ERIC_NO:
ED403453
TITLE:
Preparing a Diverse Workforce for the Twenty-First Century. A Position Paper. Education Series [and] Preparing a Diverse Workforce for the
Twenty-First Century. A Resource Manual. Monograph Series.
PUBLICATION_DATE:
1996
ABSTRACT:
This position paper and companion resource manual highlight the critical importance the National Council for Occupational Education (NCOE) gives
to diversity issues in work force development. The position paper reports
the NCOE's examination of the implications presented by the changing
demographics in the U.S. work force and the potential mismatch with the
increasingly technological work environment. It identifies a key role
for the nation's community colleges in preparing a diverse work force.
The position paper outlines a strong role for community colleges in a
national work force development strategy and provides recommendations
for local and national action. The resource manual consists of two sections.
The first is a self-assessment document designed to assist colleges in
looking critically at how well their institutions are preparing students
to enter a work environment likely to be dramatically impacted by diversity.
The second section consists of 10 exemplary programs selected for their
outstanding approaches to serving students from diverse backgrounds.
Components of each description include program title, institution, program
type, abstract, and demographics. The programs are as follows: Visions:
Learning for Life Initiative; Nursing Success Program; Environmental
Technology; Project H.I.R.E.; ESL [English as a Second Language] and
Electronics Technology; Minority Engineering Scholars; TMCC [Truckee Meadows
Community College] Smart Starts 2; Pathway Program for Nursing and Allied
Health; Women in Technology; and A.S.P.I.R.E. (YLB)
MAJOR_DESCRIPTORS:
Community Colleges; Cultural Differences; Demonstration Programs; Diversity (Institutional); Labor Force Development; Self Evaluation (Groups);
MINOR DESCRIPTORS:
Institutional Evaluation; Job Training; Program Descriptions; Two Year Colleges; Vocational Education;
PUBLICATION_TYPE:
120; 055