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Carmita F. McCall – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This dissertation investigated the performance of Florida's workforce development programs over a ten-year period. The state's system for coordinated training and employment services consists of programs operating and reporting according to the federal workforce initiative standards. They served as the focus of this performance analysis. A…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Longitudinal Studies, Employment Services, Dislocated Workers
Brooks Lawrence, Deborah – ProQuest LLC, 2019
As life expectancy rates continue to rise, so does the need for continued participation in the workforce. Economic sustainability and aging in place become values anticipated and realized through longer life spans. The ability to maintain lifestyle is severely halted when individuals are faced with loss of employment. This qualitative case study…
Descriptors: Unemployment, Aging (Individuals), Employment, Dislocated Workers
Boyer, MaryAngel – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Training programs that combine learning English with career and vocational skills are highly desired to prepare many displaced workers that are English speakers of other languages (ESOL). Globalization has caused jobs to be exported and brought to this country, people with needed skills that do not have full command of the English language. The…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, English Language Learners, Vocational Education, Employment Potential
Cummins, Phyllis Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Workers are remaining in the labor force at older ages and despite their desire to work, those without jobs face unprecedented durations of unemployment. Many of the unemployed lack current skills for jobs in demand and need to either upgrade their skills or be trained for a new occupation to become reemployed. An aging workforce combined with…
Descriptors: Older Workers, Educational Attainment, Credentials, Community Colleges
Williams, Stelfanie Sherrell – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the experiences of older adult dislocated workers who participated in community college non-credit workforce training programs. The research questions guiding the study were: (a) what are the experiences of older adult dislocated workers who attend community college non-credit workforce…
Descriptors: Adults, Dislocated Workers, Community Colleges, Noncredit Courses
Wilson, Delfina Acosta – ProQuest LLC, 2009
In Mississippi, the bulk of the responsibility to conduct workforce training falls on the community colleges. With the recent trends of large industry relocating overseas, layoffs, and plant closures, these challenges have become prevalent in rural America. Through the development and delivery of workforce programs to local business and industry,…
Descriptors: Community Development, Educational Needs, Community Colleges, Doctoral Dissertations
Hall, Donna Jo – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Beginning in the 1970s, low-wage manufacturing areas in advanced industrialized countries experienced deindustrialization and worker dislocation as transnational corporations left for sites of lower-cost labor. In response, communities sought to rebuild their economies and pursue new employment opportunities in the restructured labor markets of…
Descriptors: Structural Unemployment, Economic Progress, Human Capital, Dislocated Workers