Reviews efforts to clarify the associate degree's position within the educational credential hierarchy. Describes a Florida State University attempt to increase the associate degree's visibility through a new career entry status between worker and professional. Suggests ways educational leaders can promote the associate degree's credibility and…

Traces the development of the Clinton Administration's economic policy, including an overview of reports authored prior to July 1992 which influenced the Clinton/Gore workforce development strategies. Presents the key components of the Clinton economic plan, locates the plan in a historical context, and analyzes the six specific planks of the…

The United States requires a coordinated, national approach to human resource development that will result in the establishment of priorities, detailed planning, and the full use of public and private resources backed by adequate state and federal funding. Problems of unemployment, underemployment, skilled worker shortages, national defense needs…

The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) was founded in 1986 with the intent of widening the debate on U.S. economic policies by presenting analyses that provide an alternative point of view from those of various conservative research institutions. The two papers presented in this document were originally prepared for a seminar designed to identify…

This booklet is a composite of the major presentations and activities that were included in three workshops for counselors in Oregon schools, community colleges, and social service agencies that dealt with occupational and educational trends for the 1990s. Provided first is a summary of a series of small group discussions that focused on projected…