Reimagining the Workforce Development and Employment System for the 21st Century and Beyond

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melanie Zaber ◽  
Lynn Karoly ◽  
Katie Whipkey
Keyword(s):  
Workforce Development ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Employment System

A System That Works: How a New Workforce Development and Employment System Can Meet the Needs of Employers, Workers, and Other Stakeholders

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melanie Zaber ◽  
Lynn Karoly ◽  
Katie Whipkey
Keyword(s):  
Workforce Development ◽  
Employment System

scholarly journals Practicing 21st Century Skills in the Classroom

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meghan Perdue
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Workforce Development ◽  
21St Century ◽  
21St Century Skills ◽  
Bachelor's Degree ◽  
Higher Education Curriculum ◽  
Consulting Firms ◽  
Education Model ◽  
The University

In the midst of the current technological revolution, there is a thriving conversation about how society should adapt to the future of work taking place in the national media, universities, policy organizations, think tanks, consulting firms and companies. One such model for work and education under consideration is that of the role of higher education in workforce development. How well does a bachelor’s degree prepare an individual for a career in this shifting landscape of work? What is the responsibility of the university to the student – to prepare them for a career? Or to help them build the intellectual framework to build a meaningful life Incorporating the practice and development of 21st century skills into the higher education classroom does not necessarily require a great rethinking of the education model or content delivery. Rather, it could be as simple as encouraging faculty to use proven educational principles such as active learning and group-based learning into the classroom. This would allow students to practice some of the necessary skills such as communication, respect, teamwork, and problem solving into their higher education curriculum.

Community Colleges and Workforce Preparation in the 21st Century

2021 ◽  
pp. 115-131
Author(s):  
Carlos Lopez
Keyword(s):  
Community College ◽  
Community Colleges ◽  
Workforce Development ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Modern Trend ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Workforce Preparation ◽  
The Right

This chapter addresses the modern trend in community colleges and their evolving mission to serve as one of the significant contributors to workforce development in our nation. There are many challenges community colleges face today. One of those challenges is to be one of the main suppliers of skilled professionals for the workforce. Therefore, it is crucial to understand the role of community colleges, their mission, and how they will develop programs to train people with the necessary skills to meet the demands of the workforce. For community colleges to achieve that goal, they have to go from adding and/or restructuring curricula to making sure they have the right personnel to teach special and high tech courses that will prepare students with the right skill set and knowledge to join the workforce after getting their degree, diploma, or certification at the community college.

Are Green Jobs Career Pathways a Path to a 21st-Century Workforce Development System?

2012 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ellen Scully-Russ
Keyword(s):  
Workforce Development ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Career Pathways ◽  
Green Jobs ◽  
Development System

scholarly journals Strategic Analysis of the Advanced Computing Infrastructure and Future Directions

2021 ◽  
pp. 77-84
Author(s):  
Aisling Yue Irwing ◽  
Alen Macline
Keyword(s):  
Workforce Development ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Cyber Security ◽  
Critical Evaluation ◽  
Grand Challenge ◽  
Strategic Plans ◽  
Computational Data ◽  
Advanced Computing ◽  
Computing Infrastructure ◽  
Cyber Infrastructure

This paper provides a critical evaluation of the Advanced Computing Infrastructure (ACI), which is a fundamental element of the Cyber Infrastructure (CI) 21st of the Century. Whereas the infrastructure focuses widely on the cyber infrastructure required by education, engineering, and science communities to handle more complex issues and problems, the ACI particularly concentrates on ensuring these societies have ready accessibility to the required advanced computing capacities. The CI of the 21st Century and its framework integrate other key complementariness; however, it integrates overlapping elements: scientific instruments, Computational Data-enhanced Engineering & Science (CDE&S), computational science, grand challenge societies, workforce development, Cyber Security (CS), campus bridging, software and data. Various elements were addressed in the CI of the 21st Century in the past decade and processes are in progress to design strategic plans focusing on the different elements.

scholarly journals iMakerSpace Model: Shaping the 21st Century Workforce

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ismail Fidan ◽  
Stephen Canfield ◽  
Vahid Motevalli ◽  
George Chitiyo ◽  
Mahdi Mohammadizadeh
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Community Colleges ◽  
Engineering Education ◽  
Workforce Development ◽  
Extracurricular Activities ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Job Market ◽  
Success Stories ◽  
Remote Laboratories ◽  
The Impact

Innovations in engineering education are undergoing a noticeable transformation. Higher education institutions are practicing distance education, remote laboratories, studio pedagogies and several other approaches in order to increase their students’ retention, success, and preparedness for the job market. In engineering education, maker spaces have become popular in the last ten years in universities as well as community colleges, high-schools and community innovation hubs. A large number of engineering colleges have allocated significant spaces, and at some universities entire buildings as maker spaces to be used for curricular and extracurricular activities. Success stories of these types of spaces are well documented. This paper describes the activities and programs held at Tennessee Tech University’s maker space called ‘iMakerSpace.’ These accomplishments include several workforce development activities. The impact and effectiveness of the iMakerSpace is evaluated through analysis of survey data.

Workforce Development: The Key to Prosperity in the 21st Century

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas C. Bolden ◽  
Cal Clark
Keyword(s):  
Workforce Development ◽  
21St Century
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