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Download full textGeneral Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 1987
This report describes 80 exemplary projects that were identified in a national survey of Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) Title III projects. It examines the likely reasons for the success of eight of the projects and discusses the policy implications of the eight case studies. Of these eight projects only one (the job training project in…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Demonstration Programs, Dislocated Workers, Educational Policy
American Association of Retired Persons, Washington, DC. – 1986
The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that the median age of workers will rise from 34.8 years in 1982 to 37.3 years by 1995. In the 30 years between 1955 and 1985, the number of workers aged 45 and over has risen from 25 million to nearly 32 million. Workers over the age of 45 are established in all types of occupations. The number of men aged…
Descriptors: Age Discrimination, Aging (Individuals), Demography, Employee Attitudes
Florida State Postsecondary Education Planning Commission, Tallahassee. – 1990
This study examines the intent and operation of postsecondary education linkages with business and industry. Following an introduction, chapter II describes the Industry Services Training Program, which provides occupational training for jobs created by new, expanding, and diversified industry, and the Sunshine State Skills Program, which helps to…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Continuing Education, Economic Development, Job Skills
Oregon State Dept. of Education, Salem. – 1988
This document is one in a series of publications designed to assist local school districts in the management of their personnel procedures. This document provides assistance to districts by providing guidelines for staff development and retraining. Discussed in the publication are (1) the need for retraining; (2) retraining policy (federal and…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Regulation, Personnel Management
Ludden, Laverne; And Others – 1983
Computers and robots are becoming increasingly more advanced, with smaller and cheaper computers now doing jobs once reserved for huge multimillion dollar computers and with robots performing feats such as painting cars and using television cameras to simulate vision as they perform factory tasks. Technicians expect computers to become even more…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Computers, Educational Change
Lombardo, Mary C. – 1982
This competency-based course is designed to update the skills and knowledge of inactive nurses desiring to return to active practice. Focus of the course is on organizing and managing patient care using the nursing process; performing nursing procedures, including medication administration; and reintegrating oneself into the professional…
Descriptors: Competence, Competency Based Education, Course Content, Job Skills
Further Education Unit, London (England). – 1989
This document explains the Youth Training Scheme (YTS) in Great Britain. It is intended for YTS managers, coordinators, and tutors but may also be useful to curriculum and staff developers at colleges and training organizations. The manual begins with an introduction that gives the background and rational for the YTS, and it ends with a 60-item…
Descriptors: Educational Planning, Foreign Countries, Off the Job Training, Postsecondary Education
Mincer, Jacob; Higuchi, Yoshio – 1988
A study was conducted to test the proposition that intensive formation of human capital on the job is the basic reason for the strong degree of worker attachment to the firm in Japan. The greater emphasis on training and retraining, much of it specific to the firm, results also in steeper wage trajectories, because of growth of skills in the firm,…
Descriptors: Employer Employee Relationship, Employment Experience, Employment Level, Employment Practices
Groff, Warren H. – 1981
Technology transfer, that is, the dissemination of the results of research and development to the general community, is discussed in this report in relation to the learning society and the mission of the community college. First, definitions of technology are presented and the rapid pace of technological change worldwide is examined. Then, the…
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Educational Planning, Information Dissemination
Versteck, Mary M. – 1981
In the mid-70's mental health programs in Florida underwent a major change with the implementation of a Unit Treatment Rehabilitation (UTR) model of patient care, which emphasizes the re-socialization of patients and a team approach to mental health care. In response to this change, an innovative program was developed through coordination between…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Allied Health Occupations Education, Community Colleges, Cooperative Programs
Linthicum, Dorothy S. – 1985
A study was conducted to identify the role community colleges have played in developing Maryland's economic resources. The study sought to determine: (1) what types of programs and courses had the community colleges created to serve local economic development needs; (2) how many students were involved in programs and courses related to job…
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Economic Development, Education Work Relationship
National Advisory Council on Vocational Education, Washington, DC. – 1982
A strong vocational education program is essential for national economic recovery and growth. It is in the national interest to ensure that vocational education programs are of sufficient scope and quality to meet national skilled workforce requirements and alleviate the critical shortages of trained workers facing business, industry, and the…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Disabilities, Disadvantaged, Economic Progress
Schendel, J. D.; And Others – 1978
A summary of an extensive literature survey deals with the variables known or suspected to affect the retention of learned motor behaviors over lengthy no-practice intervals. Emphasis was given to research conducted by or for the military. The variables that may affect the retention of motor skills were dichotomized into task variables and…
Descriptors: Ability, Armed Forces, Behavior Development, Environmental Influences
Paltridge, James Gilbert; And Others – 1979
This document contains one of two monographs produced by a three-year project designed to study mid-career changes and the educational and training needs of these adults. A companion monograph, CE 025 228, describes the characteristics of mid-career adult students. Divided into four chapters, this monograph deals with support systems organized at…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Vocational Education, Adults
Corplan Associates, Chicago, IL. – 1966
CITATIONS FOR PART ONE WERE OBTAINED FROM ABSTRACTING JOURNALS IN EDUCATION, APPLIED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, DISSERTATION ABSTRACTS, CURRENT PERIODICALS, AND LISTS OF RESEARCH PROJECTS REVIEWED IN RESPONSE TO REQUESTS TO STATE AND CITY BOARDS OF EDUCATION AND SELECTED COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES. THE 1,516 REFERENCES ARE ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY BY…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Bibliographies, Career Guidance, Cooperative Education
