Next Generation of Workforce Development Project
Next Generation of Workforce Development Project

Author: Martin Simon

Publisher:

Published: 2005-09

Total Pages: 51

ISBN-13: 9781422300886

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This report is the culmination of a 4-year project focused on defining the next generation of workforce dev't. policy in response to rapid technological advances, globalization of markets & demographic changes that are transforming the U.S. economy & its labor markets. The Nat. Gov. Assoc. joined with 3 leading univ. policy centers in developing this project. The Next Generation of Workforce Dev't. project was designed to assist governors in developing the policy infrastructure & strategies that help workers & bus. stay competitive. This requires a close alignment of workforce dev't. & educ. with econ. dev't. This report provides a close look at the initiatives underway in the 6 states -- Idaho, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, Ohio, & Virginia.

A New Vision for Center-Based Engineering Research
A New Vision for Center-Based Engineering Research

Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2017-07-18

Total Pages: 103

ISBN-13: 0309459087

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The future security, economic growth, and competitiveness of the United States depend on its capacity to innovate. Major sources of innovative capacity are the new knowledge and trained students generated by U.S. research universities. However, many of the complex technical and societal problems the United States faces cannot be addressed by the traditional model of individual university research groups headed by a single principal investigator. Instead, they can only be solved if researchers from multiple institutions and with diverse expertise combine their efforts. The National Science Foundation (NSF), among other federal agencies, began to explore the potential of such center-scale research programs in the 1970s and 1980s; in many ways, the NSF Engineering Research Center (ERC) program is its flagship program in this regard. The ERCs are "interdisciplinary, multi-institutional centers that join academia, industry, and government in partnership to produce transformational engineered systems and engineering graduates who are adept at innovation and primed for leadership in the global economy. To ensure that the ERCs continue to be a source of innovation, economic development, and educational excellence, A New Vision for Center-Based Engineering Research explores the future of center-based engineering research, the skills needed for effective center leadership, and opportunities to enhance engineering education through the centers.