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Workforce Economics Trends, 2000
Since the 1970s, enrollment at higher education/postsecondary institutions increased steadily; this rise helped reshape the higher education landscape. A higher proportion of high school graduates attended colleges and universities, and the institutions evolved and changed through a more diverse student body with shifting priorities in academic…
Descriptors: Colleges, Continuing Education, Distance Education, Enrollment Rate
Download full textOttinger, Cecilia A. – Research Briefs, 1991
Higher education not only contributes to the development of the human resources and intellectual betterment of the nation but is also a major economic enterprise. This research brief reviews and highlights data on the size and growth of higher education and illustrates how higher education institutions are preparing the future labor force. It…
Descriptors: Economic Impact, Employers, Employment Patterns, Higher Education
Dowdle, Michael A.; Silverman, Barbara – Insights on the College, 2001
This document contains the 2000-2001 issues of Mt. San Antonio College's (Mt. SAC's) "Insights on the College." The first issue, "Mt. SAC Progress Report on Partnership for Excellence Goals," is a report on the self-assessment of the Partnership for Excellence (PFE) program conducted by Mt. SAC. The PFE program addresses the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Associate Degrees, Basic Skills, College Role
Harnish, Dorothy; Anukam, Ray – Georgia Department of Technical and Adult Education Research Brief, 1996
The business and industry representatives present at the initial meeting of each of Georgia's 16 state technical committees responsible for reviewing the curricula offered by Georgia technical institutes were surveyed to gather information about general trends in the workplace and ways of relating those trends to planning/revising technical…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Employer Attitudes, Employment Patterns, Employment Projections
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
Workforce Economic Trends, 1997
Recent data point to a postsecondary education market in the midst of profound changes that are transforming the structure of the education and training industry itself. More high school graduates are enrolling in college upon completing high school. Enrollment in both two- and four-year institutions is increasing. Since 1969, part-time…
Descriptors: Colleges, Continuing Education, Degrees (Academic), Education Work Relationship
