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Wisconsin State Board of Vocational, Technical, and Adult Education, Madison. – 1990
Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) 8 Percent Education and Coordination Grant Funds were intended by Congress to bring education as a full partner into the employment and training system. In Wisconsin, these funds were split equally between the Wisconsin Board of Vocational, Technical, and Adult Education (WBVTAE) and the Department of Public…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Annual Reports
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). – 1990
A heuristic revolution, a new wave of learning technology, is about to transform not only the nature of education and training but the entire U.S. economy. By the end of the century, "knowledge jobs" will be the main employment of nearly three out of four workers in the U.S. economy. Swiftly progressing technologies are making automated…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Vocational Education, Continuing Education, Education Work Relationship
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). Centre for Educational Research and Innovation. – 1983
Innovative practices in education and local development in Western Europe, Australia, and the United States are described and analyzed in this report. Part One reviews urban problems, their impact on education, and the need for a new approach. Part Two explores how schools and institutes of adult education can provide information about the local…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Community Development, Community Involvement
Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1982
This congressional report contains testimony given in relation to the passage of the Vocational and Adult Education Consolidation Act (S. 2325). (The Vocational and Adult Education Consolidation Act is legislation designed to consolidate existing federal vocational and adult education programs, to simplify requirements for states and other…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Basic Skills, Block Grants, Educational Finance
Warmbrod, Catharine P.; Faddis, Constance R. – 1983
Designed for use by postsecondary educators involved in teaching displaced workers, this guidebook provides an in-depth look at successful upgrading and retraining programs in colleges in diverse situations across the country. The rationale for a human resource emphasis in economic development and the role of the two-year college in economic…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Continuing Education, Coordination, Economic Development
Bailey, Thomas – 1990
Changes in the economy and the workplace are changing job skill requirements and the process of skill acquisition. A study analyzed occupational trends and projections, performed case studies of four industry sectors (apparel and textile, accounting, management consulting, and software development), and reviewed research on changing skill demands…
Descriptors: Accounting, Administrative Organization, Computer Software Development, Consultants
New Mexico State Univ., Las Cruces. – 1982
The Indian Resource Development and Internship (IRDI) Program marked its seventh year by continuing to assist Indian tribes in developing a managerial, professional, and scientific corps of American Indians through college academic education and related practical work experience. Participants attended universities and pursued majors of their…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Advisory Committees, Agriculture, American Indian Education
United Nations Association of the United States of America, New York, NY. – 1985
Technological, demographic, and competitive pressures have transformed the U.S. labor market and must be dealt with on a priority basis. The urgency of the problem can best be addressed by creating a national institution that is independent of government, business, and labor but that draws on all three sectors to develop a broad array of policies…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Dislocated Workers, Economic Development, Economic Factors
Harris, Howard – 1985
The materials in this pamphlet describe the difficulties encountered by various racial and ethnic groups as they attempted to become assimilated into the American labor force. The experiences and problems faced by blacks, Jews, and immigrants from England, Ireland, the Scandinavian countries, China, Italy, and Puerto Rico are described in an…
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Blacks, Chinese Americans, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Sredl, Henry J. – 1982
Work force development in the Peoples' Republic of China (PRC) is affected by sundry but interrelated factors. Included among these are the following: (1) the PRC's population of one billion people; (2) a recent history of political turmoil and violence, resulting in profound changes in national leadership and vacillation in national policy; (3)…
Descriptors: Bureaucracy, Economic Factors, Educational Needs, Educational Practices
Texas Advisory Council for Technical - Vocational Education, Austin. – 1983
These proceedings contain 11 papers that focus on how education must change what and how it teaches to keep up with the technological revolution. The presentations address the need for vocational education to produce students with skills in electronics and data communications (including computer-to-computer transmission); office systems and…
Descriptors: Aerospace Industry, Biomedicine, Communications, Computer Oriented Programs
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Office of Occupational and Continuing Education. – 1984
A study examined approximately 130 projects that were conducted in New York between November 1980 and December 1983 as a part of the state's Short-Term Program for Economic Development. During the study, researchers interviewed representatives of the businesses, industries, unions, and educational institutions involved in the training programs in…
Descriptors: Business, Economic Development, Education Work Relationship, Educational Benefits
National Planning Association, Washington, DC. – 1978
Focusing on education and training needs for law enforcement and criminal justice personnel, this document is one in a series of six volumes reporting the results of the National Manpower Survey (NMS) of the Criminal Justice System. Chapter 1 of ten chapters provides an overview of nine types of educational and/or training programs, including the…
Descriptors: Correctional Rehabilitation, Courts, Criminal Law, Educational Needs
American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences, Washington, DC. – 1978
As mandated in the 1973 Amendments to the Safe Streets Act, the National Manpower Survey of the Criminal Justice System was conducted to assess current and projected manpower needs, personnel quality, and training and education programs. Data were collected from the following sources: surveys of 8,000 executives of state and local criminal justice…
Descriptors: Administrators, Correctional Rehabilitation, Courts, Criminal Law
Department of Citizenship and Immigration, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1967
THE CANADA NEWSTART PROGRAM AIMS TO DEVELOP, THROUGH ACTION RESEARCH, PROGRAMS APPLICABLE THROUGHOUT THE NATION, FOR MOTIVATING AND TRAINING UNEMPLOYED AND UNDEREMPLOYED ADULTS. PILOT PROJECTS WILL BE CONDUCTED BY CORPORATIONS WHICH ARE TO BE CHARTERED BY THE PROVINCES AND FUNDED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THE AREAS SELECTED FOR STUDY WILL BE…
Descriptors: Action Research, Administrative Organization, Adult Basic Education, Adult Farmer Education
