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Download full textNational 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
Rothberg, Diane, Ed. – 1984
In these addresses and panel and workshop presentations, experts from business, congressional, union, academic, and nonprofit association sectors provide a look at part-time employment issues of concern to workers, employers, and public policy officials. They describe the place of part-time workers in today's labor force; the needs of older…
Descriptors: Adults, Attitude Change, Career Education, Employed Women
Illinois State Office of Education, Springfield. Div. of Adult Vocational and Technical Education. – 1978
Proceedings are presented of an Illinois Pre-Employment and Placement Conference which had three goals: to encourage policy-level planning by administration to support programs of placement and pre-employment, to develop staff competencies in the wide range of activities required by staff responsible for placement and pre-employment, and to assure…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Career Counseling, Career Guidance, Community Resources
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
Laubach Literacy International, Syracuse, NY. – 1989
This report contains 10 proclamations prepared by adult new readers at a national conference in September 1989. The proclamations are the result of the new readers' deliberations. They represent the viewpoints of adults who have known firsthand the hardships of illiteracy and the triumph of learning to read. Each proclamation consists of a…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Citizenship Education
PDF pending restorationArkansas Univ., Fayetteville. Arkansas Rehabilitation Research and Training Center. – 1983
This manual is intended to serve as a resource document as well as a training guide for rehabilitation personnel to use in developing and implementing Projects with Industry (PWI) programs. Covered in a historical profile of PWI are the changing work environment, the evolution and definition of PWI, the impact of PWI on rehabilitation, and various…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Business Responsibility, Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs
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
