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Jobs for the Future, Inc., Cambridge, MA. – 2001
In the United States today, too many hardworking people are unable to earn enough through work to support their families. Policymakers can help change this situation by taking the following steps: (1) keep work central; (2) promote family-supporting work; (3) invest in education and work skills; (4) make it easier for individuals to stay employed…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Education Work Relationship, Educational Needs, Employment Opportunities
Lowe, Graham S. – 2001
Forty-five individuals from a wide range of organizations and backgrounds participated in a national roundtable on learning in Canada. Working in small groups and plenaries, participants proposed a vision for learning as a way to address the widely expressed concern that Canada is not moving fast enough to increase learning opportunities and to…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Change Strategies
Bailey, Thomas R.; Hughes, Katherine L.; Karp, Melinda Mechur – 2002
Dual enrollment programs allow high school students to enroll in college courses before high school graduation, giving them firsthand exposure to the requirements of college-level work and allowing them to gain high school and college credit simultaneously. The role of dual enrollments in easing the transition between high school and postsecondary…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Articulation (Education), College Bound Students, Community Colleges
Janssens, Jos – 2002
A community initiative (called ADAPT) was intended to help the workforce in European Union countries to adapt to industrial change and prepare for the information society, as well as to promote growth, employment, and the competitiveness of companies in the countries. Between 1995 and 1999, 4,000 projects were funded to transform the ways in which…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Education, Case Studies, Change Strategies
Richini, Pierluigi – 2002
This report assesses the extent to which lifelong learning (LL) is being implemented in vocational education and training (VET) in Italy. Section 1 depicts the general situation regarding policies and innovations introduced at the statutory level to implement LL objectives. It introduces the principle of integration around which policy is…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Articulation (Education), Continuing Education, Corporate Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Finance. – 2001
This Congressional report contains the testimony and documents presented for the record of a hearing to gather input regarding the Strengthening Working Families Act of 2001, which was drafted to provide the assistance needed by former welfare recipients and other poor working parents to remain employed and advance in the labor market. The…
Descriptors: Adoption, Block Grants, Child Care, Conflict Resolution
Coontz, Stephanie; Folbre, Nancy – 2002
Marriage offers important social and economic benefits. Well-designed public policies could play a constructive role in helping couples develop the skills needed to develop healthy, sustainable relationships with each other and their children. It does not follow, however, that marriage promotion should be a significant component of anti-poverty…
Descriptors: Employed Parents, Employed Women, Employment Patterns, Employment Problems
Detweiler, Richard A. – Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 1997
Hartwick College (New York) developed a strategic vision for its future and invested significantly in information technology to transform that vision into reality. Guided by its president and trustees, Hartwick, a small, independent liberal arts college, formed a strategic plan in phases. At a formal board retreat in 1993, with faculty, students,…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Case Studies, Change Strategies, College Administration
Technology Univ.-Sydney, Broadway (Australia). Research Centre for Vocational Education and Training. – 1999
This publication is comprised of 12 position papers from the National Equity Workshop held at the University of Technology Sidney (Australia) at which participants summarized their positions on the way equity should be understood, their views on the strengths and weaknesses of current vocational education and training (VET) policy, and what they…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Community Organizations, Correctional Education
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Washington, DC. – 2000
This report explains the current U.S. regulations governing child labor; provides a detailed look at youth labor in this country, including how it differs among major demographic groups and economic sectors, and over time; and describes the outcomes of young people's work activities, including occupational injuries and fatalities and other…
Descriptors: Accidents, Adolescents, Agricultural Occupations, Agricultural Personnel
National Inst. for Careers Education and Counselling, Cambridge (England). – 1996
This document synthesizes the findings of an invitational policy consultation at which 27 invited participants from England, Wales, and Scotland examined the special career guidance needs of third-age adults (adults age 45 or older) and strategies for meeting those needs. First, the special career- and employment-related problems faced by…
Descriptors: Adult Counseling, Adult Development, Adult Learning, Adult Programs
Shanley, Michael G.; Leonard, Henry A.; Winkler, John D. – 2001
The potential of distance learning (DL) to expedite the U.S. Army's efforts to redress personnel shortages in Army enlisted occupations was studied by evaluating how DL-based training strategies might affect skill shortages in the following occupations: helicopter repairer; electronic switching system operator; microwave systems…
Descriptors: Aviation Mechanics, Change Strategies, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness
Leonard, Henry A.; Winkler, John D.; Hove, Anders; Ettedgui, Emile; Shanley, Michael G.; Sollinger, Jerry – 2001
The U.S. Army is in the process of implementing the Army Distance Learning Program, which is intended to improve training effectiveness and efficiency by substituting distance learning (DL) for portions of its current resident instruction program. To determine the potential effectiveness of DL in delivering military training, 25% of the resident…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Conventional Instruction, Cost Effectiveness
National Women's Law Center, Washington, DC. – 2002
The extent of sex segregation in vocational and technical education (VTE) in U.S. high schools nearly 30 years after passage of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 was examined in a national study. The key findings were as follows: (1) sex segregation is pervasive in high school-level VTE nationwide; (2) sex segregation results in…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Compliance (Legal), Educational Legislation, Educational Opportunities
Weinstein, Paul, Jr. – 2002
The New Economy Work (NEW) Scholarship is a proposed scholarship designed to reform federal training programs and to make them universally accessible to dislocated or disadvantaged workers. NEW Scholarships would accomplish the following things: (1) make access to training for dislocated workers as universally available as access to college; (2)…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accreditation (Institutions), Adult Education, Adult Learning
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