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Braden, Paul V.; Paul, Krishan K. – 1979
Vocational education plays a significant role in the nation's economic development in terms of its capacity to make individuals more employable. It can respond to specific regional needs by producing the skilled workers for a rapidly growing industry. If, however, the industries of a region do not utilize the skills of the existing labor force, it…
Descriptors: Business Cycles, Coordination, Economic Development, Economic Factors
Darville, Richard – Policy Explorations, 1988
This report on a seminar on adult literacy and public policy aims to make available for discussion current significant issues in the relationship between literacy and the economy, including matters that extend well beyond the institutional boundaries of the economy. This document summarizes a presentation by Jarl Bengtsson, Head of the Centre for…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Disadvantaged, Economic Development, Educational Needs
Workforce Economics Trends, 1999
In the new environment of increased international trade and investment flows, human resources represent the key competitive edge of this interconnected global economy. The share the United States has of worldwide output is shrinking. This issue explores data that provide a snapshot of how globalization is affecting the economy and changing its…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Literacy, Developed Nations, Developing Nations
Berthet, Thierry; Cuntigh, Philippe; Guitton, Christophe – Training & Employment, 2002
France's employment policy has historically been governed by a strategy of interventions aimed at specific categories of individuals, including victims of industrial restructuring, entry workers, the long-term unemployed, and the disabled. Since the 1980s, France has had the following main lines of employment policy: (1) assistance to victims of…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Coordination, Cultural Differences, Definitions
Pollard, Joyce S. – Insights on Policy and Practice, 1988
In May 1988, at the request of State Superintendent for Instruction John Folks, about 50 Oklahoma school superintendents, legislators, association executives, and state department staff met to discuss education and economic development linkages. Participants heard numerous speakers, including superintendents, business representatives, economists,…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Economic Development, Education Work Relationship, Elementary Secondary Education
O'Neill, James B.; And Others – Elementary Economist, 1986
A conceptual introduction for teachers explains economic growth and how it is measured. Four instructional units follow, beginning with a preschool and kindergarten unit which offers young students an opportunity to interview puppet workers, set up a classroom corner store, and learn the importance of capital resources for increasing productivity…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Concept Teaching, Early Childhood Education, Economic Development
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Zemsky, Robert; Oedel, Penney – EQW Issues, 1992
Prairie State 2000 began as an Illinois initiative to guarantee dislocated workers access to training funds from a pool of employer and employee contributions. Although its rationale was sound and the need was great, it was beset with a number of difficulties: there was no real market for the training, its grants and loans were not worth the cost…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Dislocated Workers, Economic Development, Job Training
Pankratz, John – Community Economics, 1989
This annotated bibliography is designed to assist rural leaders seeking ways to effectively structure successful job development projects in their communities. The 120 entries are listed in the main body alphabetically by author, and are grouped in the index into categories reflecting Thomas's "seven hallmarks of successful rural development": (1)…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Change Strategies, Community Development, Economic Development
Workforce Economics Trends, 2001
Technology provides a new and effective tool for accelerating economic growth, and developing countries are embracing technology and education as the means toward attaining economic parity with the United States and other developed nations. Evidence suggests that this strategy is paying off. Developing countries are building a technology…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Comparative Analysis, Computer Literacy, Developing Nations
Tyree, Lawrence Worley; McConnell, Nancy Casner – Fellows Program, 1982
The relationship between business/industry and education in Florida is discussed in this paper with special emphasis on the role of community colleges in fostering and promoting economic development in the state. First, the paper highlights major factors arguing for strong links between education and industry, including the decline of…
Descriptors: College Planning, College Role, Community Colleges, Cooperative Programs
Schroder, Karsten – Sonderdienst, 1989
Rural development, the strengthening of market-oriented approaches to the economy, and the promotion of private industry in the countries of the Third World are among the stated priorities of West German development policy. A market-oriented approach to the economy contributes to a rise in the standard of living in the developing countries. In…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Development, Developed Nations, Developing Nations
McNett, Ian – 1986
Designed for public policy makers and their counterparts in business and education, this monograph focuses on the role of community colleges in the economic development process. This study shows two-year community, junior, and technical colleges can play a greater active role in this process than ever before. Section 1 argues that economic…
Descriptors: Business Education, College Role, Community Colleges, Economic Development
Winter, William F. – Rural South: Preparing for the Challenges of the 21st Century, 2000
The South can move out of the shadows of the harsh economic realities of the last 15 years and into the sunshine of developing new strategies to take advantage of the region's strengths. These strengths include a vast wealth of natural resources; a Sunbelt location; and most important, a huge reservoir of undeveloped human capital. The road to…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Economic Development, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education
Nielsen, Norman R. – Leadership Abstracts, 1994
One response to the shrinking budgets and increased demand for services that have become a way of life in higher education is the creation of partnerships with public and private agencies to share resources and costs. There is virtually an unlimited number of possible partnership arrangements. Off-campus training and degree programs represent one…
Descriptors: College Planning, Economic Development, Educational Finance, Educational Strategies
Literacy Beat, 1988
An Education Writers Association seminar in Atlanta focused on the link between illiteracy and the workplace in the South. State economic development policies are largely bypassing rural areas, and the effects of this urban-rural split include persistent high poverty rates, population loss, and unemployment. Changes in the workplace, particularly…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Dislocated Workers, Dropouts, Economic Development
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