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Redovich, Dennis W. – 1998
The report asserts that U.S. and Wisconsin schools and workers are being used as scapegoats for the nation's and the state's social and economic problems. The propositions that U.S. students are not globally competitive and U.S. schools failures are "complete hoaxes." The report further asserts that a third big hoax being perpetrated on…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Needs, Employment Patterns, Employment Projections
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Academe: Bulletin of the AAUP, 1981
Characteristics of and concerns about employment of part-time college faculty are outlined, including increasing use of part-time teachers, tenure, employment security, part-time faculty role in governance, and compensation and fringe benefits. AAUP policy proposals are made reflecting concern about exploitation of part-time faculty and…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, College Faculty, Compensation (Remuneration), Employment Patterns
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Finance. – 1984
Testimony is presented from a hearing held to consider a bill (S. 2185) to extend the Targeted Jobs Tax Credit for an additional year. (Originally passed in 1978, the Targeted Jobs Tax Credit focuses tax incentives for employment on specific target groups found to experience high unemployment rates.) Included in the hearings is testimony provided…
Descriptors: Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns, Employment Problems, Employment Programs
Southeastern Regional Council for Educational Improvement, Research Triangle Park, NC. – 1981
Claiming that current federal educational funding formulas favor those same Sunbelt states that have recently undergone impressive economic growth, some individuals are calling for removal of per capita income factors from funding formulas in order to direct funds away from the Sunbelt and towards the northern or "Frostbelt" states.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Demography, Differences, Economic Development
Lecht, Leonard A. – 1981
In the coming decade, three major developments will become important factors for change in vocational education. These are changes in the demographic profile and retirement practices, regional shifts in economic activity and in employment, and renewal of the industrial sector as a key ingredient in economic growth. Because of inflation, greater…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Demography, Economic Change, Economic Development
1980
Serving as a comprehensive reference on all aspects of allied health education and service, this report presents the National Commission on Allied Health Education's recommendations. The recommendations focus on six major areas: strengthening alliances in service and education, determining appropriate content and level of educational programs,…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations, Allied Health Occupations Education, Allied Health Personnel, Career Planning
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). – 1982
This report consists of an analysis of labor market conditions in Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) member countries and an exploration of possible future policy responses to the problems of unemployment. Covered in the labor market analysis are the following topics: the macro-economic environment (macro-economic trends…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Demography, Economic Factors, Economics
Redovich, Dennis W. – 1999
Observations of schools and the economies of various countries and regions (including the Eastern and Western Europe, Scandinavia, and the United States) suggest that the following generally accepted principles may be called hoaxes: (1) great numbers of new emerging jobs of the future will require much higher skill levels for workers; (2)…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Attitudes, Educational Benefits, Educational Change
National Commission for Employment Policy (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1983
This report contains the commission's broad statement on national employment policy. The statement calls for the development of a new American employment policy, one that addresses the major concerns relating to the creation of jobs and the preparation of the work force to fill the available jobs productively. The report discusses the background…
Descriptors: Adults, Demand Occupations, Economic Factors, Education Work Relationship
Lynch, Edward J. – 1982
The largest public community college in Michigan, Macomb Community College (MCC), is located in the county that is most closely tied to Michigan's automobile industry. Because of recent high unemployment in the automobile industry, MCC must now expand its occupational offerings to meet the needs of displaced workers who must either gain new skills…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Educational Planning, Employment Patterns, Federal Aid
Atkinson, Robert D. – 2002
The recession has fueled calls in Congress to extend and expand unemployment insurance (UI) benefits. Although UI expansion is needed in the short run, the program is also in need of more fundamental and permanent reform to transform it from an industrial era program to one that is better suited for the New Economy. Policymakers must take the…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Economic Change, Employment Patterns, Employment Practices
Sexton, Robert F., Ed. – 1976
Issues concerning experiential and postsecondary education are considered in six articles. In "Experiential Education for the Community College Student," Sheila Gordon considers the links between experiential and vocational education and suggests that experiential education is especially relevant to the learning styles and objectives of the…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Community Colleges, Education Work Relationship, Educationally Disadvantaged
Feldman, Marvin – 1981
We are witnessing an historic shift in our approach to employment policy that will have profound implications for vocational educators. This shift is most recognizable in the waning influence of demand-side economics and the ascendence of supply-side economics. Recent indications are that public policy is no longer firmly committed to maintaining…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Business Education, Economic Change, Economic Climate
Brand, Betsy – 2003
Federal funding for career and technical education (CTE) should move from a state grant program to a competitive grant approach in order to disrupt an entitlement mentality and instead support the creation of high quality CTE programs with improved student outcomes. Funds should be used to develop and expand CTE programs to begin in 9th grade and…
Descriptors: Career Education, Curriculum Development, Dropout Prevention, Educational Change
Lonsway, Kimberly A. – 2000
Hiring and retaining more women provides numerous important advantages to law enforcement agencies. Research conducted in the United States and internationally has clearly documented that following facts: (1) female officers are as competent as their male counterparts and even excel in certain areas of police performance; (2) female officers are…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Employed Women, Employment Patterns, Employment Problems
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