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Download full textMcGranahan, David A. – Rural South: Preparing for the Challenges of the 21st Century, 2001
Manufacturing employs a declining share of the U.S. labor force but is still the most important sector of Southern rural economies. Manufacturing has played a major role in reducing poverty in the rural South and is particularly important to economies where tourism, recreation, or commuting is not strong. Historically, manufacturers moved to the…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Attainment, Educational Needs, Job Training
Peer reviewedFlory, Harriette – Community Services Catalyst, 1986
At Raymond Walters College (RWC), a two-year branch of the University of Cincinnati, the concept of developing linkages with business and industry began in 1983 with the creation of a new administrative office of Educational Services and a new community advisory board, the RWC Work and Learning Council. Though RWC provides noncredit training in a…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Community Colleges, Cooperative Education, Engineering Technology
Cosper, Denise M., Ed. – Southern Perspectives, 1999
This theme issue of the newsletter "Southern Perspectives" contains five articles on labor supply and demand issues in the rural South: "An Overview of Employment Changes in the Nonmetropolitan South" (David L. Barkley) examines nonmetro earnings trends in 16 southern states and employment trends in selected industries in the…
Descriptors: Demography, Dropout Rate, Education Work Relationship, Educational Attainment
Connector, 1996
Four newsletter issues address aspects of adult immigrant education for employment. The first focuses on the manufacturing industry, with articles describing a Pima County Adult Education (Arizona) program concerning quality standards, an El Paso Community College (Texas) program for employees of companies in transition, and survey results on…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development, Education Work Relationship
Wagner, June G. – Keying In, 2003
This newsletter contains two articles dealing with the changing shape of corporations. The article "Trends in Business Culture" argues that Wal-Mart's emergence as the largest corporation in the United States reflects the larger economic shift in the U.S. economy from production of goods to provision of abstract goods such as services…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Education, Aging (Individuals), Case Studies
