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Business-Higher Education Forum, 2021
In 2018, BHEF and the Business Roundtable joined forces to create the Workforce Partnership Initiative (WPI). The initiative invited Business Roundtable CEOs to form multi-company partnerships and connect with leaders of postsecondary institutions to meet regional workforce needs. Dozens of CEOs responded, and the JPMorgan Chase Foundation awarded…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, School Business Relationship, Postsecondary Education, Labor Force Development
Dietz, Erika Gustafson; Darragh Ernst, Johnna – ZERO TO THREE, 2023
This article highlights two competency-based coaching and mentoring models for the incumbent infant-toddler workforce, designed and implemented at two Illinois institutions of higher education. Each model has been intentionally developed with an antibias and equity lens, focused on cultivating a diverse workforce of practitioners through…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Equal Education, Experiential Learning, Competency Based Education
Division of Community Colleges and Workforce Preparation, Iowa Department of Education, 2022
The Pathways for Academic Career and Employment (PACE) program is established to provide funding to community colleges for the development of programs that will lead to gainful, quality, in-state employment for members of target populations by providing them with both effective academic and employment training to ensure gainful employment and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, School Business Relationship, Partnerships in Education, Employment Opportunities
Division of Community Colleges and Workforce Preparation, Iowa Department of Education, 2021
The Pathways for Academic Career and Employment (PACE) program is established to provide funding to community colleges for the development of programs that will lead to gainful, quality, in-state employment for members of target populations by providing them with both effective academic and employment training to ensure gainful employment and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, School Business Relationship, Partnerships in Education, Employment Opportunities
Division of Community Colleges and Workforce Preparation, Iowa Department of Education, 2020
The Pathways for Academic Career and Employment (PACE) program is established to provide funding to community colleges for the development of programs that will lead to gainful, quality, in-state employment for members of target populations by providing them with both effective academic training to ensure gainful employment and customized support…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Labor Force Development, Labor Legislation, Financial Support
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Killingsworth, John; Grosskopf, Kevin R. – Adult Learning, 2013
With high unemployment and structural changes to industry, workforce development in the United States is a growing concern. Many semiskilled workers lack knowledge, skills, and abilities to be competitive for reemployment to green jobs. Nebraska's syNErgy research grant was introduced to address the training needs of unemployed and underemployed…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Semiskilled Workers, Emerging Occupations, Educational Needs
Shulock, Nancy; Chisholm, Eric; Moore, Colleen; Harris, Latonya – Institute for Higher Education Leadership & Policy, 2012
California's community colleges are key to resolving the shortage of educated workers that is threatening the competitive position of the state's economy. Tremendous potential for addressing this challenge resides in the system's career technical education (CTE) mission which, with appropriate structures and support, could help many more students…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Attainment, Community Colleges, College Role
Hause, Ellen M., Ed. – American Association of Community Colleges (NJ1), 2010
MentorLinks, part of the Advancing Technological Education program supported by the National Science Foundation and administered by the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), provides technical assistance and networking opportunities to improve community college programs that prepare technicians in the science, technology, engineering,…
Descriptors: Credentials, Information Technology, Educational Opportunities, Experiential Learning
Shulock, Nancy; Moore, Colleen – Institute for Higher Education Leadership & Policy, 2013
The California Community Colleges are vital to closing the projected shortfall of Californians with a postsecondary credential and sustaining the state's economic competitiveness. Increasing the number of students who pursue and earn certificates and associate degrees in career technical education (CTE) fields is an important component of the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Attainment, Community Colleges, College Role