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Download full textNolte, Walter H. – 1991
In an effort to explore the relationship between employed students and community colleges, this paper provides a extensive review of the literature on business and industry connections to higher education. First, introductory material examines the lack of comprehensive training programs in U.S. business/industry and the dearth of evaluative…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Community Colleges, Employment Programs
Ministry of Women's Affairs, Wellington (New Zealand). – 1993
An overview is provided of the Human Resources Development (HRD) program in the North Carolina Community College System, focusing on trend data and program achievements for 1992-93. The first section of the report traces the growth of systemwide HRD activities from 1970, when a pilot program offering basic pre-job training was implemented at…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Community Colleges, Employment Patterns, Employment Programs
MDC, Inc., Chapel Hill, NC. – 1982
A summary is presented of a statistical and documentary study of the Human Resources Development (HRD) program in the North Carolina community college system. First, an outline is provided of the changes in the HRD program since its inception in 1966, the constituencies it serves, and its goals of recruiting chronically unemployed individuals,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Benefits, Educational Finance, Employment Programs
Staszewski, Thomas F. – 1997
This study investigated adult students who completed an instructional program that included training in employability and job readiness. It identified and analyzed program completers' perceptions of the instruction they received and the employability skill levels and benefits gained as a result of their program participation. Data were collected…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Education Work Relationship, Employment Potential, Employment Programs
Ellison, Nolen M. – 1983
Two-year colleges, business, government, and labor together can ensure the availability of responsive, high quality job training and retraining as an essential element in the nation's economic revitalization. Although several national initiatives have set the stage for local business-college-labor cooperation, both nationally and locally, there is…
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Community Coordination, Cooperative Planning
Metropolitan Community Colleges of Kansas City, MO. – 1994
The WorkAbility Program was a 3-year project initiated in October 1991 by the Metropolitan Community Colleges (MCC) in Kansas City, Missouri, to increase the employability of students with disabilities by addressing needs for career counseling, mentoring, job search skills preparation, and career-related work experiences. The five sections of this…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Community Colleges, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship
NETWORK: America's Two-Year Coll. Employment, Training, and Literacy Consortium, Cleveland, OH. – 1990
In 1989-90, a survey was conducted of two-year colleges nationwide to determine their level of involvement in the delivery of employment, training, and literacy services to public sector agencies and business and industry. The study focused particularly on those services funded under the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA), the Job Opportunities…
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Contract Training, Delivery Systems
Miami-Dade Community Coll., FL. Medical Center Campus. – 1991
A serious shortage of qualified health care professionals is forcing hospitals and health care agencies to undertake costly recruitment and hiring of foreign nurses and other health care professionals to meet staffing needs. Hospitals in Dade County spend from $2,900 to $20,000 per recruit, not including salary. The Health Careers Project for…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Allied Health Occupations, Allied Health Occupations Education, Community Colleges
Eppley, George – 1978
This five-part report discusses the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 (CETA), explains how it operates locally through the Cleveland Area Western Reserve Manpower Consortium (CAWRMC), and specifies ways in which Cuyahoga Community College (CCC) can play a greater role in the CETA system. Part I describes existing federal manpower…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Consortia, Cooperative Programs, Coordination
MDC, Inc., Chapel Hill, NC. – 1982
This report provides descriptive and evaluative information on the Human Resources Development (HRD) program, which was instituted in North Carolina community colleges to provide remedial education and occupational training to chronically unemployed individuals and to offer advice and assistance for obtaining employment. After an executive summary…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Benefits, Educational Finance, Employment Programs
Marsh, Ferman; And Others – 1991
A statistical overview of the current training opportunities designed to meet the changing needs of business and industry in Kansas is provided in this report, covering services offered by public community colleges, area vocational technical schools, and the Kansas Industrial Training Program. An executive summary, which draws on an extensive…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Community Colleges, Cooperative Programs, Economic Development
Beckwith, Robert; And Others – 1989
A study ascertained the perceptions that affect coordination between Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) and vocational education. Questionnaires were completed by 184 individuals representing JTPA staff from service delivery areas (SDAs), vocational education staff from regional delivery systems (RDSs), community college staff, and state agency…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Agency Cooperation, Attitude Measures, Community Colleges
Visdos, Robert J.; Malley, Mary R. – 1990
Designed to assist two-year colleges in increasing their level of involvement in the delivery of services under the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA), this report describes the JTPA, reviews the role of two-year colleges in JTPA service delivery, and provides information on fiscal year (FY) 1991 JTPA funding availability and levels. Following a…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College Role, Community Colleges, Delivery Systems
Brown, Stephen M. – 1982
The structure and function of college- and university-affiliated skill centers are discussed as part of the American Council on Education's Higher Education/Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) project, which was supported by the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education. A skill center is defined as a single organizational…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Role, Education Work Relationship, Educationally Disadvantaged
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1995
These Congressional hearings contain testimony pertaining to the future of job training in Ohio. Among the topics discussed are the following: the job training needs of selected special needs groups, including convicted felons on probation, dislocated workers, displaced homemakers, unemployed individuals, underskilled employees, disadvantaged…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Vocational Education, Correctional Education, Disabilities
