دانلود کتاب Workforce Education: A New Roadmap

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Contents
Authors’ Note
Acknowledgments
1 Introduction
Preview #1: A Short, Intensive Program in Advanced Manufacturing
Preview #2: Putting New Education Technologies to Use
Preview #3: Collaboration between Federally Supported Programs
The Problem
The Story Ahead
2 The American Working Class: Economic Decline and Growing Inequality
The Overall Economic Backdrop
The Barbell
Wage Stagnation and Decline
Labor Market Nonparticipation
Heightened Effects on Minority Communities
These Problems Predate the Great Recession
Regional Lock-In
Rural Effects
Stuck in Place
The College Dividing Line: Upskilling
A Complicating Challenge: Older Workers
The Barbell Dilemma
Job Training versus Job Creation
The Public’s Perspective
3 Breakdowns in Today’s Workforce Education
Underinvestment by Government and Employers
The Role of Unions
Background on Workforce Laws
Limited Focus on Higher Skills and Incumbent Workers
Education Department Programs Fill Only Some Gaps
Steep Decline in Secondary School Vocational Education
For-Profit Higher Education: A Problematic Model
Community Colleges Are Underfunded and Disconnected from Upcoming Workforce Needs
Advanced Technical Education Programs Remain Small
A Broken Information System
The Difficulty of Institutional Change
4 Technology versus Jobs
Complementarity or Displacement?
Complementarity and Augmentation
The Reemployment Problem
A Framework for Understanding Skills
5 The Three Sectors: Manufacturing, Healthcare, and Retail
Manufacturing
Healthcare
Retail
6 The Broken Labor Market Information System
A Job Navigator
The Navigator’s Role
Integrating Education and Labor Markets
Integration of Online Education into a Navigator
Interoperable Learning Records
Moving Forward to Fix the Broken System
7 The University Role in Workforce Education
Higher Education as an Engine of Economic Mobility
The Critical Role of Higher Education in Workforce Credentialing
Higher Education as a Legacy Sector
Higher Education Credentials Are Not a Substitute for Actual Skills
Erosion of Bipartisan Political and Business Support
What This All Means for Universities
College Completion
The APLU’s “Ready for Jobs” Report
Why Is Work Changing? Why Is More Education Input Required?
University Roles in Workforce Education
Connecting the College-Level Education to the Workforce
Higher Education and Lifelong Learning
8 The New Educational Technologies
Better Pedagogical Practices
Mens et Manus
New Delivery Modalities
Edtech and Workforce Education: Additional Technology Strands
9 The Educational Content
Competency-Based Education
Compact, Credential-Based Education Programs
New Online Delivery Tools Can Assist
Skills Requirements
Foundational Academic Skills
Personal and Interpersonal Skills
Occupational Skills
10 The Apprenticeship Model
Youth Employment and Unemployment
Federal Support for Apprenticeship Programs
The German Apprenticeship Model
Apprenticeships in Great Britain
American Experiments with Vocational Education
American Experiments with Apprenticeships
Case Study: Charleston, South Carolina, Youth Apprenticeship Model
11 The New Content-Delivery Models
Model 1: The Trifecta: The Synergistic Reach of Asnuntuck Community College
Model 2: Reaching New Entrant Workers through Youth Apprenticeships
Model 3: Fixing the Two-Year College Completion Rate in Tennessee
Model 4: Reaching Displaced and Underemployed Workers with a Short Program
Model 5: Reaching New Entrant Workers in Massachusetts Technical High Schools
Model 6: Employer Programs for New Entrant and Incumbent Workers
Model 7: The State’s Role in Unifying Workforce Programs
Model 8: Toward New Labor Market Information Systems
Model 9: Introducing New Education Technologies
12 A Roadmap to New Workforce Systems
The System Is Broken
A New Workforce Education Framework Is Critical
Translating New Delivery Models into Policy Recommendations
Application to Worker Categories
Implementation in Sectors
Notes
1 Introduction
2 The American Working Class
3 Breakdowns in Today’s Workforce Education
4 Technology versus Jobs
5 The Three Sectors
6 The Broken Labor Market Information System
7 The University Role in Workforce Education
8 The New Educational Technologies
9 The Educational Content
10 The Apprenticeship Model
11 The New Content Delivery Models
12 A Roadmap to New Workforce Systems
Index