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Download full textBrian McGahie – Rennie Center for Education Research & Policy, 2024
In the United States, education-to-career pathways are undergoing a rapid evolution Shortages of skilled workers in many industries have prompted renewed attention to strengthening existing education-to-career pathways, as well as innovating new ones. At the same time, the notion that bachelor's degree programs should serve as the default pathway…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Career Pathways, Educational Innovation, Postsecondary Education
Manpower, 1974
A questionnaire survey was conducted in Chicago to investigate employer and union reactions to foreign training practices. Three approaches were found to be of special interest: national government control over apprenticeships, partial funding, and training by stages rather than in one continuous program. (DS)
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Educational Change, Labor Force Development, Legislation
Taylor, Jason L.; Kirby, Catherine L., Bragg, Debra D.; Oertle, Kathleen M.; Jankowski, Natasha A.; Khan, Sadya S. – Office of Community College Research and Leadership, 2009
This guide begins with background information useful to understanding Illinois' framework for implementation and evaluation of Programs of Study. It starts with a visual depiction of the relationships between activity at the federal, state and local levels that evolved to the creation of Illinois' Career Cluster Model. This Model, which is based…
Descriptors: Educational Principles, Program Effectiveness, Program Implementation, Program Evaluation
Apker, Wesley – 1979
Vocational education programs cannot and should not serve all the population groups targeted by the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA). Rather, they should and must collaborate and cooperate with the manpower community. In order to do that five major policy issues need to be dealt with: getting agreements to collaborate, prime…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Federal Programs
System Development Corp., Falls Church, VA. – 1970
To identify and assess the impact of the Urban Concentrated Employment Program (CEP) on 14 selected cities, each community was divided into the three major areas of potential impact--the general community, employers, and participants in the program. Data were obtained from interviews and mailed questionnaires. Several operational factors limited…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Employment Programs, Job Training, Labor Force Development
Urban Systems Research and Engineering, Inc., Cambridge, MA. – 1971
This report delineates and analyzes the impact of the rural Concentrated Employment Programs (CEP) operating in Arkansas, Maine, Minnesota, New Mexico, and Tennessee. First funded in fiscal year 1967, the CEP's were designed as an efficient and effective system for providing coordinated manpower services to the disadvantaged. At the end of 1967,…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Employment Programs, Job Training, Labor Force Development
PDF pending restorationConner, James E. – 1975
Content summaries are presented for two national conferences (one in Washington, D.C., the other in San Francisco) designed to bring together prime sponsors, vocational educators, and representatives from industry to take a reading of how CETA (Comprehensive Employment and Training Act) programs were progressing and to explore ways of utilizing…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Federal Programs, Industry, Labor Force Development
Evans, Rupert N.; And Others – 1969
The Vocational Education Amendments of 1968 have the potential for a major breakthrough in all education, vocational and otherwise. The Vocational Education Act of 1963 established broadened objectives and enlarged appropriations but did not tie funds to performance. Lacking that tie, no effective leverage existed to entice federal, state and…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Educational Needs, Educational Philosophy, Federal Legislation
North American Rockwell Information Systems Co., Anaheim, CA. – 1971
An industrial study group was contracted to perform a systems analysis of institutional training conducted under the Manpower Development and Training Act (MDTA) of 1962, as amended, in order to: (1) illuminate management decisions in the areas of program priorities, alternative methods of administration, and allocation of resources, and (2)…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Employment Programs, Labor Force Development, Program Administration
National Commission for Manpower Policy, Washington, DC. – 1976
The principal purpose of the conference on employment problems of low income groups which is summarized in this report was to ascertain the views of the conferees about, first, the impact of manpower programs on their respective constituencies and, second, important changes in manpower policies and programs that the conferees would recommend to…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Employment Opportunities, Employment Problems, Employment Programs
Falcone, Lisa, Ed.; Mundhenk, Robert, Ed. – 1994
In fall 1993, a roundtable was held with leading Tech Prep practitioners to discuss the direction Tech Prep has taken since 1990 and emerging issues related to the implementation of Tech Prep Associate Degree (TPAD) programs. Stemming from the roundtable, this monograph describes Tech Prep, provides recommendations for implementation, and…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Associate Degrees, Community Colleges, Education Work Relationship
Young, Robert C., Ed. – 1969
Twenty-three participants attended a conference with a major objective of providing insight into techniques of forecasting, new kinds of data being generated by the Department of Labor and others, and the difficulties and possible resolution of problems in utilizing data in the vocational education planning process. Major presentations were: (1)…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Data Analysis, Educational Mobility, Educational Needs
ERSKINE, EDWARD J. – 1966
THE MACOMB ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS SPONSORED A COUNTY SURVEY BY EDUCATORS AND LAY CITIZENS TO DETERMINE THE CURRENT STATUS AND THE FUTURE NEED FOR OCCUPATIONAL EDUCATION. DATA WERE COLLECTED ON SUCH VARIABLES AS POPULATION TRENDS, CURRENT AND PROJECTED MANPOWER NEEDS, VOCATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS, OCCUPATIONAL PLANS OF HIGH SCHOOL…
Descriptors: Community Surveys, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Employment Patterns
California State Advisory Council on Vocational Education and Technical Training, Sacramento. – 1973
In its annual evaluation of the effectiveness of the total program of vocational education in California, the California Advisory Council on Vocational Education and Technical Training identified five specific areas that need attention and improvement, including: (1) the State Plan, (2) the vocational education reporting system, (3) programs for…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Annual Reports, Career Education, Disabilities
Sheets, Robert G. – 2002
This paper makes recommendations for developing the next generation of state accountability systems for postsecondary vocational education (PVE). It focuses on the need to improve the core indicators for PVE; reduce the burden and improve the value of Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Amendments of 1998 (Perkins III)…
Descriptors: Accountability, Community Colleges, Educational Legislation, Evaluation Criteria
