The author reports findings of his study, "The Strategic Context of Education in America--1985 to 1995," which forcasts trends and developments that will effect American education. He recommends innovations in public education to support the transition to knowledge-based production. (Author/CH)

The author analyzes some issues on the cost of emigration to the countries of origin and some policy implications. Attention is focused on how the supply of skilled workers is affected by migration. The article also discusses distortion of the free market and presents a profile of Asian contract workers. (CT)

Proposes five targets for the organizational work of the Putting America Back to Work project: community forums on the new economic agenda; business/industry/labor/government/education coalitions; planning for community economic development; creation of a transfer-of-technology network; and community education and training plan development. (DMM)

A central issue in economics is explaining the persistent and growing inequalities between nations in income and wealth. Traditional western economic thought has emphasized the importance of free trade to economic development, but differential access to technical knowledge has left less developed nations at a disadvantage. (IS)

Human capital is seen as needing maintenance and renovation as much as any building or piece of equipment. Employer-sponsored education is an important part of that maintenance, and lifelong instruction is becoming essential in order to maintain occupational effectiveness and preserve society's investment in human capital. (MLW)

Current and future socioeconomic trends make it vital for colleges and universities to take a more active role in educating and reeducating U.S. workers. The problem of unemployment among workers lacking certain skills and among new entrants is discussed. (MLW)

The important political, social, and economic factors that must be considered in order to keep labor force skills up-to-date are described. Education and training in economic development, technological displacement, technical change and employment, and human capital and the displaced worker are discussed. (MLW)

The pros and cons of government intervention in technical education, especially that of engineers, are discussed in the context of Ireland's efforts to support technological manpower development by predicting manpower needs, setting up institutions, and giving financial support. (MSE)

Why do employers go to the trouble and considerable expense of providing training for the people who work for them? Traditionally, the purpose of company-sponsored training has been to prepare specific people to do specific jobs or to do them better. (SSH)

A committee of business executives and educational leaders list common interests including the possibilities of joint lobbying, influencing students, reduction of welfare and unemployment costs, addressing the problems of minority and disadvantaged students, cooperatively developing human resources, and determining community needs. Options for…

Ways need to be found to organize faculty development programs to increase responsiveness to both individual faculty and institutional needs. A collegewide faculty development program at the Virginia Commonwealth University organized around human resource development (HRD) concepts is described. (Author/MLW)

Describes a computerized regional information system developed jointly by 18 counties in Tennessee, North Carolina, and Virginia for use in the planning of vocational education programs. (JG)

The Congress passed the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) in 1998 seeking to create a system connecting employment, education, and training services to better match job seekers to labor market needs. However, questions have been raised about how WIA funds are being used and, in particular, how much is being spent on training. Contributing to the…

Changing the name of human resource development (HRD) is not the wisest course of action given HRD's current state. A renamed HRD would still be the current, ambiguous, ill-defined field struggling to establish its identity and stalled in issues about what is central to the profession, how the profession adds value to the world, and what HRD…

The Workforce Investment Act of 1998 provided states with a great amount of flexibility in the implementation of a system-wide approach to job training and workforce development. The legislation consolidated employment and training services into a one-stop system that is known as JobLink Career Centers in North Carolina. This document presents…