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The Secretary of Labor's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills. ERIC Digest.
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Whetzel, Deborah – 1992
In 1990, Elizabeth Dole, then Secretary of the Department of Labor, established the Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS) to determine the skills that youths need to participate in the workplace and the skill levels that entry-level jobs require. SCANS determined that workplace skills consist of foundation skills and…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Competence, Employment Qualifications, High School Graduates