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Cosgrove, James – US Government Accountability Office, 2019
Members of Congress and others have questioned whether expanding the scope of the Medicare graduate medical education (GME) program to include nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) could help mitigate the effects of a physician shortage in the United States. A Senate Committee on Appropriations report asked the US Government…
Descriptors: Graduate Medical Education, Allied Health Personnel, Nurses, Physicians
Reindl, Travis; Reyna, Ryan – NGA Center for Best Practices, 2011
Public colleges and universities, which educate the vast majority of the nation's students, are an important part of states' economic competitiveness efforts. These institutions face a number of pressures that will demand increased productivity and a data driven investment strategy moving forward. Increasing productivity in higher education will…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Public Colleges, Accountability, Competition
Chisman, Forrest P. – Council for Advancement of Adult Literacy (NJ1), 2009
The publication is based on the "Adult Readiness Roundtable" Project co-sponsored by CAAL and the National Center on Education and the Economy on April 6-7, 2009. It is not a transcript of the Roundtable discussion; instead it reports on a two-day discussion meeting among a group of exemplary adult-education-for-work programs from around the…
Descriptors: State Action, Adult Education, Educational Change, Public Policy
California Postsecondary Education Commission, 2007
This report is the third in a series of measure reports that examine the economic, civic, and social development of the state by its systems of higher education. This report measures degrees awarded in selected areas of employment against workforce demand. The report found: (1) California's postsecondary schools are not producing enough graduates…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Graduates, Education Work Relationship, Engineering
Sanyal, Bikas C. – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Education, 1973
The author writes in favor of gearing educational systems to long-term manpower requirements as he responds to Professor Mark Blaug's article ("Prospects" v2, n4, Winter 1973) which advocates cost-benefit analysis as a tool for educational planning. (JH)
Descriptors: Accountability, Cost Effectiveness, Developing Nations, Educational Planning
Blaug, Mark – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Education, 1973
The author responds to Mr. Sanyal's comments which preceed his and which are addressed to the author's article ("Prospects," v2, n4, Winter 72) by discussing the issues of over-expansion of higher education in developing countries and the usefulness of manpower-forecasting in educational planning. (JH)
Descriptors: Accountability, Cost Effectiveness, Developing Nations, Educational Planning
American Vocational Journal, 1971
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Needs, Federal Legislation, General Education
California Postsecondary Education Commission, 2007
The California Postsecondary Education Commission recently adopted three reports dealing with postsecondary education and the economy, as part of its Higher Education Performance and Accountability Framework. The reports examined three specific measures: (1) Educational attainment of the population; (2) Links between degree attainment and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Accountability, Educational Attainment, Advisory Committees
Harris, Linda; Tsoi-A-Fatt, Rhonda – Center for Law and Social Policy, Inc. (CLASP), 2007
This paper presents Center for Law and Social Policy's (CLASP's) recommendations on how No Child Left Behind (NCLB) could better address the workforce challenges faced by this country. CLASP is a nonprofit organization engaged in research, analysis, technical assistance, and advocacy on a range of issues affecting low-income families. The…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Educational Change, Education Work Relationship, High Schools
Atwater, D. M.; And Others – 1978
The system being tested for the U.S. Navy civilian workforce to integrate equal employment opportunity (EEO) goals into an accountability and tracking system for effective management action is described in this report. The system is described as one that moved from a top down modeling oriented system previously used to a bottom up information…
Descriptors: Accountability, Affirmative Action, Employment Projections, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Commission of the European Communities, Brussels (Belgium). Directorate-General for Education and Culture. – 2001
This document provides information relevant to the commission's communication on "Making a European Area of Lifelong Learning a Reality." Section 2 presents a selection of illustrative examples of lifelong learning in practice throughout Europe, grouped under these same priority areas used in the communication itself: valuing learning;…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accountability, Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills
2000
This booklet explains how local communities can organize and structure their one-stop centers so that business is viewed as a customer of the system. The introduction provides an overview of the booklet's development and purpose. The following key attributes underpinning a workforce investment system that views business as its customer are…
Descriptors: Accountability, Advisory Committees, Career Centers, Certification
National Governors' Association, Washington, DC. Center for Policy Research. – 1990
These conference proceedings contain 18 presentations that represent a broad range of approaches to improving the effectiveness of public employment, education, and training programs. Papers include "Kentucky Job Training Certificate System" (Rigsby); "Public/Private Training Collaboration at the Workplace: The Michigan Job Opportunity…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Apprenticeships, At Risk Persons
Council on Competitiveness, Washington, DC. – 1998
This document reports on how key stakeholders in work force preparedness nationwide are responding to pressures of the skills race. Part 1 presents an overview of the skills challenge and the economic and social consequences of failing to meet the challenge. Part 2 examines the impact of the skills shortage on major stakeholders and explains how…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Education, Change