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Trans-Local Academic Credentials and the (Re)production of Financial Elites
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Hall, Sarah; Appleyard, Lindsey – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2011
This paper examines the ways in which credentials from a range of education providers are used to (re)produce transnational financial elites in London's international financial district. Extant research has examined the long-standing relationship between educational background and entry into these financial labour markets. Far less attention has…
Descriptors: Financial Services, Global Approach, Educational Background, Credentials
Carl Perkins IV State Report: Post-Secondary Schools and Students, 2009-2010
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Wyoming Department of Education, 2011
The Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 2006 (Perkins IV) is the principal source of federal funding to states for the improvement of secondary and postsecondary career and technical education programs. States are provided with funds for distribution to local educational agencies (LEAs) and postsecondary institutions for…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Technical Education
Examining the Development of the Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning and Its Implications for Schools and Teacher Education in Australia
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Blake, Damian; Gallagher, David – Journal of Applied Learning in Higher Education, 2009
The Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL) is a very successful senior secondary school qualification introduced in the Australian state of Victoria in 2002. Applied learning in the VCAL engages senior students in a combination of work-based learning, service-learning, and project-based learning and aims to provide them with the skills,…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Workplace Learning, Service Learning, Student Projects
Role of Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology (CAATs) in Raising Ontario's Labour Productivity and Contributing to Its Prosperity. ACAATO Document
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Colleges Ontario, 2006
This report documents the central role of the college-educated workforce in improving labour productivity across the economy and supporting an innovation culture in the workplace. It describes critical "enabling occupations" that play a key role in allowing companies to build a culture of innovation in the workplace which they need if…
Descriptors: Productivity, College Graduates, Credentials, Health Services