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Committee for Economic Development of The Conference Board, 2020
COVID-19 has left tens of millions of Americans out of work or uncertain about the future of their current jobs, and thousands of firms urgently reassessing their own viability and path forward. Even before the pandemic led to the highest national unemployment rate since the Great Depression, American businesses and workers were anxious about how…
Descriptors: Job Skills, Labor Force Development, Dislocated Workers, At Risk Persons
Brooks Lawrence, Deborah – ProQuest LLC, 2019
As life expectancy rates continue to rise, so does the need for continued participation in the workforce. Economic sustainability and aging in place become values anticipated and realized through longer life spans. The ability to maintain lifestyle is severely halted when individuals are faced with loss of employment. This qualitative case study…
Descriptors: Unemployment, Aging (Individuals), Employment, Dislocated Workers
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Mohammadi, Arefeh; Grosskopf, Kevin; Killingsworth, John – Adult Learning, 2020
The U.S. workforce is increasingly comprised of older adults, women, and minorities who lack basic skills and are unable to acquire these skills through traditional educational and training programs. New approaches are needed to provide effective training to the adult learner and flexible support for nontraditional students who must balance…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Electronic Learning, Experiential Learning, Nontraditional Students
Holzer, Harry J. – Hamilton Project, 2021
Workforce development in the United States today is spread across higher education institutions (primarily public two-year and for-profit colleges), labor market institutions, and workplaces, with public funding from a range of sources. But outcomes for students and workers are weaker than they could be, especially among disadvantaged students and…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Labor Force Development, Postsecondary Education
Jacobs, James; Worth, Jennifer – Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2019
Postsecondary workforce development is one of the major innovations of the modern community college. In a workforce approach, curriculum is driven by the needs of local industry, course delivery systems are sufficiently flexible to meet the diverse needs of students and industry, and students experience a mixture of work-based and classroom…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Community Colleges, Role of Education, Educational Trends
Boyer, MaryAngel – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Training programs that combine learning English with career and vocational skills are highly desired to prepare many displaced workers that are English speakers of other languages (ESOL). Globalization has caused jobs to be exported and brought to this country, people with needed skills that do not have full command of the English language. The…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, English Language Learners, Vocational Education, Employment Potential
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de los Santos, Gerardo – Community College Journal, 2011
The national completion agenda--manifested in President Obama's challenge to double the number of degree and certificate holders in the U.S. by 2020, and in the quest for employable skills by displaced workers in the current economic crisis--is having a transformative effect on America's community colleges. Calls from politicians, policy makers,…
Descriptors: Dislocated Workers, Community Colleges, Innovation, Unions
Greenstone, Michael; Looney, Adam – Hamilton Project, 2011
This paper discusses the importance of effective training and workforce development programs as part of a broader strategy to increase the competitiveness of American workers. Although rapid technological change and increasing global competition have delivered great economic benefits to the U.S. economy overall, the development of new and more…
Descriptors: Job Training, Job Skills, Labor Force Development, Strategic Planning
American Association of Community Colleges, Washington, DC. – 1998
Employment and training programs in the United States have evolved through several legislative incarnations since the early 1960s. The Workforce Investment Act (WIA), signed by the President on August 7, 1998, made dramatic changes in the way employment and training services are delivered, creating a new governance structure consisting of state…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Community Colleges, Dislocated Workers, Educational Legislation
Jacobson, Louis S.; LaLonde, Robert J.; Sullivan, Daniel G. – 2001
This paper presents new evidence regarding the benefits of retraining prime-aged adults by analyzing the impacts of community college schooling on displaced workers in Washington State during the 1990s. The authors also conducted a similar analysis of a small program that provided community college courses to workers displaced from their jobs…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Age Groups, Community Colleges, Dislocated Workers
Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, Olympia. – 1995
Since 1993, Washington community and technical colleges have received funds under the Workforce Employment and Training Act to provide new and expanded retraining programs to serve unemployed workers. This report reviews accomplishments of the colleges under the provisions of the act from 1993-95, providing detailed information about the colleges'…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Dislocated Workers, Job Development, Job Skills
Johnston, Cynthia W.; Nelson, Gary L. – 2002
In the continuing search for skilled workers, employers are increasingly looking to community colleges as the primary training providers for welfare recipients, unemployed workers, and those seeking to increase skills and improve careers. Central Piedmont Community College (CPCC) (North Carolina) provides individuals with the skills and education…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Career Development, Career Ladders, Community Colleges
Bloom, Howard S. – 1990
This monograph presents results from a study of the Texas Worker Adjustment Demonstration, a 2,192-person randomized experimental evaluation of reemployment programs for displaced workers conducted at three Texas sites during 1984-85. It describes in detail: (1) the background, design, conduct, and content of the programs at each demonstration…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Demonstration Programs, Dislocated Workers, Employment Programs
Flynn, Patricia M. – 1992
This paper demonstrates that production life-cycle models provide a conceptual framework to analyze systematically the interrelationships between industrial and technological change and human resources. Section II presents the life-cycle model, focusing on its implications for the types and level of employment and skill requirements in an area.…
Descriptors: Competition, Dislocated Workers, Economic Development, Emerging Occupations
McCarthy, Karin; Lashman, Rebekah – 1994
This report is the product of a project called Investing in People, in which the National Conference of Legislatures and Jobs for the Future helped five states as they tried to develop and implement work force preparation and training strategies to meet the challenge of a competitive global economy. The report is organized in six sections. The…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Demand Occupations, Dislocated Workers, Employment Practices
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