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Stevens, Adrian Paul – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Problem Statement. There is a growing need and demand for the "knowledge worker" within the business community. The limited amount of research on the role and impact of public universities suggests the need for addressing the training and workforce development needs of private industry. Purpose. The purpose of this study was fourfold:…
Descriptors: Human Capital, State Universities, Industry, Continuing Education
Wallis, Emma – Journal of In-service Education, 2008
This article draws upon original qualitative data to present an initial assessment of the significance of learning agreements for the development of socially responsible approaches to professional and human resource development within the workplace. The article suggests that the adoption of a partnership-based approach to learning is more…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Responsibility, Labor Force Development, Human Resources
Kantor, Sherrie L. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1994
Describes strategies for providing instruction to fully employed learners in the work setting, emphasizing the need for faculty development activities to expand teacher horizons. Suggests that, despite similarities to traditional on-campus instruction, colleges must take into account the considerations of students, clients, subject matter, and…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Community Colleges, Continuing Education, Contract Training
Fox Valley Technical Coll., Appleton, WI. – 1995
This plan describes the contract training and technical assistance services provided by Wisconsin's Fox Valley Technical College (FVTC) to area employers, focusing on the status of the services and ways to improve delivery for the July 1995 to June 1997 period. Following an executive summary, the second section focuses on contract services…
Descriptors: College Planning, Contract Training, Delivery Systems, Employment Opportunities
Jacobs, James; Bragg, Debra – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1994
Provides a conceptual framework for categorizing variables and elements used in evaluating customized training programs and for the maintenance of records demonstrating the accountability of the programs. Suggests a model based on variables associated with the educational context, processes used to fill client needs, and outcomes of the program.…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Community Colleges, Contract Training, Labor Force Development
Barnett, Lynn – 1995
In April 1994, the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) was awarded a $600,000 grant from the Department of Labor for a project to enhance community colleges' capacity to meet national workforce training needs. The project featured three components: (1) the development of a national network of state representatives of community…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Contract Training, Databases, Government School Relationship
Jones, Ansleigh, Ed. – 1995
This report provides a summary of the American Association of Community Colleges' (AACC's) second Workforce Development Institute (WDI), held January 18 to 21, 1995 to provide community college workforce service providers with resources and training. Introductory materials describe the WDI, its regional forums, the AACC's related National…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Contract Training, Databases, Education Work Relationship
Hughes, Maria – 2003
Successful employer engagement requires that colleges in the United Kingdom secure employers' involvement in the design, development, management, and delivery of post-16 learning so that the skill needs of employers and the workforce will be met and the increased productivity, competitiveness, and efficiency of individual organizations and the…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Articulation (Education), Contract Training, Education Work Relationship