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Lifelong Learning Imperative in Engineering: Sustaining American Competitiveness in the 21st Century
Direct linkDutta, Debasish; Patil, Lalit; Porter, James B., Jr. – National Academies Press, 2012
The Lifelong Learning Imperative (LLI) project was initiated to assess current practices in lifelong learning for engineering professionals, reexamine the underlying assumptions behind those practices, and outline strategies for addressing unmet needs. The LLI project brought together leaders of U.S. industry, academia, government, and…
Descriptors: Stakeholders, Lifelong Learning, Graduation Rate, Industry
Peer reviewedJenkins, J. Craig; Leicht, Kevin T.; Jaynes, Arthur – Social Forces, 2006
Since the 1970s, federal, state and local governments have launched an array of new high technology development programs. Researchers and policy-makers disagree about the relative merits of these policies. We address the effects of seven of these policies on high tech industry employment growth in metropolitan statistical areas in the United…
Descriptors: Technological Advancement, Metropolitan Areas, Policy Analysis, Multiple Regression Analysis
PDF pending restorationConner, James E. – 1975
Content summaries are presented for two national conferences (one in Washington, D.C., the other in San Francisco) designed to bring together prime sponsors, vocational educators, and representatives from industry to take a reading of how CETA (Comprehensive Employment and Training Act) programs were progressing and to explore ways of utilizing…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Federal Programs, Industry, Labor Force Development
Download full textGeneral Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 1975
The report reviews the effectiveness of management of the Federal contract compliance program in the nonconstruction industry. The following areas were evaluated: (1) Department of Labor guidance to and control over the 13 other Federal agencies assigned compliance review responsibility for nonconstruction contractors, (2) compliance agencies'…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Civil Rights Legislation, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Federal Legislation
National Academy of Engineering, Washington, DC. – 1983
This report responds to a National Science Foundation (NSF) request to provide advice on developing Engineering Research Centers, which NSF described as "on-campus centers that would house cross-disciplinary experimental research activities." In addition to conducting such research, the principal purposes of the centers are to provide a…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Engineering, Engineering Education, Evaluation Criteria
Johnson, Lawrence A. – 1969
This research study is presented as an indication that the hard core unemployed can be employed, and profitably so, by business and industry. Accounts are given of how 43 companies are organized to work with the hard core unemployed and coach their foremen and supervisors. Emphasis is placed on frequently encountered problems and on how the…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Bibliographies, Business, Employment Practices
Somers, Gerald G., Ed. – 1968
Case histories evaluate the effectiveness of recent and current retraining programs for unemployed workers under Federal, state, municipal, and union-management auspices, judging them by their success in placing workers in useful employment in distressed economic areas. Data on various aspects of retraining programs under a wide variety of…
Descriptors: Blacks, Cost Effectiveness, Course Content, Educational Benefits
Ganzglass, Evelyn – 1980
Using a "Knowledge Development Plan" prepared as a blueprint, the Office of Youth Programs of the Department of Labor has undertaken various demonstration projects and large-scale evaluation and complementary research studies. The Office is experimenting with alternative employment and employability development approaches for…
Descriptors: Business, Demonstration Programs, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Development
National Association of State Boards of Education, Washington, DC. – 1979
A National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE) project to develop a systematic collaborative approach to the development of policies and programs for career education emphasized the relationship between career education and the Youth Employment and Training Programs. NASBE worked with five states (Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, New…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Business, Career Education, Cooperative Programs
