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Overview of Workforce Development in Education

Overview of Workforce Development in Education

Julie Neal
Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 27
ISBN13: 9781522540830|ISBN10: 1522540830|EISBN13: 9781522540847
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-4083-0.ch001
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Argentina Ornelas and Julie Neal. "Overview of Workforce Development in Education." The Role of Advisory Committees in Biomedical Education and Workforce Development: Emerging Research and Opportunities, IGI Global, 2018, pp.1-27. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-4083-0.ch001

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A. Ornelas & J. Neal (2018). Overview of Workforce Development in Education. IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-4083-0.ch001

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Argentina Ornelas and Julie Neal. "Overview of Workforce Development in Education." In The Role of Advisory Committees in Biomedical Education and Workforce Development: Emerging Research and Opportunities. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2018. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-4083-0.ch001

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Abstract

Workforce development focuses on economic development to boost a region's economic stability and prosperity, focusing on individuals. It is also described as the ability to sustain a workforce that can support current and future business/industry. Workforce and technical programs provide training in specialized fields to educate and prepare students to enter the workforce. Keeping in mind that business/industry requires trained employees, and employees need business/industry to create a sustainable lifestyle, decision-makers with knowledge and skills to lead their company and employees in a sustainable, prosperous direction are also required. This chapter explores workforce-development advisory committees, focusing on their relationship with community colleges and higher education. A particular focus is on the challenges growing and evolving workforce faces, and how to train and retrain to keep up with a changing and emerging workforce.

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