Economic Development Building Block: Workforce Readiness

David J. Robinson

Chapter Chapter Nine in Economic Development from the State and Local Perspective, 2014, pp 127-141 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract 1. Discuss the role of a state or region’s general education policies and practices in growing a successful economy 2. Understand the critical nature of a trained workforce in successful economic growth 3. Learn how private business can partner with public and private educational institutions to provide workforce training and employment opportunities 4. Recognize what role socioeconomic factors play in an area’s economic growth

Keywords: Community College; Illegal Immigrant; Immigrant Worker; Workforce Development; Local Perspective (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137317490_9

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