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ERIC Number: EJ636635
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0318-9090
Lifelong Learning in the New Economy: A Great Leap Backwards.
Cruikshank, Jane
Canadian Journal of University Continuing Education, v27 n2 p61-78 Fall 2001
Analyzes the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's Jobs Study, which advocated a two-tier economy: high-skill jobs and low-skill, low-wage jobs to absorb the unemployed. Shows how Canada has adopted some of these strategies under the guise of structural adjustment. Advocates a social policy role for adult educators. (Contains 35 references.) (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Educators, Economic Change, Economic Development, Foreign Countries, Job Development, Lifelong Learning, Public Sector, Structural Unemployment, Unskilled Workers
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Organisation for Economic Cooperation Development