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Download or read book The Case for Enhancing American Workforce Skills written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309440068
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (94 download)
Download or read book Building America's Skilled Technical Workforce written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2017-06-04 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Skilled technical occupationsâ€"defined as occupations that require a high level of knowledge in a technical domain but do not require a bachelor's degree for entryâ€"are a key component of the U.S. economy. In response to globalization and advances in science and technology, American firms are demanding workers with greater proficiency in literacy and numeracy, as well as strong interpersonal, technical, and problem-solving skills. However, employer surveys and industry and government reports have raised concerns that the nation may not have an adequate supply of skilled technical workers to achieve its competitiveness and economic growth objectives. In response to the broader need for policy information and advice, Building America's Skilled Technical Workforce examines the coverage, effectiveness, flexibility, and coordination of the policies and various programs that prepare Americans for skilled technical jobs. This report provides action-oriented recommendations for improving the American system of technical education, training, and certification.
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Human Resources
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book High Skills, Competitive Workforce Act of 1991 written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Human Resources and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Council on Competitiveness
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)
Download or read book Elevating the Skills of the American Workforce written by Council on Competitiveness and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and the Workforce. Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (143 download)
Download or read book Examining America's Workforce Challenges written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and the Workforce. Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development and published by . This book was released on 2024 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Scott A. Liddell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)
Download or read book Adult Workers written by Scott A. Liddell and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Because their fiscal health depends on having a large base of high-wage taxpayers, states have an economic interest in increasing their citizens' skill levels. In today's global economy, high wages are increasingly tied to the high skills required to function successfully in high performance work organizations. Employer-provided skill upgrading for most U.S. workers is either inadequate or nonexistent as firms seek to minimize operating costs. Publicly supported efforts to train adult workers cannot succeed by simply building upon the foundations of existing state education policies/practices because nearly all current spending on human resource development supports primary, secondary, and higher education. Several states, including Alabama, California, Connecticut, Illinois, and Iowa, are involved in the following types of innovative activities to target training and education toward workers and firms in the private sector: provide high priority assistance to companies developing high performance organizations that take full advantage of broadly skilled workers and flexible production systems; finance worksite-based skill improvement; use tax and bond systems to meet the need for reliable funding of training programs; and use tax credits to train work forces through state-approved providers. (A list of 7 contact persons is appended. Contains 14 references. (MN)
Author : Joan DeJaeghere
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030852148
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (38 download)
Download or read book Life Skills Education for Youth written by Joan DeJaeghere and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-11-23 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access volume critically reviews a diverse body of scholarship and practice that informs the conceptualization, curriculum, teaching and measurement of life skills in education settings around the world. It discusses life skills as they are implemented in schools and non-formal education, providing both qualitative and quantitative evidence of when, with whom, and how life skills do or do not impact young women’s and men’s lives in various contexts. Specifically, it examines the nature and importance of life skills, and how they are taught. It looks at the synergies and differences between life skills educational programmes and the way in which they promote social and emotional learning, vocational/employment education, and health and sexuality education. Finally, it explores how life skills may be better incorporated into education and how such education can address structures and relations of power to help youth achieve desired future outcomes, and goals set out in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Life skills education has gained considerable attention by education policymakers, researchers and educators as being the sine qua non for later achievements in life. It is nearly ubiquitous in global and national education policies, including the SDGs, because life skills are regarded as essential for a diverse set of purposes: reducing poverty, achieving gender equality, promoting economic growth, addressing climate change, fostering peace and global citizenship, and creating sustainable and healthy communities. Yet, to achieve these broad goals, questions persist as to which life skills are important, who needs to learn them, how they can be taught, and how they are best measured. This book addresses these questions.
Author : U S Office of the Federal Register
Publisher : Government Printing Office
ISBN 13 : 9780160925290
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (252 download)
Download or read book Workforce Innovation and Opportunity ACT, Public Law 113-128 written by U S Office of the Federal Register and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 2014-09-24 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this Act is to improve the quality and labor market relevance of workforce investment, education, and economic development efforts to provide America's workers with the skills and credentials necessary to secure and advance in employment with family-sustaining wages and to provide America's employers with the skilled workers the employers need to succeed in a global economy. It also was developed to promote improvement in the structure of and delivery of services through the United States workforce development system to better address the employment and skill needs of workers, jobseekers, and employers as well as to increase the prosperity of workers and employers in the United States, the economic growth of communities, regions, and States, and the global competitiveness of the United States. This law will appeal to high schools, vocational schools, higher education and community college administrators, guidance counselors, and human resource professionals to work together to meet the needs of employers and job seekers' technical skills for American workers to thrive with meeting employment opportunities throughout the United States of America.
Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9264433953
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (644 download)
Download or read book OECD Skills Studies Building a Skilled Cyber Security Workforce in Latin America Insights from Chile, Colombia and Mexico written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2023-09-22 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As societies become increasingly digital, the importance of cyber security has grown significantly for individuals, companies, and nations. The rising number of cyber attacks surpasses the existing defense capabilities, partly due to a shortage of skilled cyber security professionals.
Author : Twentieth Century Fund. Task Force on Retraining America's Workforce
Publisher : Twentieth Century Foundation
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book No One Left Behind written by Twentieth Century Fund. Task Force on Retraining America's Workforce and published by Twentieth Century Foundation. This book was released on 1996 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book identifies government and corporate strategies that could continuously strengthen the skills and knowledge of workers and enhance the productivity of the American workforce, raising prospects for higher U.S. corporate profitability and economic growth. The report was prepared by a task force comprised of representatives from business, labor, government, and academia.
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309065259
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)
Download or read book The Changing Nature of Work written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1999-10-07 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although there is great debate about how work is changing, there is a clear consensus that changes are fundamental and ongoing. The Changing Nature of Work examines the evidence for change in the world of work. The committee provides a clearly illustrated framework for understanding changes in work and these implications for analyzing the structure of occupations in both the civilian and military sectors. This volume explores the increasing demographic diversity of the workforce, the fluidity of boundaries between lines of work, the interdependent choices for how work is structured-and ultimately, the need for an integrated systematic approach to understanding how work is changing. The book offers a rich array of data and highlighted examples on: Markets, technology, and many other external conditions affecting the nature of work. Research findings on American workers and how they feel about work. Downsizing and the trend toward flatter organizational hierarchies. Autonomy, complexity, and other aspects of work structure. The committee reviews the evolution of occupational analysis and examines the effectiveness of the latest systems in characterizing current and projected changes in civilian and military work. The occupational structure and changing work requirements in the Army are presented as a case study.
Author : Thomas R. Bailey
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135942366
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (359 download)
Download or read book Working Knowledge written by Thomas R. Bailey and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-12-16 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on five years of research in high school and community college programs, this book explores the potential for using work-based learning as part of a broad education reform strategy.
Author : David H. Autor
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262367742
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (623 download)
Download or read book The Work of the Future written by David H. Autor and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2022-06-21 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why the United States lags behind other industrialized countries in sharing the benefits of innovation with workers and how we can remedy the problem. The United States has too many low-quality, low-wage jobs. Every country has its share, but those in the United States are especially poorly paid and often without benefits. Meanwhile, overall productivity increases steadily and new technology has transformed large parts of the economy, enhancing the skills and paychecks of higher paid knowledge workers. What’s wrong with this picture? Why have so many workers benefited so little from decades of growth? The Work of the Future shows that technology is neither the problem nor the solution. We can build better jobs if we create institutions that leverage technological innovation and also support workers though long cycles of technological transformation. Building on findings from the multiyear MIT Task Force on the Work of the Future, the book argues that we must foster institutional innovations that complement technological change. Skills programs that emphasize work-based and hybrid learning (in person and online), for example, empower workers to become and remain productive in a continuously evolving workplace. Industries fueled by new technology that augments workers can supply good jobs, and federal investment in R&D can help make these industries worker-friendly. We must act to ensure that the labor market of the future offers benefits, opportunity, and a measure of economic security to all.
Author : John Bell
Publisher : Weddle's
ISBN 13 : 9781928734758
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (347 download)
Download or read book The A+ Solution written by John Bell and published by Weddle's. This book was released on 2013-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Millions of Americans remain unemployed, but on average three million jobs go unfilled because employers cannot find workers with the skills and experience they need. In addition, over 800,000 people aren’t counted in monthly unemployment reports because they have given up looking for jobs. Addressing the skills gap and getting people back to work through workforce development programs is – and has long been – a national priority. Yet far too frequently, current efforts fail for multiple reasons – from inconsistent funding and one-shot training programs to an over-reliance on local programs to solve a national problem. Professional associations are on standby and ready to train, educate, and motivate workers across career fields and industries to take charge of their own careers. The A+ Solution makes the case for how and why 70,000 professional societies and trade associations are perfectly positioned to train and support our workforce with proven expertise at minimal cost. From industry-based expertise and knowledge communities to certifications and continuing education programs, associations offer unparalleled resources to provide individuals and employers with long-term training solutions. Yet, current legislation limits associations from active participation in workforce training at the state and local level. The A + Solution provides a compelling argument for what associations offer – and the changes needed to take wider advantage of their programs and services.
Author : Rita Almeida
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 0821387154
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (213 download)
Download or read book The Right Skills for the Job? written by Rita Almeida and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2012-07-13 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book revisits skills development policies and points to new directions for making training programs more effective and responsive in increasingly competitive labor market.
Author : William B. Bonvillian
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199374538
Total Pages : 381 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (993 download)
Download or read book Technological Innovation in Legacy Sectors written by William B. Bonvillian and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2015-08-18 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The American economy faces two deep problems: expanding innovation and raising the rate of quality job creation. Both have roots in a neglected problem: the resistance of Legacy economic sectors to innovation. While the U.S. has focused its policies on breakthrough innovations to create new economic frontiers like information technology and biotechnology, most of its economy is locked into Legacy sectors defended by technological/ economic/ political/ social paradigms that block competition from disruptive innovations that could challenge their models. Americans like to build technology "covered wagons" and take them "out west" to open new innovation frontiers; we don't head our wagons "back east" to bring innovation to our Legacy sectors. By failing to do so, the economy misses a major opportunity for innovation, which is the bedrock of U.S. competitiveness and its standard of living. Technological Innovation in Legacy Sectors uses a new, unifying conceptual framework to identify the shared features underlying structural obstacles to innovation in major Legacy sectors: energy, air and auto transport, the electric power grid, buildings, manufacturing, agriculture, health care delivery and higher education, and develops approaches to understand and transform them. It finds both strengths and obstacles to innovation in the national innovation environments - a new concept that combines the innovation system and the broader innovation context - for a group of Asian and European economies. Manufacturing is a major Legacy sector that presents a particular challenge because it is a critical stage in the innovation process. By increasingly offshoring production, the U.S. is losing important parts of its innovation capacity. "Innovate here, produce here," where the U.S. took all the gains of its strong innovation system at every stage, is being replaced by "innovate here, produce there," which threatens to lead to "produce there, innovate there." To bring innovation to Legacy sectors, authors William Bonvillian and Charles Weiss recommend that policymakers focus on all stages of innovation from research through implementation. They should fill institutional gaps in the innovation system and take measures to address structural obstacles to needed disruptive innovations. In the specific case of advanced manufacturing, the production ecosystem can be recreated to reverse "jobless innovation" and add manufacturing-led innovation to the U.S.'s still-strong, research-oriented innovation system.
Author : Nancy Love
Publisher : Corwin Press
ISBN 13 : 1412950015
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (129 download)
Download or read book The Data Coach's Guide to Improving Learning for All Students written by Nancy Love and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2008-02-27 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Use data as an effective tool for school change and improvement! This resource helps data team facilitators move schools away from unproductive data practices and toward examining data for systematic and continuous improvement in instruction and learning. The book, which includes a CD-ROM with slides and reproducibles, illustrates how the authors' model has proven successful in: Narrowing achievement gaps in all content areas and grade levels Achieving strong, continuous gains in local and state assessments in mathematics, science, and reading Initiating powerful conversations about race/ethnicity, class, educational status, gender, and language differences Developing a vision for a high-performing, data-informed school culture
