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Briar-Lawson, Katharine; Leake, Robin; Dickinson, Nancy; McCarthy, Mary; Anderson, Gary; Groza, Victor; Gilmore, Grover C. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2016
Responding to David Stoesz's invited article criticizing the Children's Bureau and the National Child Welfare Workforce Institute (NCWWI), the author's inaccurate assertions are challenged, and new information is provided about the significant work underway to support the child welfare workforce. The Children's Bureau has made historic investments…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Labor Force Development, Criticism, Reader Response

Gaude, J.; And Others – International Labour Review, 1984
This article introduces the main objectives of special public works program and presents the major findings of evaluations of a number of such programs implemented in developing countries with the assistance of the International Labour Organization in regard to design, organization, training activities, technical aspects, and employment and income…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Industrial Training, Job Development, Labor Education
Summers, Timothy P.; Harrison, Jeffrey S. – Training and Development Journal, 1992
Asserts that a large part of the labor pool from which businesses draw employees is poorly educated. Suggests that a good way to get help is to create strategic alliances with government agencies and private organizations. Presents examples of an alliance that was formed to address labor deficiencies in South Carolina. (JOW)
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Employer Employee Relationship, Labor Force Development, Labor Market

Becker, Brian E. – Personnel Psychology, 1989
Critiques of conventional models for evaluating the utility of organizational human resource policies. Questions the implicit assumption that utilities are invariant across changing labor market conditions, and concludes that omission of these considerations overstates the likely utility of the programs being evaluated. (TE)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Human Resources, Input Output Analysis, Labor Market
Farr, Donald – Journal of In-service Education, 2008
In 2005 the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions, the central organisation of unions in New Zealand, initiated a Learning Representatives Project based on the British model. The Government approved an eight-month programme to be funded through its Tertiary Education Commission to "scope the project". Work began not just on scoping, but on…
Descriptors: Employment Practices, Unions, Foreign Countries, Educational Opportunities
Starr, Harold; And Others – 1982
Research findings point up the need by vocational educators for better ways to apply labor market information in doing program planning and evaluation. This report describes a procedure that state and local education agencies can use to develop a long-range program plan for vocational education, and special emphasis is given to the many ways in…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Educational Needs, Educational Planning, Information Utilization

Psacharopoulos, George – International Labour Review, 1984
This essay deals with a series of methodological issues involved in assessing training priorities in developing countries. It is argued that the present methods of arriving at these priorities leave much to be desired, and a number of suggestions are made that might lead to more informed policy decisions on education and training. (CT)
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Educational Finance, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and the Workforce. – 2002
This report presents the testimony and submissions presented at the first of a series of Congressional hearings on workforce development and reauthorization of the Workforce Investment Act. Statements were given by the following individuals: (1) Buck McKeon, U.S. (United States) Congressman from California; (2) John Tierney, U.S. Congressman from…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, At Risk Persons

Parsons, Jennifer Gail; Brinkerhoff, Robert O. – Human Resource Development Quarterly, 1997
Parsons describes benefits and limitations of using financial analysis tools to evaluate human resource development programs, suggesting the additional dimension of values. Brinkerhoff's reaction emphasizes the flaws of impact evaluation, suggesting ways to reframe training evaluation. (SK)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Labor Force Development, Program Evaluation, Training
Doyle, Mel – Labour Education, 1993
Examines how participants in trade union courses can effectively influence their learning experience through discussion, consultation, and negotiation with the instructor while the training activity is in progress. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Curriculum Development, Labor Education, Program Evaluation

Waldman, Elizabeth – Monthly Labor Review, 1983
The family unit has become the focus for policy planning, program evaluation, and research. The data series published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics permits policymakers and planners to address social and economic issues affecting families on a more timely basis. (JOW)
Descriptors: Employment Patterns, Family (Sociological Unit), Labor Market, Policy Formation

Geers, Frederick – Journal of European Industrial Training, 1986
The author states that a more systematic evaluation of labor market training is advisable. This includes permanent and refined monitoring of the trainee population for effective planning and proper longitudinal studies of different target groups in relation to the regional and national labor market policy. (CT)
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Job Training, Labor Market, Program Costs
National Staff Development Council, 2004
"Transformational Professional Learning" is a periodically published e-newsletter designed to influence what educational leaders think, say, and do to improve teaching and learning by promoting deep understanding of important issues, the transformation of beliefs and assumptions, and a stream of powerful goal-focused actions. There are two…
Descriptors: Labor Turnover, Leadership Responsibility, Instructional Leadership, Program Development

Martin, Ann M. – Journal of Studies in Technical Careers, 1979
A major problem faced in program evaluation of vocational education is the lack of a national manpower policy. This concern involves workers' acquiring and developing occupational skills which are needed by society and demanded by employers. Federal legislation specifications spell out program requirements which educators must keep in mind. (CT)
Descriptors: Employer Attitudes, Federal Legislation, Federal Regulation, Guidelines
Workers' Education in Industrialised Countries and Its Specific Problems in Relation to Development.
Labour Education, 1986
Examines several problems that need to be addressed concerning world crisis: war, poverty, unemployment, overpopulation, environmental issues, and housing; developed versus developing countries; and social justice. The task for workers' education in relation to these problems is discussed. (CT)
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Economic Development, Economic Factors, Employment