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Chlebowski, Arthur L.; McWilliams, Joshua D.; Hawkins, William C.; El Tawil, Stephanie – Metropolitan Universities, 2021
The Technology Commercialization Academy (TCA) was launched to promote the identification, assessment, and exploitation of economically viable innovations by undergraduates and retain those graduates in the southwest Indiana region. Further, as part of the I-69 Innovation Corridor initiative, the TCA was part of increasing the regional Innovation…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Job Skills
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Doll, Jessica L. – Management Teaching Review, 2022
Workforce planning is prevalent and recognized as a good strategic practice in many organizations. However, business students may have little experience with workforce planning or workforce analytics. The purpose of this article is to present a workforce planning exercise for use in a face-to-face or online classroom setting. In this exercise,…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Strategic Planning, Business Administration Education, Human Resources
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Aboagye, Bernard; Puoza, Julius Caesar – Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability, 2021
Although the Government of Ghana gives considerable attention to technical education to accelerate national development, some graduates remain unemployed for years after graduation. In this study, employability of mechanical engineering graduates from Sunyani Technical University of Ghana is presented. It assessed the employment status and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Employment Potential, Engineering Education, College Graduates
Van Horn, Carl; Starace, Jessica – John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, 2018
Advanced software, smartphones, the Internet, and cognitive computing have already disrupted the retail, media, transportation, education, and health care industries. Widely different predictions have been offered about the scope of future workforce disruptions. Recent assessments about the impact of artificial intelligence on worker dislocation…
Descriptors: Public Opinion, Work Attitudes, Employment Patterns, Influence of Technology
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Iqbal, Adnan; Zenchenkov, Mikhail – Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education, 2014
University-industry collaboration patterns in more advanced economies have greatly impacted expectations for higher educational systems in developing countries. In Saudi Arabia, generally poor innovation performance of domestic industry has been perceived as a constraint in global competitiveness. The purpose of this study was to determine if…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Skill Analysis, Job Skills, Teacher Attitudes
Siegel, Donald S. – 1999
A study addressed the effects of technological change using a new, rich source of firm-level data on technology usage and labor force composition. The empirical investigation is based on a survey of Long Island manufacturers' usage of computer-integrated manufacturing systems (CIMS) or advanced manufacturing technologies (AMTs). The study also…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Manufacturing, Employment Patterns, Job Skills, Labor Force
Adams, Judith – 1994
In February 1994, a study was conducted by Macomb Community College (MCC), in Michigan, to determine the extent to which the training received by MCC graduates met the needs of area employers. In conjunction with a follow-up study of MCC completers from 1992-93, respondents were requested to complete release of information forms for their…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Education Work Relationship, Employee Attitudes, Employer Attitudes
Adams, Judith – 1995
Each year, Macomb Community College (MCC), in Michigan, conducts a study to determine the extent to which the training received by the previous year's graduates met the needs of area employers. Surveys were mailed to 305 employers for whom release of information forms were completed by the graduates in a November 1994 survey. Completed forms were…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Education Work Relationship, Employee Attitudes, Employer Attitudes
Fletcher, Gail – 1994
A statewide survey was conducted by Georgia Assessment Project, Georgia State University during 1992 to determine if Georgia employers and educators agreed with Georgia policymakers that each of the 28 desired student outcomes (DSOs) was important to success in the workplace. Of 4,041 surveys mailed to a representative sample of educators and…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Educational Research, Employer Attitudes, Employment Patterns
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Bennett, Robert C., Jr.; Wetzel, Susan J. – 1979
A survey was undertaken by Delaware County Community College's (Pennsylvania) Hotel/Restaurant Management program: (1) to provide students with local up-to-date information regarding the lodging industry in the Greater Philadelphia area; and (2) to provide information regarding necessary skills as perceived by the managers for the purpose of…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Background, Employment Experience, Employment Patterns
Singlemann, Jay C.; Lucas, John A. – 1980
In 1974, 1978, and 1980, follow-up surveys of former data processing students were conducted by William Rainey Harper College (WRHC) to help evaluate the data processing program and support curriculum development. The 1974 survey included anyone enrolled between fall 1968 and spring 1973 who had taken any data processing course, while the 1978 and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Curriculum Evaluation, Data Processing, Data Processing Occupations
Eastern Iowa Community Coll. District, Davenport. Office of Academic Affairs and Planning. – 1992
In October 1991, a labor market assessment was conducted to provide information and direction for the curriculum development and evaluation efforts of the Eastern Iowa Community College District's (EICCD's) Business Computer Programming (BCP) Program. The study focused on employment opportunities for and educational needs of personnel performing…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Computer Science Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Needs
Robon, Nancy C. – 1981
Graduates of the Legal Assisting Technology program at the University of Toledo were surveyed in 1981, as part of the requirement of the American Bar Association Approval Process. Questionnaires, which are appended, were sent to graduates and employers. In addition to curriculum, information was gathered with respect to the job placement,…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, College Curriculum, Education Work Relationship, Employee Attitudes
Gebart, Henriette D.; Lucas, John A. – 1980
A follow-up study of graduates of William Rainey Harper College's (WRHC's) Dietetic Technician program was conducted during Fall 1979 to evaluate and to obtain externally required information about the program. A questionnaire was mailed to all 47 students who graduated from the program between 1975 and 1979 requesting information on employment…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations, Allied Health Occupations Education, College Graduates, Dietetics
Hollenbeck, Kevin; Anderson, William – 1993
The economic outcomes of the Ohio Department of Education's (ODOE's) full-time, job-specific adult vocational education classes were assessed. The primary intent was to document strengths and weaknesses of the three types of institutions that offer this type of training below the baccalaureate level (ODOE-funded adult programs, community/technical…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Associate Degrees, Educational Benefits, Educational Certificates
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