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Download full textSmith, Billy G. – 1985
Developed for those actively involved with planning the future of two-year postsecondary educational institutions, this publication synthesizes information from the literature with the knowledge and practice in the field regarding the impact of the new adult majority. Chapter I summarizes the issues. Chapter II provides an overview of some of the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Change, Educational Change
San Diego State Univ., CA. – 1988
There are numerous examples of highly trained, capable individuals that face layoffs because of technological or economic changes that have eliminated the need for their services. This project was designed to provide a one-step opportunity for people such as these to identify opportunities in emerging technologies, to plan a retraining program, to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Biological Sciences, Case Studies, Course Descriptions
Bolton, William; Clyde, Albert – 1989
Further education (FE) colleges in England are facing a reduced level of support from local and central government and an increased level of competition for customers. At the same time, the demographic trends mean a reduction in numbers in the age group that, traditionally, has provided the most full-time and part-time FE students. FE colleges…
Descriptors: College Programs, Continuing Education, Education Work Relationship, Educational Innovation
Hollenbeck, Kevin, Ed.; And Others – 1984
This volume presents 19 papers and reactor comments from the third annual Policy Forum on Employability Development, which focused on the information and program options needed to prevent and ameliorate worker displacement. The first four papers describe and assess the context of the problem. Topics include national policy and local program…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Education, Conference Proceedings, Dislocated Workers
Lemons, C. Dale – 1984
Today, this country is facing awesome challenges. Technology is changing all aspects of life, while work force requirements shift rapidly, swelling the numbers of workers who need to be retrained. At the same time, information technologies are creating changes in the automated office. Higher-level literacy is required for most workers in this…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Cognitive Processes, Computer Oriented Programs, Computers
Barnow, Burt S., Ed.; King, Christopher T., Ed. – 2000
This book, which is intended for policymakers, administrators, and researchers, contains 13 research papers and reviews of the literature on increasing the effectiveness of publicly funded training. The following papers are included: "Publicly Funded Training in a Changing Labor Market" (Burt S. Barnow, Christopher T. King); "The…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cost Effectiveness, Disadvantaged, Dislocated Workers
