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National Alliance of Business, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1987
This collection of 16 case studies is intended to illustrate how the public and private sectors have managed to collaborate in helping workers adapt to changing employment circumstances. The case studies are grouped into three categories. The first six case studies are examples of programs that have been developed to assist in training for new…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs, Dislocated Workers
Hodges-Copple, John – 1988
State skills corporations are public/private ventures designed to increase the supply of skilled workers in a state. Using public funds matched by private dollars, the corporations bring business and educational institutions together to train workers for skilled occupations. One of the principal goals of the corporations is to establish an…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Cooperative Programs, Demand Occupations, Education Work Relationship
LEVINE, MARVIN J. – 1964
DURING THE PAST FEW DECADES, A NUMBER OF UNIONS HAVE HELPED MEMBERS TO RETRAIN TO COPE WITH TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE OR TO UPGRADE TRADE OR CRAFT SKILLS, AND SOME UNIONS HAVE PARTICIPATED WITH EMPLOYERS IN JOINT APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS AND SIMILAR EFFORTS. COLLECTIVE BARGAINING PROVISIONS FOR RETRAINING HAVE BEEN DESIGNED TO KEEP AS MANY WORKERS AS…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Collective Bargaining, Cooperative Programs, Educationally Disadvantaged
Carnevale, Anthony P.; And Others – 1990
This document, resulting from a 3-year study, provides an overview of technical training in the United States, examines the occupations and workers defined as technical, describes where and how technical training is produced and delivered, and discusses the connection between technical training and the strategic goals of the organization. The…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cooperative Programs, Education Work Relationship, Employer Employee Relationship
Kalamas, David J.; Warmbrod, Catharine P. – 1987
This guide is intended to help two-year colleges create viable linkages with business, industry, and labor and design and offer training programs for and in cooperation with business and labor. The first part covers the following aspects of linkages: business and industry perspectives on linkages and cooperative programming, organized labor…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Apprenticeships, Community Colleges
National Governors' Association, Washington, DC. – 1992
This publication discusses reforms in lifelong learning undertaken in the 11 states represented on the National Governors' Association Action Team on Lifelong Learning. It is a catalog of initiatives to create greater opportunities for youth and adults to obtain skills needed to compete effectively in a global economy. The reforms discussed in…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accountability, Adult Programs, Adult Vocational Education
Ashley, William L.; Zahniser, Gale L. – 1984
This report, one in a series of three publications for vocational program developers and others to use in planning and developing a community-based response to worker dislocation, deals with programs for dislocated workers that have been developed and supported by private sector and local community efforts and resources. Reviewed in the first…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Case Studies, Community Education, Community Programs