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Wisconsin Univ., Madison. Center on Wisconsin Strategy. – 1992
A study examined the emerging skill needs in the Wisconsin printing industry, a key industry that provided the largest increase (more than 13,000 new jobs) in manufacturing employment in the state in the past decade. Eighteen interviews were conducted with industry personnel and production managers, union representatives, technical college…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Demand Occupations, Educational Improvement, Educational Needs
Center for New Work of Flint, MI. – 1987
The Future of Work project grew out of an essay of the same title by Frithjof Bergmann, a philosophy professor at the University of Michigan. In spring 1983, Professor Bergmann and a colleague, Richard Gull, founded the Center for New Work of Flint in Michigan, where the problems besieging the U.S. auto industry were focusing attention on the…
Descriptors: Career Change, Career Education, Curriculum Development, Demand Occupations
Dickinson, Paul R. – 1992
The need for broad cooperative effort directed toward the enhancement of science and mathematics education, including environmental science and technology, has been recognized as a national priority in the United States by government, industry, and the academic community. In an effort to address this need, the Partnership for Environmental…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Demand Occupations, Educational Cooperation, Emerging Occupations
Brown, Bettina Lankard – 2003
The use of up-to-date labor market information (LMI) provided by a variety of state, federal, and local agencies and organizations can help program planners and policy makers design effective career and technical education (CTE) programs to prepare students for occupations and careers in demand. LMI includes information about labor market…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Articulation (Education), Career Information Systems, Curriculum Development
Brill, Donald M. – 1985
In order to respond effectively to the profound impact that high technology has had on the labor market in Wisconsin, members of the Wisconsin Board of Vocational, Technical, and Adult Education (VTAE) must address a number of key human, curriculum, policy, and technological concerns. State VTAE agencies must close ranks, maintain close…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Change Strategies, Curriculum Development, Delivery Systems
Sommers, Paul; Heg, Deena – 2000
Occupational supply and demand in Washington State was examined by comparing projected supplies of skilled workers coming out of the state's community and technical colleges against the projected demand among Washington employers for people qualified to enter particular occupations. The analysis was based on a January 2000 report, information…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Computer Software, Curriculum Development, Definitions