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Daugherty, Lindsay; Goldman, Charles A.; Butterfield, Lindsay; Miller, Trey – RAND Corporation, 2014
Many workforce-development needs, particularly those requiring baccalaureate degrees, remain unmet in some areas of Texas. Employers and students are calling for additional programs to develop workplace skills and to provide opportunities for career advancement. On May 22, 2013, the Texas Legislature approved a bill mandating a study on whether…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Bachelors Degrees, Career Academies, Labor Force Development
Ezziane, Zoheir – Educational Technology & Society, 2007
This paper aims to discuss the role and impact that information technology (IT) has on the future and existing style of learning and teaching. It highlights the importance of acquiring computer skills and being literate in IT. The focus is put on certain areas related to IT and education which include pedagogy and training to build IT literacy…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Role, Context Effect, Teaching Styles
Minnesota State Univ., Mankato. Center for Rural Policy and Development. – 2000
This report examines the role of the state in ensuring access to advanced telecommunications technologies by all Minnesotans and explores viable policy alternatives. Recommendations fall into four categories: access, affordability and competition, training and skills, and local initiative. Concerning access, the goal is for all Minnesotans to have…
Descriptors: American Indians, Economic Development, Educational Needs, Government Role
2001
A digital divide, a chasm between those with access to technology and training, particularly workplace information technology (IT) skills and those without, threatens the economic prosperity of American workers and America's competitiveness. The most effective way to reduce digital disparities is to improve the education and training of the…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Adult Education, Demand Occupations, Economic Development
National Centre for Vocational Education Research, Leabrook (Australia). – 2003
The Asian Business Council surveyed 40 large Asian businesses on training strategies, emerging skill shortages, government investment in training, and the quality of the education and training sector. Of the 25 businesses that responded, 23 had their head office in Asia and all but 3 had more than 500 employees. Although the responding businesses…
Descriptors: Corporate Education, Education Work Relationship, Educational Needs, Employer Attitudes
Gourova, Elissaveta; Burgelman, Jean-Claude; Bogdanowicz, Marc; Herrmann, Christoph – 2002
Trends in the development and utilization of information and communication technologies (ICT) in the 13 candidate countries for admission into the European Union(the CC13) were examined by a 12-member panel of experts and its staff. The analysis focused on the following topics: (1) the communication infrastructure available in the CC13; (2) issues…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Communications, Computer Security, Economic Change
Korea Research Inst. for Vocational Education and Training, Seoul. – 2001
This document contains the following seven papers, all in both English and Korean, from a conference on human resources development and school-to-work transitions in the knowledge-based society: "The U.S. Experience as a Knowledge-based Economy in Transition and Its Impact on Industrial and Employment Structures" (Eric Im); "Changes…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Developed Nations, Economic Development, Education Work Relationship
Hilton, Margaret – 2001
Employers are experiencing difficulties filling vacancies for information technology (IT) positions because of rapid growth in the demand for IT workers, high turnover, and the unique characteristics of IT work. In response to the growing demand for IT workers, public and private education and training providers are expanding their offerings and…
Descriptors: Consortia, Cooperative Planning, Coordination, Delivery Systems
Greenspan, Alan – 2000
From a macroeconomic perspective, the evolving demand for skills in the United States has been triggered by the accelerated expansion of computer and information technology, which has, in turn, brought significant changes to the workplace. Technological advances have made some wholly manual jobs obsolete. But even for many other workers, a rapidly…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Articulation (Education), Demand Occupations, Education Work Relationship
Dyrenfurth, Michael J. – 2000
The capabilities expected of technological workers upon entry into employment were examined. Data were collected through a review of the pertinent literature and an in-person, instrument-guided interview survey of a representative sample of representatives of approximately 250 manufacturing enterprises in nine sectors. The literature review…
Descriptors: Competence, Definitions, Education Work Relationship, Educational Needs
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 2003
The General Accounting Office (GAO) examined private-sector workforce training practices for information technology (IT) and non-IT professionals. Data were collected from the following sources: a literature review; discussions with academic and professional authorities; interviews with executives and managers at leading companies regarding their…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Case Studies, Corporate Education, Delivery Systems
Tampere Univ., Hameelinna (Finland). Dept. of Education. – 1994
This yearbook contains 18 papers reflecting the major trends in adult education research in the Nordic countries in 1992-93. The following papers are included: "Popular Adult Education and Social Mobilization: Reflections in Connection with the Swedish Committee on Power" (Rubenson); "Direction of Finnish Adult Education Policies…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Continuing Education
2000
This document contains the six of the seven keynote speeches from an international conference on vocational education and training (VET) for lifelong learning in the information era. "IVETA (International Vocational Education and Training Association) 2000 Conference 6-9 August 2000" (K.Y. Yeung) discusses the objectives and activities…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Economic Development, Education Work Relationship, Educational Administration
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1997
This congressional report contains testimony examining the status of vocational assistance and its role in work force development and the Clinton Administration's views on reforming the federal investment in vocational education. Testimony was provided by two U.S. senators (James M. Jeffords, Vermont; Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts) and…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Guidance, Community Colleges, Education Work Relationship
Walker, David M. – 2001
The Comptroller General of the United States testified before Congress regarding the General Accounting Office's (GAO's) framework for building the information technology (IT) work force to achieve results. The following were among the key points of his testimony: (1) the federal government is facing pervasive human capital challenges that are…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Administrator Role, Adult Education, Adult Learning
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