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Download full textPezzoli, Jean A. – 1996
In fall 1996, Hawaii's Maui Community College (MCC) conducted a study to determine the potential demand for pre-service and in-service training in fashion technology over the next 5 years among related businesses in Maui. Questionnaires were mailed to 435 area businesses, requesting information on the number of employees, salaries paid, and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Demand, Employer Attitudes, Employment Patterns
Christiadi; Loveridge, Scott – 2000
The Workforce Investment Act of 1998 shifts decision-making authority for funding of local job training programs from the federal government to state and local boards, which will need local decision-making tools to inform policy. One such tool is a method proposed by S. Goetz and D. Debertin to estimate demand for educational attainment at the…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Surveys, Education Work Relationship, Educational Attainment
Lucas, John A.; Normann, R. M. – 1991
In 1990, a study was conducted at William Rainey Harper College (WRHC) to determine the feasibility of establishing an insurance program at the college and to assess local employment demand for insurance personnel. The survey instrument and a proposed curriculum for an associate degree program were mailed to 144 area insurance companies and…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, College Planning, Community Colleges, Community Surveys
Thomas, Cheryl; And Others – 1983
Examining the economic status of Native women in Alaska, this report compares the economic well being of Native women to other women in the state and nation, looks at factors contributing to their economic status, and makes positive action recommendations. Based on 1970 and 1980 census data, chapter I analyzes the 50% increase of Alaska Native…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Economic Factors, Economic Opportunities, Economic Status
Sanyal, Bikas C. – 1987
The relationship between higher education and employment (particulary underemployment and unemployment) is discussed in terms of a synthesis of 21 case studies of developing and developed nations. The countries discussed are: Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Egypt, Federal Republic of Germany, Malaysia, Pakistan, People's Democratic Republic of Yemen,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Case Studies, College Graduates, College Planning
Sommers, Paul; Heg, Deena – 2000
A project was conducted to improve the state of Washington's community and technical college system by developing and using an improved occupational forecasting system to assess and respond to education and training needs. First, long-term occupational forecast data from Washington's Employment Security Department were matched with technical and…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Agribusiness, Agricultural Occupations, Auto Mechanics
