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Direct linkKaplan, Dorothy J. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1984
Identifies practices that ensure institutional success in industrial training, focusing on areas including institutional commitment, the president's role, institutional flexibility, instructor qualifications, needs assessment, five basic elements in program development, contracts, recognition of student achievement, evaluations, ongoing…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Industrial Education, Job Training, Labor Education
Moock, Lynn D. – 1984
An evaluator studied the effectiveness of the displaced worker entry-level and the upgrade components of the electronics/robotics training program. Since the program was a pilot project with attendant trials and errors, a user-focused process of evaluation was selected. Entry-level students, administrators, the counselor, and instructors completed…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Dislocated Workers, Electronic Technicians, Improvement Programs
Download full textCarleo, Susan – 1985
An analysis is provided of three alternative solutions to the problem of overstaffed departments and underutilized faculty in the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD). After providing a brief history and background to the staffing problems facing the district, section I examines three alternative solutions: (1) maintaining the status…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Cost Effectiveness, Faculty Development
Jacobson, Louis; LaLonde, Robert – 1997
An evaluation of net impact of programs funded under the Washington State Employment and Training Act (ESHB 1988) of 1993, which provided money to community and technical colleges to expand existing courses and create new ones for Unemployment Insurance (UI) claimants most likely to lose jobs. The evaluation focused on whether the displaced UI…
Descriptors: College Programs, Community Colleges, Dislocated Workers, Job Training
Peer reviewedQuinley, John W. – Catalyst, 1996
Describes a survey of 1069 Iowa businesses to determine their needs for workforce training and the role of the state's community colleges in meeting those needs. Presents results related to types of businesses served; employer goals, needs, and ratings of program quality; and the role of technology. (21 citations) (AJL)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Needs, Employer Attitudes, Job Training
Peer reviewedQuinley, John W. – Catalyst, 1996
Describes the objectives of a national study on workforce training conducted to determine needs for such training and results of community college efforts. Reports preliminary findings for 70 colleges, indicating that employers expressed considerable need for workforce training and were generally satisfied with the quality of programs. (AJL)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Needs, Employer Attitudes, Job Training
Seppanen, Loretta – 1995
From 1991-93, 2,147 dislocated workers from timber-impacted counties of Washington state received Timber Retraining Benefits (TRB), with 81% using the aid to attend a state community or technical college. To determine the impact of the TRB program on the dislocated workers and their timber communities, the Washington State Board for Community and…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Community Colleges, Dislocated Workers, Economic Impact
Florida State Postsecondary Education Planning Commission, Tallahassee. – 1990
This study examines the intent and operation of postsecondary education linkages with business and industry. Following an introduction, chapter II describes the Industry Services Training Program, which provides occupational training for jobs created by new, expanding, and diversified industry, and the Sunshine State Skills Program, which helps to…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Continuing Education, Economic Development, Job Skills
Washington State Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board, Olympia. – 1996
The Job Skills Program (JSP) in Washington State provides job training customized to meet the needs of employers through partnerships of employers and training institutions. The JSP funds up to one-half the cost of training, with employers providing a match. Training can be provided for new employees, for upgrading employees receiving promotions,…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Cooperative Programs, Dislocated Workers, Education Work Relationship
Northampton Community Coll., Bethlehem, PA. – 1991
A project conducted by Northampton Community College established an automated manufacturing training center for use by industry in eastern Pennsylvania. The center assists small and medium-size manufacturing firms in evaluating and integrating off-the-shelf technology to make them more competitive in the global marketplace. Comprehensive services…
Descriptors: College Programs, Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Manufacturing, Industrial Education
Indian Hills Community Coll., Ottumwa, IA. – 1991
A program at Indian Hills Community College (Ottumwa, Iowa) consisted of a sex equity component aimed to prepare women to enter nontraditional occupations and a building trades component to enable electrical workers to upgrade their skills. Both of the targeted groups underwent assessment and upgrading coordinated through the college's SUCCESS…
Descriptors: Building Trades, College Programs, Demonstration Programs, Electrical Occupations
Ohio Board of Regents, Columbus. – 1997
This booklet contains 36 one-page "success stories" that reveal how the two-year colleges and the vocational and adult education system in Ohio are responding to business and industry needs with innovative problem solving and effective partnerships. Each profile includes a challenge, a solution, results, and comments from business…
Descriptors: Adult Education, College Programs, Continuing Education, Cooperative Programs
McIntyre, William A.; Blankenstein, Ronald G. – 1984
A program is being conducted by New Hampshire Vocational-Technical College in partnership with Sanders Associates, Inc., a rapidly growing electronics company, to retrain Sanders employees as electronic technicians. The program, requiring 720 hours and taking 13 months to complete, allows students to acquire more than half the credits needed for…
Descriptors: College Programs, Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs, Educational Planning
Bugarin, Alicia – 1996
This report examines the services, funding, clientele, and program outcomes of each of California's job training programs. The first part of the report consists of tables detailing the following: the sources of the $4.178 billion dollars spent on California's job training programs in fiscal year 1995-96 and the $3.764 billion spent on the same…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Budgets, Correctional Education, Delivery Systems
