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Canadian Association of University Teachers, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically changed Canada with the country facing a public health crisis, an economic crisis, and struggling to address significant social inequities, particularly those driven by racism and colonialism. Strategic investments in universities and colleges must be made now to ensure a safe re-opening, a strong recovery and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Postsecondary Education, Educational Research, Educational Planning
Branscomb, Lewis M. – American Education, 1984
Explains why stronger ties between business/industry and universities are important for the advancement of research and development. Stresses the need for increased understanding of each party's role. (SK)
Descriptors: Business Responsibility, Government Role, Institutional Cooperation, Postsecondary Education
Baskett, H. K.; Hamilton, A. Bruce – 1985
Some of the most common predictions relating to university continuing education units provide a base from which a discussion of future strategies can begin. These include the following: the Big Generation (i.e., baby boomers) is here; knowledge, not products, is the major focus of society; competition for the traditional university continuing…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Educational Innovation, Educational Objectives, Foreign Countries
Hughes, Maria; Stanton, Geoff – 2003
The incidence and nature of research and development (R&D)-related services provided for employers by English and Welsh colleges were examined. Data were collected through the following activities: (1) an initial survey that was returned by 96 colleges in England and 11 in Wales; (2) telephone interviews with those colleges that were currently…
Descriptors: Colleges, Economic Development, Educational Research, Foreign Countries
Karpen, Leah R., Ed. – 1976
This directory describes the various types of programs offered by organizations and educational institutions which are members of the Association for World Education. Focusing on all forms of postsecondary educational organizations, membership consists of adult education centers, colleges, units of large university research centers, and other…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, College Programs, Cross Cultural Studies
2002
This document contains four papers from a symposium on work ethic and values in human resource development (HRD). "Value Priorities of HRD Scholars and Practitioners" (Reid Bates, Hsin Chih Chen, Tim Hatcher) presents the results of a study that identified and analyzed six HRD values reflecting two value facets (locus of HRD influence…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness
Hamilton, James B.; And Others – 1985
A study was conducted to develop a model to strengthen the linkages between appropriate Ohio universities and the Ohio Department of Education, State Division of Vocational and Career Education (SDVE). Alternative delivery patterns were reviewed, and appropriate vocational education-university linkage factors were identified. Next, three workable…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Role, Cooperative Planning, Coordination
Lauterbach, Uwe, Ed.; Sellin, Burkart, Ed. – 2000
This document contains 32 papers from a conference on balance and perspectives in comparative vocational education and training (VET) research in Europe. Selected papers are as follows: "On the Path to Vocational Training Research with a European Dimension" (Oliver Lubke, Klaus Schedler, Alphonse de Vadder); "The Val Duchesse Social…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Continuing Education
Australian Vocational Education and Training Research Association, Alexandria. – 2001
This document contains 95 papers and summaries of 5 poster sessions from an Australian conference on putting vocational education and training (VET) research to work. The following are among the areas covered in the papers: factors affecting VET graduates' employability over time; technical and further education (TAFE) institutes as models of…
Descriptors: Action Research, Adoption (Ideas), Adult Education, Case Studies