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Download full textSmalley, Scott; Hainline, Mark S.; Sands, Kelsey – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2019
Across the nation, there is a large shortage of teachers in several subject areas (Daniel, 2015; Milliard, 2015; Sutcher, Darling-Hammond, & Carver-Thomas, 2016). In agricultural education, many teachers are leaving the profession within the first five years of beginning their teaching careers (Tippens, Ricketts, Morgan, Navaro, &…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Teacher Shortage, Labor Turnover, Faculty Development
Han, Guang; Martin, Robert A. – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2015
With the growth of biorenewable energy, biomass production has become an important segment in the agriculture industry (Iowa Energy Center, 2013). A great workforce will be needed for this burgeoning biomass energy industry (Iowa Workforce Development, n. d.). Instructional topics in agricultural education should take the form of problems and…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Agricultural Education, Teacher Attitudes, Biotechnology
Iowa Department of Education, 2015
The Department of Education, Division of Community Colleges, will annually provide the State Board of Education with The Workforce Training and Economic Development (WTED) Fund Annual Progress Report. Administration and oversight responsibility for the fund was transferred from the Iowa Economic Development Authority to the Iowa Department of…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Economic Development, Annual Reports, Community Colleges
Direct linkMihm-Herold, Wendy – ProQuest LLC, 2010
In light of the current economic downturn, thousands of Iowans are unemployed and this is the ideal time to build the skills of the workforce to compete in the knowledge-based economy so businesses and entrepreneurs can compete in a global economy. A tool for assessing the skills and knowledge of dislocated workers and students as well as…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Human Capital, Dislocated Workers, Emerging Occupations
Iowa Department of Education, 2006
This report provides an overview of the efforts of Iowa's community colleges to train workers for the emerging bioscience/biotechnology sector. The report explains the programs available and the future plans of individual community colleges designed to educate students for careers in the biosciences. Also detailed are a variety of creative…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Partnerships in Education, Focus Groups, Skilled Workers
Peer reviewedWetteland, Annette, Ed. – Library Hi Tech, 1996
Reports on ways in which Iowa libraries are accessing and using electronic information. Highlights include the Iowa Communications Network, a statewide interactive network for resource sharing; online systems that use the Internet and World Wide Web; academic library resource sharing and document delivery technology; and knowledge management and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Biotechnology, Document Delivery, Electronic Libraries
