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Wind, Steven; Lahti, Michel; Hollis, Robin B.; Brown, Kendelle; Wurster, C. J.; Ferguson, Kristin M. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2022
Opportunity youth (OY; i.e., youth ages 16--24 who are neither working nor in school) are a population who is difficult to engage and retain in educational programs, particularly in community college career and technical education (CTE) programs. OY are an important population to community colleges, as CTE programs culminating in…
Descriptors: Stakeholders, Youth Programs, Program Development, Program Implementation
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Medvedeva, Natalya A.; Malkov, Nikolay G.; Prozorova, Marina L. – Asian Journal of University Education, 2021
The aim of the study is to substantiate methodological approaches to the agricultural educational program development on the basis of a modular-competence-based approach, which provides training for the experts of the agricultural industry, capable of implementing a federal scientific and technical program in the future for the development of…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Competency Based Education, Accreditation (Institutions), Foreign Countries
Wibrow, Bridget; Waugh, Joanne – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2021
Streamlining the vocational qualification development process in Australia is a current priority of the skills ministers of both the Australian Government and state and territory governments. This research summary explores the development processes associated with vocational qualifications in selected countries and compares them with the current…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Labor Needs, Industry
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Tummons, John D.; Simonsen, Jon C.; Martin, Michael J. – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2017
Early agricultural education included youth judging activities, in which farm boys matched skills with students from neighboring schools. In 1925, students competed in a National Dairy Judging Contest in Indianapolis held specifically for vocational students. Based on the success of this contest, the Federal Board for Vocational Education…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agribusiness, Industry, Vocational Education
Wibrow, Bridget; Waugh, Joanne – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2021
This project is focused on the second element noted by the Australian Industry Skills Committee (AISC) to streamline the national vocational education and training (VET) system so that it can better respond to the needs of industry -- faster development of qualifications. It looks at the vocational qualification development processes in different…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Labor Needs, Industry
Suffren, Quentin; Mezera, Danielle – Foundation for Excellence in Education (ExcelinEd), 2018
The Career and Technical Education (CTE) playbook series has explored strategies and processes states can use to strengthen CTE program quality and provide students with pathways to postsecondary credentialing and middle- and higher-wage career opportunities. This fifth playbook in the series addresses the final set of steps for strengthening…
Descriptors: Alignment (Education), State Programs, Vocational Education, Industry
Pouliakas, Konstantinos, Ed. – Cedefop - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, 2021
The world of work is being impacted by a fourth industrial revolution, transformed by artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies. With forecasts suggesting large shares of workers, displaced by automation, in need of upskilling/reskilling, the design of active skills policies is necessary. Conventional methods used to anticipate…
Descriptors: Job Skills, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Employment Qualifications
Bowman, Kaye; McKenna, Suzy – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2016
This occasional paper provides an overview of the development of Australia's national training system and is a key knowledge document of a wider research project "Consistency with flexibility in the Australian national training system." This research project investigates the various approaches undertaken by each of the jurisdictions to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Training, Vocational Education, Program Development
Academic Senate for California Community Colleges, 2018
The most important components of an academic institution are the educational programs it offers. California Education Code and accreditation standards emphasize the essential nature of a college's educational programs to that college's existence, and often a college's programs reflect the individual personality of the college and the uniqueness of…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Program Development, Educational Practices, Curriculum Development
Beddie, Francesca; Hargreaves, Jo; Atkinson, Georgina – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2017
At the request of the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) Industry Skills Council (ISC), and the Skills Senior Officials Network (SSON), a National Training Product Reform Group, comprising representatives from all of the jurisdictions, considered the longer-term reform of training products. This exercise, conducted during 2016, aimed to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Industry, Educational Change
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Omorog, Challiz D. – International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education, 2020
An empirical study using descriptive-quantitative methods was conducted to investigate this hypothesis and examine the appropriateness of the framework components on the potential offering of an academic program at Camarines Sur Polytechnic Colleges (CSPC). The Identify, Determine, Assess and Establish (IDAE) model provided strategies and results…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Educational Development, Decision Making, Models
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Polesel, John; Klatt, Malgorzata; Blake, Damian; Starr, Karen – Journal of Education and Work, 2017
This article seeks to provide a school perspective on the nature and quality of the partnerships which schools form with businesses in order to deliver work placements and workplace learning in Australia. It found that the ability of schools to engage with external partners depended on the ability of school leaders to define and communicate the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Partnerships in Education, School Business Relationship, Vocational Education
Ruppel, Karen R. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Research indicates we are faced with environmental, social, and economic challenges and higher education is being called upon to provide education for a sustainable future. The literature surrounding Education for Sustainability (EfS) in higher education points toward implementing EN into all levels of education. Very few Career and Technical…
Descriptors: Geographic Location, Vocational Education, College Programs, Community Colleges
Shumer, Rob; Digby, Cynthia – National Research Center for Career and Technical Education, 2011
The purpose of this investigation is to tell the story of how six states are developing Programs of Study (POS) as mandated by the Perkins IV federal legislation. The authors' effort focuses on how states' technical assistance systems evolved and what successes and challenges existed for states developing POS. There was no intent to compare one…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Federal Legislation, Program Validation, Vocational Education
Clayton, Berwyn; Robinson, Pauline – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2008
This publication outlines the outcomes of forums held in 2005 to introduce the consortium research program which has investigated ways of building vocational education and training (VET) provider capability. It found a range of issues were of concern to participants as they considered how registered training organisations might position themselves…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Industry, Consortia, Vocational Education
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