Argues that technological advancement has dramatically changed the nature of work and the skills necessary to adapt to the new work place. Reviews required competencies of "techno-professionals," or the new knowledge workers concerned with technological research and application. Highlights the role of two-year colleges in imparting these…

Defines civic literacy in the context of technical education as the need to understand the larger social contexts in which technologies exist. Reviews current social changes which make civic literacy imperative and describes model courses incorporating such efforts. Describes a national curriculum development project to integrate civic literacy…

Describes the Community College of Aurora's (Colorado) Community Involvement Program, a three-part effort to bridge the gap between workforce training and citizenship. Reviews program components, including a family center providing social services, a workforce development center providing workforce training, and citizenship and leadership training…

States that although manufacturing remains a viable sector in Connecticut, it is experiencing skills shortages in the workforce. Describes the machine technology program's purpose, the development of the Asnuntuck Community College's (Connecticut) partnership with private sector manufacturers, the curriculum, the outcomes, and benefits of…

Asserts that a learning-centered curriculum assists individuals with severe physical disabilities to be fully engaged members of the working community. Presents an example: a high-tech partnership between Valencia Community College (Florida) and a supportive business advisory council that provides support to workforce development programs,…

Examines the historical development and current status of federal support for vocational education at the postsecondary level. Considers the role federal laws have played in creating current postsecondary vocational education programs. Discusses the federal government's potential for supporting enhanced growth and quality. (Contains 39…

Discusses a number of community college-based training concepts for the construction trades. These programs integrate classroom, lab, and work experience, and some offer credits toward applied sciences or other degrees. Describes the Florida Construction Institute at Florida Community College, Jacksonville, and other construction education…

Reviews research on the current status of skill requirements in Australian industries, industry demand for vocational education and training, ways in which enterprises perceive training (cost or investment), and vocational education in secondary schools. Derives implications for career development, including increased demand for flexibility and…

As higher education improves, it should not become so concerned with numbers that it forgets that employees of the 1990s, to which corporations look for their success, must do more than perform well on tests. Graduates should be creative, receptive, communicative, participating, cooperative, and flexible people who love learning. (MSE)

A 1989 conference on physician manpower issues facing rural communities in Washington, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho (WAMI) is reported, and its recommendations for both medical schools and graduate medical education are summarized. The conclusions are applicable to physician manpower development in other areas of the country. (Author/MSE)

President Bush and the nation's governors have proposed that by 2000, all children will leave grades 4, 8, and 12 with demonstrated competency in challenging subject matter and use of their minds. This article discusses the improvements needed in curriculum and testing, teachers and teaching, and school superstructures. Includes 39 references.…

New information about interorganizational collaboratives for job training and economic development was obtained through case studies analyzing six organizations with innovative job creation practices including (1) assistance to small businesses; and (2) benefits to low-income, hard-to-place workers. (SLD)

The eighth annual report presents the results of a comprehensive survey of training and development in organizations in the United States with more than 100 employees. Along with breakdowns of dollars spent on employer-sponsored training and types of training, this year's report features an analysis of remedial education in the workplace. (JOW)

Consists of five articles on the topic of succession planning. Covers (1) planning system development and implementation, (2) planning from a futurist perspective, (3) the employer and employee as a team, (4) case studies of succession planning in financial institutions, and (5) leadership training programs. (CH)

Addresses industrialization and distance education and how they relate to the modernist and postmodernist models of work, Fordism, neo-Fordism and post-Fordism. Concludes that not all distance education is industrialized; traditional education is not always a craft; and Fordism does not adequately explain the development of distance education.…