), Case Studies, Comparative Analysis
Aliaga, Oscar A., Ed. – 2001
This document contains 127 papers and innovative sessions and three poster sessions presented at a conference on human resource development (HRD). A program overview, author index, keyword index, and a CD-ROM version of the document are also included. The papers are grouped by the conference's 44 symposiums, which were devoted to the following…
Descriptors: Action Research, Adjustment (to Environment), Administrators, Adult Learning
