Strong, ongoing collaboration between business and higher education offers a solution to a growing skill shortage. But to see changes at scale, partnerships must exist within an ecosystem that fosters regular communication, relays industry needs to the academic community, and demonstrates to educators the larger marketplace for those skills. This…

This playbook provides ways in which business and industry can blur the lines between high school, postsecondary education, and the workforce. Business and industry play a significant role to Raise the Bar for student success by developing an "education-to-workforce system" focusing on Unlocking Career Success.

Our Community College Advanced Manufacturing Career Pathways initiative work outlines valuable guidance on employer engagement. Building Sustainable Partnerships with Business and Industry challenges college leaders to re-think the roles industry plays in shaping workforce programs and re-design how the college engages with industry to develop…

The most important components of an academic institution are the educational programs it offers. California Education Code and accreditation standards emphasize the essential nature of a college's educational programs to that college's existence, and often a college's programs reflect the individual personality of the college and the uniqueness of…

As communities across California commit to developing systems of high school pathways that will engage students in school and prepare them to succeed in postsecondary opportunities and contribute to a vital regional economy, many are realizing the importance of providing "broad-based support" for this work. Students need a choice of…

This booklet is designed to aid small manufacturing companies in ascertaining the meaning of going metric for their unique circumstances and to guide them in making a smooth conversion to the metric system. First is a brief discussion of what the law says about metrics and what the metric system is. Then what is involved in going metric is…

Traditional and novel uses of enzymes and microbes in the baking, brewing, and dairy industries are described. Cheese, yogurt, baking, brewing, vinegar, soy sauce, single-cell proteins, enzymes, food modification, vanilla, citric acid, monosodium glutamate, xanthan gum, aspartame, and cochineal are discussed. Industrial links with firms involved…

Unions and their membership are listening and yielding to economic realities. This article examines the process of concession bargaining and its likely outcomes. The process includes establishing the rationale for reopening the current agreement, timing, special proposals, unions' concerns, and areas for mutual agreement. (Author/MLF)

The booklet is intended to answer employers' common questions regarding safety of disabled workers during emergencies. The importance of prevention is stressed, and the value of good safety habits in decreasing potential danger considered. Adequate and coordinated planning are seen as critical. Evacuation assistance for the physically handicapped,…

Reviews the origins of the Umstead Act (NC), its purposes and prohibitions, the provisions pertaining to schools, and some possible defenses if a violation of the act is alleged. The purpose of the act is to curtail competition by government with private business. (MD)

Examines the academic leave of absence as a way for technical writing teachers to gain significant industry experience. Provides suggestions for selecting an appropriate leave opportunity, choosing tasks to complete, negotiating contracts with the company and college, and using the leave experience to improve teaching and to advance one's career.…

This publication provides information on occupations in industrial metalworking in the Federal Republic of Germany. Section I contains the German vocational training regulations for these occupations, including an overview of training, examinations, reorganization of the industrial metalworking trades, and characteristic features of the new…

Concessions or "give-backs" by unions highlighted three major bargaining agreements, covering nearly one million workers, concluded in the first months of 1982. The bargaining agreements reveal union willingness to make major pay concessions. (Author/MLF)

Describes an innovative approach to building and utilizing "consulternships," industry-university partnerships which reflect a blend of professional consulting engagements, student internships, and faculty externships. Describes the need for consulternships, their advantages and disadvantages, and how to establish them. Describes a case study at…

This paper addresses the specific concerns of gaining entry into formal and complex organizational settings, specifically businesses, to conduct field research. Accounts of other researchers' experiences and the authors' own field data are analyzed and viewed within an open systems organizational framework. Through the use of metaphors relating to…