Subgroup B of the European Training Foundation's (ETF) Advisory Forum analyzed the role of the private sector in vocational education and training (VET) and focused on the role of the social partners in the transition process. A questionnaire on the role of social partners in the development of training in market economy was sent to 110…

A study was done of how educational institutions seek major gifts in their fund raising strategies. The study surveyed 57 institutions in 4 major categories: private colleges (24), private universities (6), public universities (12), and private elementary/secondary schools (15). The study sought to discover whether significant changes had taken…

The first part of this document describes how industry-education alliances promote collaboration between representatives of education and industry (business, labor, agriculture, the professions, and government). Alliances mobilize resources for schooling, enable educational systems to respond effectively to changes in the workplace, improve…

This paper argues for the participation and partnership of diverse elements in the community in order to achieve the goals of educational reform, and especially to encourage academic achievement among minority students. In a speech before the Forum '88 conference of the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering, the cooperative…

The 29th edition of a publication featuring statistics on voluntary support of education is presented. Three sections have the following titles: (1) "Colleges and Universities" (including national estimates of expenditures and voluntary support, and survey results noting voluntary support by type of institution, voluntary support by source,…

This guide is one of a series of publications that the National Alliance of Business is providing to stimulate and sustain U.S. business efforts to restructure public education in order to make it more responsive to the changing requirements of the modern workplace. This publication provides business people with some of the tools that will help…

This training guide provides materials for a workshop for professionals in the adult literacy field. Broad purposes of the workshop are to improve adult literacy services in order to reduce illiteracy and to develop collaborative strategies involving employers at the community level in adult literacy activities. A content outline is accompanied by…

Noting that illiteracy in the workplace is currently a major problem for American businesses and corporations, this booklet, developed by the National Commission for Employment Policy and Project Literacy U.S., suggests ways in which companies can help their workers become literate. The booklet first outlines the extent of the problem of…

Primarily, vocational educators should work with business and industry to ensure that the vocational curriculum taught to youth and adults is relevant to consumer, life, and job skills. Trends that have curriculum implications for vocational education are fewer workers, growth in the service sector, constantly changing job skills, a majority of…

This report concludes a 2-year study of the "forgotten half"--the approximately 20 million 16- to 24-year-olds who are unlikely to attend college and so will miss out on the special privileges society accords to the college-educated. The report features diagnoses for treating youth in trouble and prescriptions to foster the healthy development of…

In an effort to link the K-12 systems with postsecondary education, Pima Community College (PCC) developed a number of outreach programs, one of which was the Summer Career Academy. During the summer of 1997, with the support of the Pima and Santa Cruz Counties School To Work Partnership and local business and industry, PCC conducted a series of…

This issue focuses on contextual learning (CL), in which students master rigorous academic content in real-world or work-based learning experiences. "Emerging Trends in CL Show Positive Results for Students" discusses CL as an important strategy for improving student achievement. It describes: how CL raises the bar for all students,…

A partnership between Intel Corporation, a tribal K-12 school, a public school system serving a reservation community, and the American Indian and Science Engineering Society resulted in plans for developing technical education centers, a community-based curriculum, a college success program, a teacher enhancement project, and other strategies for…

The movement towards national academic standards and high-stakes testing is driven by corporate interests seeking profits and ultimately, privatization of public education. Teachers, parents, and students have had no input into these policy decisions. Research shows that the standards movement penalizes low-income and minority students, replaces…

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to conceptualize the relationship between business and education and thereby offer a research agenda for examining the influence of business on education. Educational research has given relatively limited attention to the impact of business on education. Design/methodology/approach: This paper describes a…