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Download full textStone, James R., III; Dahlgren, Judith – 1989
A study identified alternative models of short-term upgrading and updating training for employed workers in business and industry. In phase 1, a literature review provided the basis for a nine-cell matrix that conceptualized alternative models of industry-based training as a function of the skill level the training addressed and the degree of…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Inplant Programs, Models, Off the Job Training
Minnesota State Technical Coll. System, St. Paul. – 1994
For the past 8 years, Minnesota technical colleges have been offering customized training services to the state's employers. To gather data on what kinds of organizations use custom training (CT) programs, the State Board of Technical Colleges surveyed 600 public and private employers that had used CT services through at least one of the system's…
Descriptors: Corporate Education, Job Training, Labor Force Development, Partnerships in Education
Seppanen, Loretta – 1996
In August 1996, the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges conducted a study of the characteristics of workers enrolled in state and federally funded job skills enhancement training programs from 1990 to 1995 to determine related needs for the state's community and technical colleges. Data sources included a survey of 1,151…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Declining Enrollment, Enrollment Influences, Enrollment Trends
Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, Olympia. – 1995
Since 1993, Washington community and technical colleges have received funds under the Workforce Employment and Training Act to provide new and expanded retraining programs to serve unemployed workers. This report reviews accomplishments of the colleges under the provisions of the act from 1993-95, providing detailed information about the colleges'…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Dislocated Workers, Job Development, Job Skills
Leske, Gary W.; Persico, John, Jr. – 1989
A study investigated whether instructors in schools with formal staff development programs were more technologically up to date than instructors in schools with less formal programs. The study used existing data from program evaluations of five postsecondary technical institute (TI) instructors. A survey instrument collected data from 120 (of a…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Faculty Development, Inservice Teacher Education, Institutes (Training Programs)
Hughes, Maria; MacPherson, Sally – 2001
The extent to which providers of post-16 vocational education and training (VET) in the United Kingdom are able to secure timely and relevant learning programs to meet sudden and unpredicted changes in local or national skills profiles was examined in a study that included interviews of nine private training providers and 11 further education (FE)…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Case Studies, Check Lists, College Role
