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Jacksonville Public Education Fund, 2022
This summary is the first in a series of research briefs on student skills for the future. It provides highlights from the full research report, "Initial Findings Report: Student Skills for the Future, Spring 2022. A Landscape Analysis from the Jacksonville Public Education Fund" (ED620417). Given the rate of technological advancement,…
Descriptors: 21st Century Skills, Employer Attitudes, Employment Potential, Career Education
American Association of University Women, 2010
In the last 50 years, more than half of America's sustained economic growth was created by the five percent of the workforce who create, manage, and maintain the processes and products of innovation: engineers, scientists, and advanced-degree technologists. America's science, technology, and math workforce is aging while jobs requiring specialized…
Descriptors: Economic Progress, Females, Engineering, Public Support
Miller, Harry G.; Sharma, Madhav – Technological Horizons in Education, 1987
Discusses some of the issues being raised with regard to the involvement of state-supported institutions of higher learning in providing technically oriented degree programs. Examines the means by which higher education can and should provide technical education. Describes the effects of societal values and economic pressures on such trends. (TW)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Individual Development, Industrial Training, Job Training
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Campbell, Dale F.; Faircloth, D. M. – Community and Junior College Journal, 1982
Examines the community college's role in state economic development, describing the North Carolina model, which teams community colleges and the department of commerce to insure adequate program funding. Encourages similar linkages in other states to provide resources for occupational training of skilled workers in high technology, critical…
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Demand Occupations, Economic Development
Chiogioji, Eleanor N.; Pritz, Sandra G. – 1992
The Department of Energy (DOE) has implemented a coherent recruitment, training, and professional development program to provide the technical talent necessary to run DOE's many complex operations. Designed to provide recently graduated, entry-level engineers and scientists the learning and experience requisite to effective job performance and…
Descriptors: Energy Occupations, Engineering Technology, Internship Programs, Interprofessional Relationship
Diakun, Denyce; Phillips, Rodger – 2001
The Software Human Resource Council (SHRC) is a nonprofit sectoral council that speaks for software professionals throughout the Canadian economy. The SHRC's mission is to increase the number of Information Technology (IT) workers in Canada. This paper gives a brief overview of the evolution of SHRC's Information Technology Professional Program…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Computer Software, Educational Technology, Foreign Countries
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Green, C. Paul; Orsak, Charles G. – 1979
Undertaking of a systems approach to curriculum development for solar training led to (1) a feasibility study to determine the role of the community college in solar energy technology, (2) a market analysis to determine the manpower need, and (3) a task analysis for development of a curriculum for training solar energy technicians at Navarro…
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Conservation Education, Curriculum Development
Heinz, Volker – Training Officer, 1979
Describes the many government-sponsored training programs and facilities operated by a large German chemical company, in-plant and in their vocational school and laboratories, which provide vocational training and employment opportunities in various trades for school leavers as well as advanced training for skilled workers. (MF)
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Chemical Industry, Employment Opportunities, Foreign Countries
1997
This document contains 39 papers and 13 poster presentations from a conference on technological education and national development. The following are among the papers included: "The Future of Technological Education and Vocational Education: UNESCO's (United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization's) Perspective" (Adnan…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Academic Standards, Case Studies, Change Strategies