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Carnevale, Anthony P. – 1999
This report discusses the education and empowerment of Hispanic Americans, stressing the importance of expanding access to educational opportunity from preschool through graduate and professional school. The report focuses on closing the educational and opportunity gap faced by Hispanics in the United States. After an introduction, "A Hard Look at…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Bilingual Education, Culturally Relevant Education, Diversity (Student)
Download full textCarnevale, Anthony P.; And Others – 1990
This document, one of the results of a 3-year study, provides an overview of training in the United States in terms of who gets trained and how the training itself is organized, structured, and delivered. The findings were developed through a literature review, the work of advisory panels, feedback from 400 experts and practitioners, interviews…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Change Agents, Cooperative Programs
Carnevale, Anthony P.; And Others – 1990
This book is designed to provide readers with an in-depth understanding of the 16 skills that employers believe are workplace basics. Part One centers on the economic importance of the 16 skills and provides a theoretical basis for why these skills are important. Part Two discusses the foundation skill, learning to learn, on which all other skills…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Basic Skills, Career Development
Carnevale, Anthony P.; And Others – 1990
This document, a result of a 3-year study, gives step-by-step instructions for establishing and implementing a program to teach the basic skills necessary in the workplace. The resulting programs use the applied approach that motivates learners by linking learning to improved job performance. The document is intended for practitioners and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Basic Skills, Career Development
Carnevale, Anthony P.; And Others – 1988
A two-year research project was conducted to determine the skills employers consider necessary for the workplace. Recent changes in the economy have made employers begin to realize that they must assist their current and future workers in achieving competency in workplace basics if they are to be competitive. Employers have come to realize the…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Curriculum Development, Education Work Relationship, Employer Attitudes
Carnevale, Anthony P.; Reich, Kathleen – 2000
This publication identifies the front-line lessons learned to date on the role of education in the next phase of welfare reform. It presents the voices of leading welfare administrators, educators, business people, and current and former welfare recipients. Part 1, "Identifying the Issues," presents "The Case for Investing in…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Finance, Employed Parents, Evaluation Methods
