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Carter, Patricia – Catalyst, 2000
Reports that changes in the number of people seeking higher education as a means to a more sound economic future and shifting skill requirements of business and industry are impacting community colleges. Urges colleges to develop a credentialing system that is valid, reliable, flexible, and comprehensive, with clear performance indicators. (PGS)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Colleges, Credentials, Educational Change
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Marginson, Simon – Australian Journal of Education, 1995
An analysis of the economic returns of education in Australia finds a rising need for education at a time of diminishing apparent returns. It is proposed that the notions of credentialism and education as a positional good provide a better explanation for this phenomenon than does the human capital approach. (MSE)
Descriptors: Careers, Credentials, Economic Change, Educational Attainment
Employment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1989
Increasing concerns about the skill level of U.S. workers are driven by demographics, technological change, and international competition. Greater percentages of the labor force will be comprised of those groups that have traditionally faced the greatest barriers to full participation in the labor force. Rapid technological change is increasing…
Descriptors: Adults, Apprenticeships, Competition, Credentials
Bartlett, Bertrice; Barnes, Elizabeth – 1978
Analysis of the search for selecting a president and a dean for a small women's college in the midwest showed how affirmative action goals, coupled with standard career expectations, damage female candidates. Reasons for failure to select a woman for either post included: (1) the tendency to compare women with women and men with men in the early…
Descriptors: Academic Deans, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Selection, Affirmative Action