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Cedefop - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, 2012
The main findings of Cedefop's latest skill demand and supply forecast for the European Union (EU) for 2010-20, indicate that although further economic troubles will affect the projected number of job opportunities, the major trends, including a shift to more skill-intensive jobs and more jobs in services, will continue. Between 2008 and 2010…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Employment Opportunities, Demand Occupations, Employment Patterns
Carnevale, Anthony P.; Smith, Nicole; Stone, James R., III; Kotamraju, Pradeep; Steuernagel, Bruce; Green, Kimberly A. – Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, 2011
Going directly from high school to college is not possible for everyone. Many who go to college will not do so straight out of high school, and many more need to work to pay for college. Good jobs for people without college degrees certainly still exist, although they are on a steady decline as computers and related technology take over routine…
Descriptors: High Schools, Educational Attainment, Higher Education, Time to Degree
Hall, Philip S.; Wheeler, John J. – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1993
This exploratory resource allocation model for implementing community-based supported employment services for persons with mental retardation uses a multivariate linear regression approach to project the hours required to develop a job site based on the size of the community, the rate of unemployment, and the percent of service jobs. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Adults, Community Programs, Employment Patterns, Mental Retardation
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Miles, Ian – Information Services and Use, 1987
Compares the traditional model of a service economy to models based on analyses of actual economic and employment trends, and discusses the role of information technologies in producer and consumer services; current policy issues concerning the information sector; and the need to integrate the concepts of goods and services. (CLB)
Descriptors: Economic Climate, Employment Patterns, Futures (of Society), Information Services
Bannister, Deborah; Greenhill, Craig – 1983
Developed as an aid to long-range planning at British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT), this third "Outlook" report presents information, analyses, and makes projections regarding conditions and trends likely to affect the college in the coming years. The report's six sections, which deal with important aspects of organizational…
Descriptors: College Planning, Demography, Economic Factors, Educational Quality
Bannister, Deborah; Greenhill, Craig – 1983
Designed to aid in the process of long-range planning at British Columbia Institute of Technology (BICT), this "Outlook" report presents information, analyses, and projections concerning conditions and trends likely to affect the college in the coming years. The report's eight sections focus on demography, economics, the labor force,…
Descriptors: College Planning, Demography, Economic Factors, Educational Trends
Taylor, Lyndon E. – 1985
An examination is provided of the environmental, economic, and educational factors that will influence the courses, programs, and services of the community college in the future. Introductory remarks provide an overview of the future of the community college, detailing factors affecting the institutions such as the tax revolution, declining…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Economic Climate, Economic Factors, Educational Change