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Angela Low – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Performance based training interventions are often solutions in improving organizational performance in federal organizations. The purpose of this study was to explore the application of EmergeneticsĀ® training concepts and the use of the mobile application in relation to supervisors, employees and their teams. The goal was to identify how…
Descriptors: Federal Government, Workplace Learning, Emergency Programs, Training
US Senate, 2021
This hearing of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions examines COVID-19 recovery supporting workers and modernizing the workforce through quality education, training, and employment opportunities. Opening statements were presented by: (1) Honorable Patty Murray chair, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions; and (2)…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Labor Force Development, Employees
Executive Office of the President, 2018
Since the founding of the Nation, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) have been a source of inspirational discoveries and transformative technological advances, helping the United States develop the world's most competitive economy and preserving peace through strength. The pace of innovation is accelerating globally, and with…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Literacy, Student Diversity, Equal Education
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Persyn, John M.; Polson, Cheryl J. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2012
Military education programs encompass almost every adult education component from basic skills training through graduate-level higher education. As the country's largest employer, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) is also the largest provider of adult education, offering training and education for a workforce of more than 3.2 million members…
Descriptors: Federal Government, Public Agencies, Armed Forces, National Security
Cowin, Bob – Online Submission, 2012
This report traces the development of the workplace apprenticeship system and college-based pre-apprenticeship training in Canada's most western province, British Columbia. The Canadian system is mildly distinctive in an international context and within Canada, British Columbia is increasingly distinctive. Federal government influence has been…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, Training, Workplace Learning
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Barratt-Pugh, Llandis; Bahn, Susanne; Scholz, Alex – Industry and Higher Education, 2011
This paper is based on two studies of mandatory online learning which although unrelated and conducted eight years apart nevertheless provide an illuminating comparison of mandatory training delivered online. The first study was carried out in 2002 in a state government department and the second in 2010 with the commercial construction industry,…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Construction Industry, Online Courses, Foreign Countries
Katsinas, Stephen G.; D'Amico, Mark M.; Friedel, Janice N. – Online Submission, 2011
With current tuition increases at more than double the rate of inflation and cuts in state funding and Pell Grant programs, students and their families are being squeezed financially. The purpose of this study was to uncover access and funding issues by displaying current year and future year predictions for all access sectors including community…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Public Education, Community Colleges, Access to Education