Introduction : designing quality career development programs and services / V. Scott H. Solberg and Saba R. Ali -- Career and workforce development policy and evidence based practice -- Career development and its role in maintaining a competitive global economy / V. Scott H. Solberg -- Evidence...

Replacement demand in a global economy / Richard B. Freeman -- An overview of U.S. workforce development policy / Burt S. Barnow and Demetra S. Nightingale -- Career-focused education and training for youth / Robert I. Lerman -- Higher education : policies generating the 21st century workforce /...

Workforce development financing has changed significantly over the last 25 years. In 2008, federal funding for the traditional workforce development system was 83 percent lower in real terms than it had been in 1980. As the federal system plays a smaller role in workforce development financing,...

Modularisierung wird mit dem Hinweis auf die Vielfalt der Bedürfnisse der Lerner und von Seiten der Anbieter beruflichen Lernens (Betriebe, Schulen, Bildungsanbieter) gefordert. Ihr könne nur durch die zeitliche Flexibilisierung und inhaltliche Gliederung von individuellen Ausbildungsgängen...