Publication Date
In 2025 | 0 |
Since 2024 | 0 |
Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 0 |
Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 1 |
Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 1 |
Descriptor
Dislocated Workers | 25 |
Economic Development | 25 |
Retraining | 25 |
Job Training | 15 |
Adult Education | 13 |
Postsecondary Education | 10 |
Government Role | 8 |
Public Policy | 8 |
Educational Needs | 7 |
Futures (of Society) | 7 |
Program Development | 7 |
More ▼ |
Source
National Skills Coalition | 1 |
Author
Ganzglass, Evelyn | 1 |
Heidkamp, Maria | 1 |
Helwig, Andrew A. | 1 |
Kim, Ki Su | 1 |
Kolberg, William H., Ed. | 1 |
Lemons, C. Dale | 1 |
Liming, Roxi A. | 1 |
London, Manuel, Ed. | 1 |
Low, Chee Kiat | 1 |
Miller, Juliet | 1 |
Moock, Lynn D. | 1 |
More ▼ |
Publication Type
Education Level
Location
United States | 4 |
Canada | 1 |
Michigan (Detroit) | 1 |
Singapore | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Job Training Partnership Act… | 2 |
Temporary Assistance for… | 1 |
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
National Skills Coalition, 2020
America faces the most devastating economic crisis since the Great Depression, and National Skills Coalition (NSC) stands with the working people and local businesses who have been most impacted by the pandemic's economic fallout. Equitable opportunities for working people and local businesses to participate in and benefit from a rebound and…
Descriptors: Economic Change, Economic Climate, Job Skills, Job Training
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House. – 1994
This document contains the text and a section-by-section analysis of the proposed Reemployment Act of 1994, along with President Clinton's message in transmitting the act to Congress. The document reports that job seekers today have a difficult time getting information about jobs and training. The underlying problem is the lack of a coherent…
Descriptors: Dislocated Workers, Economic Development, Educational Needs, Employment Programs
Sheppard, Harold L.; Rix, Sara E. – 1989
With the aging of the U.S. population, fewer younger workers are available to join the work force. Therefore, if economic growth is to be sustained, more older workers must remain in the work force or rejoin it. Some policies have been enacted to promote the employment of older workers. They include the prohibition of age discrimination and the…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Attitude Change, Dislocated Workers, Economic Development
Miller, Juliet – 1983
The displaced worker is an individual who has been laid off from a job and has little or no hope of returning to that particular position. The number of displaced workers is large and is apt to increase. Displaced workers are typically male, older, not highly educated, and are union members with several years of seniority and above-average wages.…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Business Responsibility, Cooperative Programs, Dislocated Workers
Ganzglass, Evelyn; Heidkamp, Maria – 1987
State and local governments have been in the front lines of dealing with the adverse effects of recent economic change. States have embarked on a dual approach to economic adjustment. First, they have established programs that respond to economic change and cushion its deleterious effects on communities and individuals. Second, they have attempted…
Descriptors: Demography, Dislocated Workers, Economic Development, Educational Needs
Kim, Ki Su – 1996
Canada has traditionally supported a high level of unemployment benefits and retraining programs for its displaced workers. From the 1960s onward, legislation and attitudes in the business community have been geared toward retraining of workers for high-tech workplaces and the replacement of low-skill jobs with high-skill jobs. With increased…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Demand Occupations, Developed Nations, Dislocated Workers
Pang, Eng Fong; Low, Chee Kiat – 1994
The transformation of Singapore from a stagnating colonial port city in the late 1950s into a newly industrialized city-state in the early 1990s was the outcome of planned adjustments to changing internal and external conditions. Training and retraining programs played a role in these adjustments. Although full employment prevailed in 1979, the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Dislocated Workers, Economic Development
Social Policy Research Associates, Menlo Park, CA. – 1997
Of the 19 projects conducted as part of the Defense Conversion Adjustment (DCA) Demonstration administered by the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Work-Based Learning, 8 tested the worker mobility approach. The projects, which shared the common goal of helping dislocated defense workers find high-quality jobs, tested one or more of the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Community Planning, Cooperative Planning
Rothstein, Frances R. – 1989
This issue paper, intended to stimulate discussion within the employment and training community, was developed in response to the Economic Dislocation and Worker Adjustment Assistance Act (EDWAAA), the recently passed amendments to the Title III dislocated worker program of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). The fact sheets and option paper…
Descriptors: Adults, Compliance (Legal), County Programs, Dislocated Workers
Social Policy Research Associates, Menlo Park, CA. – 1997
Of the 19 projects conducted as part of the Defense Conversion Adjustment (DCA) Demonstration administered by the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Work-Based Learning, 5 tested the community planning approach. The projects attempted to alleviate the negative impacts of defense cutbacks on communities, firms, and workers. The project sites…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Community Planning, Cooperative Planning
Helwig, Andrew A. – 1984
The need for a national policy for the development and use of human resources is evident. One part of the human resource development issue centers around the needs of adult workers who are unemployed or threatended with unemployment because of structural changes in the labor market. The issue of retraining adult workers was examined in detail in…
Descriptors: Dislocated Workers, Economic Development, Employment Patterns, Entrepreneurship
Competitiveness Policy Council, Washington, DC. – 1993
This publication contains detailed reports from the eight subcouncils established by the Competitiveness Policy Council to develop specific policy recommendations in eight areas. "Building a Standards-Based School System" (Education Subcouncil) recommends redirecting the education system toward achieving the National Education Goals,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Capital, Competition, Dislocated Workers
London, Manuel, Ed. – 1995
The 13 chapters in this volume detail how industrial and organizational psychologists, human resource professionals, and consultants have created innovative human resource development and training programs. "Employee Development and Job Creation" (Jennifer Jarratt, Joseph F. Coates) looks at several trends that have important consequences for…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Development, Career Education, Dislocated Workers
Competitiveness Policy Council, Washington, DC. – 1993
The Competitiveness Policy Council (CPC) concludes that the United States continues to face major competitiveness problems despite recent increases in the growth of both the economy and national productivity. It proposes sweeping educational reform in three areas: developing content and performance standards; ensuring that schools have the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Capital, Competition, Dislocated Workers
Labor/Higher Education Council, Washington, DC. – 1992
This report presents the views expressed at the Labor/Higher Education Council's National Meeting, the theme of which was "Education and Work: Redefinitions and New Strategies." Section 1 includes two keynote speeches: "Priorities for Economic Investment in People, Technology, and Public Works" (Ira Magaziner) and "Organized Labor's Stake in the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Dislocated Workers, Economic Development, Education Work Relationship
Previous Page | Next Page ยป
Pages: 1 | 2