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Download full textNational Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, 2020
It has become increasingly difficult to succeed in the U.S. workforce with only a high school diploma. While 75% of the middle-class workforce had only a high school education in the 1970s, that percentage dropped to below 40% by 2007. An estimated two-thirds of all jobs in 2020 will require some postsecondary training, up from just a quarter of…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, College Programs, Program Length, Labor Force Development
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Direct linkHunter-Johnson, Yvonne; Closson, Rosemary – Adult Learning, 2012
Many organizations, whether private or public, invest extensively in training and development. Such investment in training and development does not guarantee that the organization is perceived as a learning organization. This study examined law enforcement adult educators' (training facilitators') perceptions of their organization promoting…
Descriptors: Adult Educators, Measures (Individuals), Labor Force Development, Law Enforcement
Hussain, Javed; Matlay, Harry – Education & Training, 2007
Purpose: This paper seeks to investigate the provision of Vocational Education and Training (VET) in Small Ethnic Minority Businesses (SEMBs) operating in the West Midlands region of the UK. Design/methodology/approach: A qualitative approach is employed, involving in-depth, face-to-face interviews with 66 owner/managers of small ethnic minority…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Human Resources, Minority Groups, Vocational Education
Case Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, OH. Dept. of Organization and Administration. – 1973
The Public Health Service's problem in personnel recruitment and retention gave rise to the inception of the Career Development in Global Community Health (GCH). Component Two's findings are based on questionnaires administered to and interviews conducted with Fellows, members of the program board and persons familiar with the program. The…
Descriptors: Administrators, Community Health Services, Health Personnel, Health Services
Kirk, James J. – 1990
Western Carolina University has offered a master's degree in human resource development (HRD) for the past 5 years. Surveys of 121 current graduate students in 5 fields and the university's 35 HRD graduates sought to develop a profile of the student majoring in HRD and to elicit graduates' opinions of the program. The "typical" HRD…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Graduate Study, Graduate Surveys, Graduates
Fisher, Allan H., Jr.; Rigg, Leslie S. – 1973
The consulting report indicates the extent of career motivation among current enrollees in selected off-campus military officer training programs in 1973. The programs studied are the Navy Reserve Officers Candidate (ROC) program, Aviation Reserve Officers Candidate (AVROC) program, and the Marine Corps Platoon Leaders Class (PLC) program. The…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Attitudes, Career Development, Career Planning
