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Download full textAnne Wicks; Amanda Wirtz – George W. Bush Institute, 2024
Texas depends on a talented workforce to fuel its economy, and Texans depend on our public education system to prepare them for the jobs of today and tomorrow. But unfortunately, workforce and public education systems often operate independently, making innovation and improvement difficult. Between now and 2036, over 70% of the jobs in Texas will…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Public Education, State Agencies, Labor Force
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, 2022
Entering the middle of the 21st Century, Texas has the ninth-largest economy in the world, whose success is powered by the increasingly educated workforce. Texans have earned more degrees, certificates, and credentials over the past decade than at any time in history, and Texas has outpaced every other state in growing undergraduate and graduate…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Strategic Planning, Educational Attainment, Labor Force Development
Tan, Connie; Moore, Colleen – Education Insights Center, 2020
This second brief on learnings from career education (CE) opportunities in the California Community Colleges (CCC) focuses on what college personnel described as barriers to designing and implementing programs with features that students find helpful, as described in the first brief of this series (ED610768) (e.g., cohorts, consistent course…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Career Education, Barriers, Educational Objectives
Wyoming Community College Commission, 2018
The Wyoming Community College Commission's internal strategic plan for the five-year period spanning 2016 through 2020 is taking a new streamlined approach to conveying future goals. Specific agency sections' mission statements, responsibilities, and accomplishments will be relayed in the agency's annual report. For the time span of 2016 through…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Planning Commissions, Strategic Planning, Educational Planning
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2016
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Education Strategic Plan provides a framework to guide collaboration across the NOAA education community and a structure in which to track and report progress. Congress recognized the importance of NOAA's education programs with the passage of the America COMPETES Act. The America COMPETES…
Descriptors: Science Education, Strategic Planning, Public Agencies, Educational Objectives
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2016
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Education Strategic Plan provides a framework to guide collaboration across the NOAA education community and a structure in which to track and report progress. Congress recognized the importance of NOAA's education programs with the passage of the America COMPETES Act. The America COMPETES…
Descriptors: Science Education, Strategic Planning, Public Agencies, Educational Objectives
National Science Foundation, 2016
Graduate education plays a central role in advancing the Nation's science and engineering research enterprise. It is also increasingly the means by which the Nation develops a diverse and highly technical Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) professional workforce. The view that graduate education in STEM disciplines is an…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Graduate Study, Educational Objectives, Goal Orientation
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2016
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Education supports an informed society that uses NOAA-related sciences to make the best social, economic, and environmental decisions. The "2016-2017 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Education Implementation Plan" has been developed as a companion to the…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Program Implementation, Institutional Mission, Science Education
Peer reviewedOthman, Nooraini; Mohamad, Khairul Azmi – International Education Studies, 2014
This paper intends to highlight the issues in thinking skills development and efforts made in addressing these issues in Malaysia. The education system in Malaysia has undergone a huge transformational progress particularly in the field related to the development of thinking skill. Traditionally, thinking skill was not specifically cultivated in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Thinking Skills, Educational Development, Educational Change
Tennessee Higher Education Commission, 2020
The Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) adopted the Master Plan for Tennessee Postsecondary Education 2015-2025 in 2015. Published as Tennessee was launching the Drive to 55, the 2015-2025 Plan includes state and system-level projections of the necessary degree production to reach our state's ambitious attainment goal. As a complement to…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Success, Labor Force Development, Postsecondary Education
Maine Community College System, 2017
The Maine Community College System (MCCS or "System") is comprised of seven colleges, nine campuses, and six off-campus centers that are located within 25 miles of over 90% of Maine's population. The colleges offer one-year certificate and two-year associate degree programs that are designed to lead to direct employment or transfer to a…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Associate Degrees, Certification, Postsecondary Education
Direct linkUnah, Jim I. – Forum on Public Policy Online, 2012
This article argues that the traditional idealist-realist divide on educational thinking have been and shall continue to be regarded as "normal" so long as education is a continuum which derives its being from the disparity in human thought. To commute one to the other--specifically, idealist to realist--to meet desperate industrial needs would be…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Educational Objectives, School Business Relationship, Educational Philosophy
Calderon Galdeano, Emily; Flores, Antonio R.; Moder, John – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2012
The relationship between the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) and the recognition of Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) occurs at the federal level. HACU's origins and the legislative history of the HSI designation in federal law are explored. The demographic growth and corresponding importance of Hispanics in the…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Academic Achievement, Achievement Gap, Intervention
Green, Kimberly – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers (J1), 2011
Funding threats have long loomed over career and technical education (CTE). However, congressional advocates have faithfully preserved investments in CTE--until fiscal year 2011. Global competition and a weak economy are game changers in terms of how policymakers perceive the value of CTE and education overall. And the CTE community must convince…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Labor Force Development, Consciousness Raising, Consortia
Foster, Marcie – Center for Law and Social Policy, Inc. (CLASP), 2012
The Adult Education and Economic Growth Act (AEEGA) was introduced in the House of Representatives in June 2011 by Rep. Ruben Hinojosa (TX-15) and in February 2012 in the Senate by Sen. Jim Webb (VA). The Act (H.R. 2226 and S. 2117) would amend the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) to encourage the use and availability of career pathways for…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Educational Objectives
