Return-Path: <nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.9.0.Beta5/8.9.0.Beta5/980425bjb) with SMTP id NAA13272; Sat, 28 Aug 1999 13:01:37 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 28 Aug 1999 13:01:37 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <v0401170db3e0b4f2cc8d@[128.32.248.108]> Errors-To: lmann@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Peter Seidman <seidman@uclink4.berkeley.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WORKPLACE:2915] New Publications From the National Center for Research in X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Status: OR The National Center for Research in Vocational Education (NCRVE) is funded by the US Department of Education, Office of Vocational and Adult Education, to do research, development, dissemination, and training in Vocational Education. The University of California Board of Regents holds nonexclusive copyright on all publications. Thus, NCRVE materials are in the public domain, and may be quoted and reproduced freely as long as proper credit is given. Academic Skills at Work: Two Perspectives C. Stasz, D. Brewer Changes in work are transforming the kinds of knowledge and attitudes needed for workplace success, shifting the focus from technical competencies to "soft" skills (such as responsibility and willingness to learn on the job), and "generic" skills (such as problem solving, communication, and ability to work in teams). Through a literature review and two data analyses, this report explores and defines various skills as they relate to success after high school. Stasz and Brewer conclude that academic measures alone are very unlikely to capture the multifaceted skills individuals must take to the labor market or to postsecondary education. This analysis will especially interest curriculum developers, policymakers, employers, researchers, and others concerned with the educational implications of changes in work. MDS-1193 March 1999 $10.50 State "Systems" of Workforce Development and the Workforce Investment Act W. N. Grubb W. Norton Grubb, director of the NCRVE site at the University of California, Berkeley, analyzes the efforts of ten states to coordinate their workforce development programs. These programs include postsecondary vocational education, short-term job training, adult education, specific programs for welfare recipients and dislocated workers, state-funded training for specific employers, and the training employers provide themselves. The article also outlines major provisions of the Workforce Investment Act that may contribute to greater system coordination. Reprinted from Workforce Investment Quarterly, 5(4). The full report on this project is available as Toward Order from Chaos: State Efforts To Reform Workforce Development Systems (MDS-1249). MDS-1246 Reprint Series $2.50 The Sub-Baccalaureate Labor Market in the United States: Challenges for the School-to-Work Transition W. N. Grubb The sub-baccaluareate labor market (SBLM) includes about three-fifths of all U.S. workers. W. Norton Grubb, NCRVE site director at the University of California, Berkeley, disentangles the effects of sub-baccalaureate education on employment and earnings. Through studies of four communities, he covers job skills and hiring practices of the SBLM; the interplay between job-specific skills and higher-order competencies; how well the SBLM functions for students and employers; the unevenness of economic returns to sub-baccalureate education; and implications for education and training programs. This is valuable information for students choosing a program and for all those involved in improving workforce preparation programs. This is reprinted from From Education to Work: Cross-National Perspectives, edited by Walter R. Heinz, Cambridge University Press, 1999, pp. 171-193. The full report on this study, is available as MDS-470, Betwixt and Between: Education, Skills, and Employment in the Sub-Baccalaureate Labor Markets. MDS-1306 Reprint Series $3.25 TO ORDER PRINTED COPIES, CONTACT THE NCRVE MATERIALS DISTRIBUTION SERVICE: NCRVE Materials Distribution Service Western Illinois University 1 University Circle Macomb, IL 61455-1390 (800) 637-7652; FAX (309) 298-2869 NCRVE-MDS@wiu.edu http://www.wiu.edu/users/micpc/ncrve/NCRVE_Ordering.html ABOUT ONLINE VERSIONS: The URLs following the abstracts in this message point to the most extensive online versions available at this time (usually an executive summary). Most items will become available in full text; you can check the "What's New" section of the NCRVE home page periodically (http://ncrve.berkeley.edu/#new), or subscribe to the ncrve-www-announce list to get email notification when new items appear online. For more information see http://ncrve.berkeley.edu/ncrve-www-announce.html. ============================================================================= Peter Seidman, Dissemination Program Director National Center for Research in Vocational Education University of California at Berkeley 2030 Addison St., Suite 500 Berkeley, CA 94720-1674 <seidman@uclink4.berkeley.edu> 800.762.4093 fax: 510.642.2124 http://ncrve.berkeley.edu/ The real voyage of discovery lies not in seeking new lands but in seeing with new eyes. Marcel Proust =============================================================================
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