Worker Education for a Changing Economy: New Labor-Academic Partnerships.

Derber, Charles

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ERIC Number: EJ348686

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Publication Date: 1987

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Worker Education for a Changing Economy: New Labor-Academic Partnerships.

Derber, Charles

New Directions for Continuing Education, n33 p49-57 Spr 1987

A team of faculty and advanced graduate students from Boston College developed a new educational partnership with labor unions to help combat problems of industrial dislocation and upheaval. The group worked with five different union locals experiencing serious problems associated with foreign competition and new technology. (CH)

Descriptors: Adult Education, Competition, Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs, Educational Needs, Industry, Labor Education, Labor Relations, Retraining, School Business Relationship, Technological Advancement, Unions, Work Environment

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