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Kougias, Ioannis; Seremeti, Lambrini; Kalogeras, Dimitris – European Journal of Training and Development, 2013
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore and present a higher education initiative towards the training and development of Eastern European citizens, who migrate to Greece, in pursuit of bettering their economic conditions and, simultaneously, become evolving social entities, adaptable to heterogeneous environments.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Labor Force Development, Migrant Adult Education, Immigrants
Prescott, Brian T. – Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, 2014
As educational attainment grows increasingly more essential to individual and societal prosperity and simultaneously more expensive, policymakers' appetite for evidence of the return on the investment in a college education has swelled and they increasingly want to equip prospective college students and their families with concrete information…
Descriptors: Data, Accountability, Human Capital, Mobility
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Schultz, Jennifer L.; Higbee, Jeanne L. – American Journal of Business Education, 2011
This purpose of this paper is to summarize the principles of integrated multicultural instructional design (IMID; Higbee, Goff, & Schultz, in press; Higbee, Schultz, & Goff, 2010) and present specific strategies for incorporating IMID in management education. The primary goal of IMID is to promote the integration of multicultural content…
Descriptors: Management Development, Instructional Design, Cultural Pluralism, Multicultural Education
North Dakota University System, 2011
This issue of "Legislative Review" takes a look at the news in higher education from February 21 to 25, 2011. This Legislative Review reports that: (1) HB 1003, the University System budget bill, was approved February 23 as amended by the House Appropriations, Education and Environment Division on a vote of 64-29; (2) Sponsored by…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Consumer Education, Agronomy, Vocational Education
Bailey, Anne Lowrey – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1987
A program at Brandeis University uses literature to help professionals confront career dilemmas and work-related moral issues. Program participants say literature provides a "non-threatening" way to discuss difficult subjects. Doctors, legislators, corporate executives, public-school teachers, etc. have participated. (MLW)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Discussion, Higher Education, Humanities
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Austin. – 1990
In 1989, in an effort to prepare the Texas economy for successful global competition, the Texas legislature mandated regional Quality Workforce Planning for vocational-technical education, calling on educators and employers to form training partnerships to strengthen the state's work force. In response to this legislation, 9 of Texas's 24 planning…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, College School Cooperation, Committees, Community Colleges
Ngok, Lee; Lam, Agnes – 1994
This book, which is based on several first-hand studies, provides an overview of professional and continuing education in Hong Kong and examines selected issues in the field. The following chapters are included: "Preface" (Lee Ngok, Agnes Lam); "Introduction" (Lee Ngok, Agnes Lam); "The Role of Government in Human Resource…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Consortia