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Blessington, Robert – Wisconsin Vocational Educator, 1989
Worker dislocation is a major problem in Wisconsin. Services needed include provision of coping mechanisms, job search methods, and retraining. A partnership between the state and the Wisconsin American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations was created to provide these services and referrals, as well as preventive training…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Dislocated Workers, Job Search Methods, Labor Force Development
Pantazis, Cynthia – Training and Development, 1999
A range of work-related training and education opportunities is being offered by employers and federal sources to meet the demand for continuous learning. They include one-stop career centers, Hope scholarships, lifetime learning credit, Pell grants, student loans, exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance, and America's Learning…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Corporate Education, Federal Programs, Labor Force Development
Barbee, David E. – 1989
The new technology of information and communications can be applied directly to training and educating people more efficiently and effectively. Three major adjustments need to be made in current thinking about human development to meet the challenge of using the new technology. First, the development of people must be viewed as an investment and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Continuing Education, Human Resources, Job Training
Wirtz, Willard – Training and Development Journal, 1976
The growing needs of individuals who did not finish high school and of other adults wish to make changes in their lives can best be met at the local level through education--work programs, or deferred educational and training opportunities, to be used when needed. (EC)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Education, Community Programs, Educational Needs
Clark, Karen L. – 1994
A study surveyed owners of 20 small businesses in North County, San Diego, to determine evidence of teaching and learning. A 13-question survey instrument gathered information regarding whether training and/or education for employees was available, what education was offered, how it fit into the evaluation process, and how business owners saw…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Research, Employer Employee Relationship, Job Training
Chen, Kan; And Others – 1984
This report centers around a plant-level study of the development and utilization of human resources in the context of technological change and industrial restructuring in the crankshaft production area of Ford Motor Company's Dearborn Engine Plant (DEP). The introductory chapter describes how the study was conducted, provides an introduction to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Change, Employee Attitudes

Deutsch, Steven – Monthly Labor Review, 1987
The article highlights some innovative and important approaches to employee training and retraining in anticipation of and in response to technological change. These include both collectively bargained arrangements and new state initiatives that are suggestive for future developments. (CH)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Inservice Education, Job Training, Labor Force Development
PEARCE, FRANK C. – 1966
OF 1,006 REFERRALS FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT, 29 PERCENT DROPPED BEFORE COMPLETION OF THIS ADULT TRAINING PROJECT. OF THESE, 6 PERCENT WENT TO WORK AND 11 PERCENT DROPPED FOR REASONS WHICH WERE UNAVOIDABLE. THE ACTUAL DROPOUT RATE WAS 12 PERCENT. OF THE DROPOUTS, 41.9 PERCENT GAVE REASONS WHICH WERE WITHIN THE CAPACITY OF THE…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Dropouts, Employment

Odokara, E. O. – Australian Journal of Adult Education, 1972
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Vocational Education, Educational Programs
Geber, Beverly – Training, 1993
There are inherent problems when unskilled or semiskilled workers are retrained for high skilled jobs that do not and will not exist. Although the consensus is that smarter workers will make the nation more competitive in the world market, the occupation that will add the most jobs by the year 2005 is retail clerk. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Government Role, Labor Force Development, Labor Needs
Canadian Vocational Journal, 1991
Discusses the importance of continuous learning to Canada's national prosperity. Recommends an initial focus on the retraining of teachers and managers, national standards, local relevance, differentiation and specialization of universities, and investments in computer-assisted learning. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Economic Factors, Foreign Countries
Nolte, Walter H. – 1991
In an effort to explore the relationship between employed students and community colleges, this paper provides a extensive review of the literature on business and industry connections to higher education. First, introductory material examines the lack of comprehensive training programs in U.S. business/industry and the dearth of evaluative…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Community Colleges, Employment Programs
Alssid, Julian L.; Gruber, David; Jenkins, Davis; Mazzeo, Christopher; Roberts, Brandon; Stanback-Stroud, Regina – 2002
This report follows an initial study that identified evolving best practices in workforce development. The prior study defined three themes that reflect a developing consensus among policymakers and researchers and point to the opportunities for a career pathways model. These themes included: (1) individuals need some form of postsecondary…
Descriptors: Adult Education, College Role, Community Colleges, Employment
Ontario Ministry of Skills Development, Toronto. – 1989
A study was undertaken to examine the factors that influenced the decision of firms to provide training for their employees. It also identified the types of training provided, how the training function was organized and administered within firms, and the extent to which firms provided formal training programs for their employees. The study was…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Corporate Education, Employer Attitudes, Employment Practices
San Diego State Univ., CA. – 1988
There are numerous examples of highly trained, capable individuals that face layoffs because of technological or economic changes that have eliminated the need for their services. This project was designed to provide a one-step opportunity for people such as these to identify opportunities in emerging technologies, to plan a retraining program, to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Biological Sciences, Case Studies, Course Descriptions