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Lieberman Research, Inc. – 1989
The study examines how senior executives in America's largest corporations feel about the public education system and what they are doing or considering doing to help overcome the system's problems. Questionnaires were mailed to the Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of the Fortune 500 industrial companies and the Fortune 500 service companies. The…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrators, Business, Comparative Education
Download full textLillard, Lee A.; Tan, Hong W. – 1986
Training after high school in the United States was studied to determine who is trained and the extent of training, as well as economic consequences of training. Data sources were the Current Population Survey (CPS) of 1983, the National Longitudinal Surveys (NLS) of Labor Market Experience (NLS Young Men, Mature Men, and Women cohorts for 1967 to…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Corporate Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Education Work Relationship
European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, Thessaloniki (Greece). – 1997
This book provides key quantitative and qualitative data on vocational education and training (VET) in the European Union. Among the topics on which data are provided are the following: demographic trends, educational attainment, and the labor market (aging of the population and labor force, changes in educational attainment over time, impacts of…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Demography, Education Work Relationship, Educational Attainment
Skule, Sveinung; Reichborn, Anders N.; Leren, Iver Jan, Ed. – 2002
In this report, learning conditions in Norwegian workplaces were examined to identify ways of making workplaces more conducive to learning. Data were collected through interviews in 11 firms and a questionnaire survey of 1,300 private sector and 200 public sector employees. Opportunities to learn through work varied widely. Older women with little…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Learning, Certification, Corporate Education
Alberta Learning, Edmonton. – 2000
Alberta Learning was created in May 1999 to enhance the focus of the government of Alberta, Canada, on lifelong learning and equipping all Albertans with the information and skills needed to live and work in the information age. During its first year of operation, Alberta Learning focused on its core businesses of basic learning, adult learning,…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Apprenticeships, Basic Skills, Cooperative Planning
National Centre for Vocational Education Research, Leabrook (Australia). – 1998
This book, which is intended primarily for Australia's vocational education and training (VET) sector, industry decision makers, and policymakers, provides an overview of occupational trends and the current training effort relating to occupations in Australian industry. Chapter 1 traces economic and labor market changes and the changing…
Descriptors: Agricultural Occupations, Agriculture, Blue Collar Occupations, Building Trades
