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Marsden, Gordon – Adults Learning, 2010
There are things in the skills White Paper that those who care passionately about lifelong learning and the empowerment of adult learners will welcome. But as well as admiring the angels in the architecture, the author contends, they need to look for the devils in the detail. The White Paper cannot be considered apart from the spending review…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Lifelong Learning, Adult Learning, Position Papers
Thomson, Alastair – Adults Learning, 2009
On 11 November the Government published its third skills strategy for England in six years (quite apart from Lord Leitch's "Review of Skills" commissioned by the Treasury). Entitled "Skills for Growth: the national skills strategy," this White Paper, together with a separate analytical paper and a "Skills Investment…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Policy Analysis, Public Policy, Position Papers
Simon, Sion; Cushman, Mike; Bazalgette, Cary; Lewis, Christine; Hay, Jocelyn; Foster, Don; Innocent, Natasha; Jones, Wendy; Purvis, Stewart; Milner, Helen – Adults Learning, 2009
The Digital Britain White Paper outlines the Government's vision for the digital future of the country. In this article a number of industry experts, stakeholders, politicians and commentators tell how they viewed the report and its likely repercussions.
Descriptors: Position Papers, Policy Analysis, Public Policy, Information Technology
Thomson, Alastair – Adults Learning, 2007
Recent policy reports by Lord Leitch and Sir Michael Lyons on educational skills and corresponding government spending raise the question of how a demand-led system for adult skills led by employers can operate concurrent with intertwined policies driven by different factors. There is also the need to integrate with regional policy and policies…
Descriptors: Local Government, Public Policy, Adult Education, Educational Policy
Biswas, Radha Roy; Mills, Jack; Prince, Heath – Jobs for the Future, 2005
In their 2004 State of the State speeches, the nation's governors cited many issues competing for their attention and their states' resources, including health care, education, crime, and security (Nodine 2004). Among the most compelling challenges were those related to economic development and the ability of a state's workforce to meet the needs…
Descriptors: Skill Development, Economic Development, Labor Force Development, Case Studies
Lynch, Edward J. – 1982
The largest public community college in Michigan, Macomb Community College (MCC), is located in the county that is most closely tied to Michigan's automobile industry. Because of recent high unemployment in the automobile industry, MCC must now expand its occupational offerings to meet the needs of displaced workers who must either gain new skills…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Educational Planning, Employment Patterns, Federal Aid
Knapp, Charles B. – 1982
The following three major issues should be addressed during the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) reauthorization debate: program objectives, program effectiveness, and CETA's reliability as a delivery system. Suggested as a tool to reduce unemployment, reduce inflation, reduce welfare dependency, and provide fiscal relief to state…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Delivery Systems, Disadvantaged, Educational Legislation
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1982
This congressional report contains testimony given in relation to the passage of the Vocational and Adult Education Consolidation Act (S. 2325). (The Vocational and Adult Education Consolidation Act is legislation designed to consolidate existing federal vocational and adult education programs, to simplify requirements for states and other…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Basic Skills, Block Grants, Educational Finance
Greenspan, Alan – 2000
From a macroeconomic perspective, the evolving demand for skills in the United States has been triggered by the accelerated expansion of computer and information technology, which has, in turn, brought significant changes to the workplace. Technological advances have made some wholly manual jobs obsolete. But even for many other workers, a rapidly…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Articulation (Education), Demand Occupations, Education Work Relationship
Learning and Skills Development Agency, London (England). – 2001
The Learning and Skills Development Agency agrees that national training organizations (NTOs) have a vital role to play in delivering the United Kingdom's skills agenda and that doing so will require strengthening their role. The agency particularly welcomes the fact that the NTO framework will do the following things: include clear statements of…
Descriptors: College Programs, Cooperative Planning, Delivery Systems, Education Work Relationship
Lauglo, Jon – 2001
The impacts and cost-effectiveness of adult basic education (ABE) in Sub-Saharan Africa were examined in a review of the new generation of ABE programs in the region. African experts and other international resource persons examined documentation from recent adult literacy, numeracy, and other educational programs targeted toward individuals over…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Change Strategies
Relave, Nanette – Issue Notes, 2000
To help families leave public assistance and escape poverty, the public sector must invest in career advancement strategies that enable parents to access jobs with family-supporting wages, benefits, and opportunities for career advancement. Welfare time limits have made career advancement more important than ever. The following services promote…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Career Counseling, Career Development, Career Planning
Alberta Learning, Edmonton. – 2002
In 1999, the Committee on Lifelong Learning of the Ministry of Learning in Alberta, Canada, conducted a series of consultations on lifelong learning to identify ways of helping adults return to learning to improve their employment potential and realize their career goals. The committee received input from more than 450 Albertans in 14 rural and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy
National Alliance of Business, Inc., Washington, DC. – 2000
Advances in information technology (IT) are reshaping the U.S. labor market. The demand for workers who can read and understand complex material, think analytically, and use technology efficiently will continue to increase. Congress established the 21st Century Workforce Commission to assess current and future demand for IT workers and the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy
National Centre for Vocational Education Research, Leabrook (Australia). – 2001
Australia's second National Research and Evaluation Strategy for Vocational Education and Training (VET), which covers the period 2001-2003, builds on the following major themes contained in the first national strategy, which covered 1997-2000: stakeholder orientation, national coordination, and the importance of effective dissemination. The…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Comparative Analysis, Cooperative Planning, Coordination