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Bian, Xinyi – European Journal of Training and Development, 2020
Purpose: Employment mismatch is a significant problem in many countries. However, little conceptualization research has been conducted on employment mismatch from a social justice perspective. The purpose of this study is to shed light on social justice issues that have been obscured in the human resource development (HRD) literature through the…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Social Justice, Labor Force Development, Educational Change
Cushing, Ellen; English, David; Therriault, Susan; Lavinson, Rebecca – College and Career Readiness and Success Center, 2019
As states grapple with competing priorities and constrained resources, there is an increasing focus on efficiency and alignment of programs and resources across state agencies. The College and Career Readiness and Success (CCRS) Center recently analyzed and compared four federal laws that govern the education-to-workforce pipeline. They are: (1)…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Career Readiness, Labor Force Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Universities UK, 2016
Universities transform lives. Going to university leads to new ways of seeing the world, to new horizons and networks, and to significantly enhanced job opportunities, but not everyone benefits in the same way. Fewer students from socially and economically disadvantaged backgrounds go to university, and when they do they tend not to do as well as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Higher Education, Access to Education
Hurley, Kathleen S. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2002
Asserts that a learning-centered curriculum assists individuals with severe physical disabilities to be fully engaged members of the working community. Presents an example: a high-tech partnership between Valencia Community College (Florida) and a supportive business advisory council that provides support to workforce development programs,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Labor Force Development
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. – 1997
This document was developed to assist local school systems in North Carolina in planning effective and comprehensive workforce development education programs. It contains information about planning, required resources, instructional guidelines, and program area offerings. The guide is organized in three parts. Part I provides a program description…
Descriptors: Career Education, Course Content, Curriculum Development, Delivery Systems
1983
Delegates to this training computer conference agreed that the scope of economic change is both accelerating and profound and, therefore, will require a wide variety of approaches to human resource development. Training is only a small part of this development. To meet future needs, the conferees discussed and made recommendations in four areas:…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Educational Needs, Employment Problems
Abrahamsson, Kenneth; And Others – 1990
Sweden had, according to data gathered between 1986 and 1988, 8.4 million inhabitants, with a labor force of 4.4 million people. Its unemployment level was less than 2 percent. The level of educational investment was 7.5 percent of the gross national product (GNP), with 10.5 percent of the investment in adult education. Adult education in Sweden…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Comparative Education, Continuing Education
Metropolitan Community Colleges of Kansas City, MO. – 1994
The WorkAbility Program was a 3-year project initiated in October 1991 by the Metropolitan Community Colleges (MCC) in Kansas City, Missouri, to increase the employability of students with disabilities by addressing needs for career counseling, mentoring, job search skills preparation, and career-related work experiences. The five sections of this…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Community Colleges, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship
Clark, Donald M. – 1992
This paper examines changing demographics in the American work force during the 1990s and implications for the economy, for America's ability to compete globally, and for industry and education. In response to these workplace and demographic changes, the National Association for Industry-Education Cooperation utilized the technique of networking…
Descriptors: Business, Change Strategies, Cooperation, Delphi Technique
Bottoms, Gene – 1980
Vocational education serves secondary and postsecondary students, females and minority groups, special populations, and the disadvantaged. To administer vocational education, states use four basic governance structures. Keeping vocational curriculum current with the requirements of work is a continuing process. An effective program is a mix of…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Disadvantaged, Education Work Relationship, Educational Administration
Misko, Josie – 1997
A study examined processes of state training authorities, group training companies (GTCs), training colleges, and employers to ensure that apprentices/trainees (A/Ts) who are suspended or terminated due to lack of work have access to on-the-job training. Data on apprenticeship and traineeship commencements and cancellations were collected from…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Apprenticeships, Disabilities, Dislocated Workers
Bateman, Peter; And Others – 1991
Twenty-three projects funded by the Cooperative Demonstration Program (High Technology) in Fiscal Year 1988 were evaluated. The evaluation focused on project logic and design, implementation, and costs and benefits. Thirteen of the 23 applications were found to present clear and coherent design for their projects. Success was predicted for eight…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Cost Effectiveness, Curriculum Development, Demonstration Programs
Evans, Rupert E. – 1981
If it is to play a key role in the reindustrialization of the United States, vocational education must be improved. Although vocational education has grown substantially in size in recent years, its quality is spotty, characterized by excellent programs in some communities and poor programs in others. In order to contribute to reindustrialization,…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Disabilities, Economic Development, Education Work Relationship
Dole, Elizabeth – 1989
The U.S. work force is unready for the new jobs, unready for the new realities, unready for the new challenges of the 1990s. Across the board, jobs are demanding better reading, writing, and reasoning skills and more math and science. Statistics define the scope of the problem: 25 percent of young people drop out of high school; 70 percent of all…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, At Risk Persons, Basic Skills
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1995
These Congressional hearings contain testimony pertaining to the future of job training in Ohio. Among the topics discussed are the following: the job training needs of selected special needs groups, including convicted felons on probation, dislocated workers, displaced homemakers, unemployed individuals, underskilled employees, disadvantaged…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Vocational Education, Correctional Education, Disabilities
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