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Deeds, Donna M. – Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, 2017
This report was commissioned by Mid-America Regional Council and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation to gain an understanding of the current state of Career and Technical Education (CTE) in nine counties of the Kansas City region: Missouri counties of Cass, Clay, Jackson, Platte, and Ray; and Kansas counties of Johnson, Leavenworth, Miami, and…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Educational Practices, Barriers, Incentives
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Bhengu, Theo; Cele, Nhlanhla; Menon, Kirti – South African Journal of Higher Education, 2006
Value for money as one of the principles of quality assurance in education has often been perceived and significantly misconstrued as placing emphasis on financial efficiency. This mechanistic view of "value for money" in South Africa has been given impetus by what Melck (2001) calls managerial practices and what Cele and Menon (2006)…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Quality, Quality Control, Educational Administration
McCord, Alice Bird – 1983
A recent survey of retailing firms, ranging from single stores to nationwide chains, showed that the most significant human resources challenge facing these organizations is how to attract and retain qualified employees. Faced with the many changes in the retailing industry and in the composition of the work force that have taken place over the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Education Work Relationship, Educational Attitudes
2001
This document contains three papers on human resource development (HRD) in Asia. "The Experiences of HRD Professionals Participating in Continuing Professional Development in Taiwan" (Yu-Shu [Jason] Chen) reports on a study that was based on the method of hermeneutic phenomenology and conducted to describe and interpret the experiences…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Corporations, Education Work Relationship, Educational Attitudes
Dirkx, John M., Ed. – 1996
These proceedings comprise 33 presentations. They are "Glaser or Strauss?"(Babchuk); "Reframing Participation in Adult Education Programs" (Babchuk); "Multicultural Adult Education as Discourse in the Social Construction of Reality" (Baptiste); "Political Construction of Adult Education" (Baptiste, Heaney);…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Citizenship Education
Sanguinetti, Jill, Ed.; Bradshaw, Delia, Ed. – 2000
This document contains 10 papers about and from a national forum that was conducted by the Adult Literacy and Numeracy Australian Research Consortium (ALNARC) to gather various perspectives on the inclusion of literacy and numeracy standards in Australia's national training packages and to discuss research about the implementation of training…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Administrator Attitudes, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy
2002
This document contains three papers from a symposium on characteristics orientation, needs, and expectations. "Characteristics Orientation of Emerging Professions: Implications for Research, Policy, and Practice of Continuing Professional Education" (William H. Young, Margot B. Weinstein) reports on a qualitative study that examined…
Descriptors: Administrators, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Business Administration Education
Sanguinetti, Jill – 2000
The effects of the inclusion of literacy and numeracy competencies within Australia's food processing industry training package were examined in two case studies of training at two food processing facilities in Victoria. The first case study involved a large pasta factory that had approximately 270 employees and a contract with a registered…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy
Kelly, Ann; Searle, Jean – 2000
The effects of the inclusion of literacy and numeracy competencies within Australia's civil construction industry training package were examined in a case study in Queensland. Data were collected through the following activities: interviews with trainers, workplace teachers, and workers; observations of training at an on-site training session on…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy