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Jobs for the Future, 2021
This report from JFF with a select group of community college practitioners, makes the case for policymakers, employers and practitioners to invest in and strengthen short-term credentialing programs to rapidly retrain unemployed workers for better career prospects, especially workers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. It includes key commitments…
Descriptors: Credentials, Retraining, Unemployment, COVID-19
Samide, Jeff L., Ed.; Eliason, Grafton T., Ed.; Patrick, John – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2011
The purpose of Career Development in Higher Education is to provide a broad and in-depth look at the field of career development as it applies to individuals involved in higher education activities, in a variety of educational and vocational training settings. The book will examine some of the field's major themes, approaches and assumptions using…
Descriptors: Career Development, Higher Education, Labor Force Development, Career Choice
Fields, Cheryl M. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1987
Private organizations and state governments are increasingly seeking out businesses with training needs they cannot fulfill themselves and finding community colleges willing to set up flexible retraining programs quickly. (MSE)
Descriptors: Consultants, Higher Education, Labor Force Development, Labor Needs
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Levin, Henry M. – Change, 1984
Contrary to reports, high technology is not likely to add large numbers of jobs for highly educated and trained persons. A policy of recurrent education must be established so that individuals can move from the workplace to retraining programs and back. (MLW)
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Policy, Employment Projections, Higher Education
Canadian Vocational Journal, 1991
Discusses the importance of continuous learning to Canada's national prosperity. Recommends an initial focus on the retraining of teachers and managers, national standards, local relevance, differentiation and specialization of universities, and investments in computer-assisted learning. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Economic Factors, Foreign Countries
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West, Ann – CUPA Journal, 1999
The challenge of recruiting, retaining, and retraining college and university information technology (IT) staff affects the entire institution. Some issues in the impending IT staff crisis are outlined, particularly trends in demand for technology workers, and steps are suggested for campus IT leaders to take to minimize the effect of staff…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Planning, Higher Education, Information Scientists
de Wilde, Roline; van Rosmalen, Karel – 1990
This paper examines the new demands made by industries' human resource management for retraining of their employees to meet the consequences of technological change and what this means in terms of the content of educational programs and new markets for educational institutions. Some joint ventures between educational institutions and industry in…
Descriptors: Corporate Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Human Resources
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Watts, Glenn E. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1983
Continuing workplace education in the form of training and retraining is seen as the key to employment security for American workers in the information age. Labor unions must be prepared to change with the times. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Employment Opportunities, Futures (of Society), Higher Education, Information Services
Edgerton, Russ – AAHE Bulletin, 1983
The need for a new agenda for higher education is discussed. It is suggested that colleges need an informed vision of the kind of people needed to transform the economy. Higher education needs to ask whether late 19th-century models of education are appropriate for educating people for a 21st-century world of global competition. Five areas that…
Descriptors: College Preparation, College Role, Economic Climate, Education Work Relationship
Widmar, Gary E.; Mischon, Ray – Metropolitan Universities: An International Forum, 1997
Project Refocus, the University of Missouri Kansas City's long-term, cross-sector collaborative project brings together business, labor, government, and higher education to address changing employment needs and retraining of laid-off workers. The program's 15-year evolution, activities, achievements, and lessons learned are described. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Government School Relationship, Higher Education, Institutional Cooperation, Labor Force Development
Brademas, John – 1984
The role of colleges in providing educational opportunities for adults during the 1980s is discussed by the president of New York University. Relevant federal legislation is noted, along with New York University's programming for adults. The following five national priorities for adult education are considered: (1) more attention should be…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Access to Education, Adult Students, College Role
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Ellis, Paul; And Others – Educational and Training Technology International, 1989
Six articles and case studies examine continuing education in the United Kingdom. Highlights include vocational education and training; the Professional, Industrial and Commercial Updating Programme (PICKUP); retraining in software engineering; Higher Introductory Technology and Engineering Conversion Course (HITECC); training needs in…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Adult Vocational Education, Case Studies, Competency Based Education
Labor/Higher Education Council, Washington, DC. – 1989
At the meeting reported in this document, 65 union leaders and staff interacted with officials from 16 colleges and universities and 8 higher education associations to discuss and report on issues of labor-higher education collaboration. These edited proceedings include the following presentations: "Developing the Intellectual Equivalent of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cooperative Programs, Economics, Education Work Relationship
Olson, Lawrence – 1982
The importance of higher education in providing the skilled labor force needed to respond to changing technologies; the cost-efficiency of independent higher education; and implications for government, industry, and independent higher education are considered. The most readily changing technologies include computers and electronics, satellite…
Descriptors: College Role, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Benefits, Eligibility
West, Ann – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1998
The challenge of recruiting, retaining, and retraining information technology (IT) staff in colleges and universities affects the entire institution, not just the IT organization. Some of the issues surrounding the projected IT staffing crisis are outlined, and steps campus IT leaders can take to minimize the effect of staff turnover on…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Administration, College Planning, Higher Education
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