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Business Roundtable, New York, NY. – 1988
Because of the critical importance of education to the productivity and competitiveness of business, the Ad Hoc Committee on Education, comprised of senior executives from major corporations, was established in November 1987 to identify actions the Business Roundtable could take to improve the quality of elementary and secondary education in the…
Descriptors: Corporate Support, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textNational Alliance of Business, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1990
This guide is one of a series of publications that the National Alliance of Business is providing to stimulate and sustain U.S. business efforts to restructure public education in order to make it more responsive to the changing requirements of the modern workplace. This publication provides business people with some of the tools that will help…
Descriptors: Business Responsibility, Cooperative Programs, Corporate Support, Educational Change
Community Coll. of Rhode Island, Warwick. – 1994
This guide provides educators with information about developing partnerships with businesses. It begins with a rationale for forging education-business relationships and highlights benefits to all parties--educators, businesses, and students. The Rhode Island Tech Prep Associate Degree Program is cited as an example of how to create win-win…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Associate Degrees, Community Colleges, Corporate Support
Peer reviewedOrr, Marion – Urban Review, 1993
Examines the development and implementation of a school compact program in the Detroit (Michigan) Public School System. Demonstrates its initiation by corporate leaders; and highlights some issues faced by elected officials, schools, and the community while making compact agreements. Problems still faced by the Detroit Compact are reviewed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs, Corporate Support
Brown, Bettina Lankard – 1997
Future workers will need to develop global awareness and an understanding of competitive, cultural, and economic factors that influence ways of doing business to work in the international arena. Vocational education, the educational program area specifically designed to prepare students for work, must infuse international concepts into programs so…
Descriptors: Business Education, Corporate Support, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
Rosenbaum, James E.; And Others – 1992
These seven papers offer a menu of alternative approaches to apprenticeships and suggests the advantages and disadvantages of each. "Apprenticeship Learning: Principles for Connecting Schools and Work Places" (James Rosenbaum) indicates how fundamental changes in the global economy virtually require improved education of all youth and why teachers…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Corporate Support, Education Work Relationship, Educational Certificates
