The US is Ranked 12th in Talent, Topped By Those Pesky Socialist Countries. What’s Gone Wrong?
by Dean Prigelmeier, President of Proactive Technologies, Inc.
In an IndustryWeek article entitled, “Top 10 Countries For Talent,” it was reported that the IMB World Talent Ranking for 2018 placed the U.S. at 12th, behind many of those countries that are considered “socialist.” How can that be? Could it be that countries 1-11 found a better balance between a thriving model of capitalism and an economy that filters down to all?
It appears that these countries have deliberate strategies for sustained growth. They cultivate relationships with trading partners to “lift more boats” than just those at the top, and seem to do pretty well with their form of democracy. Their societies reflect this stability in the standards of living, mortality rates, health of their people, lower crime rates and lower numbers of suicides and mass incarceration.
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Thinking Past the Assessment – Unfinished Goals and Unrealized Expectations
by Stacey Lett, Director of Operations – Eastern U.S. – Proactive Technologies, Inc.
Literally speaking, an “assessment” is the process of measuring the value, quality and/or quantity of something. There are many types of assessments, and methods for assessing. In theory, it is the process of evaluating one thing against a set of criteria to determine the match/mismatch.
There are assessments for risk, for taxes, vulnerability. There are psychological, health, and political assessments. There is a group of educational assessments that measure a variety of outcomes such as educational attainment – assessments of course content mastery, assessment of grade level attainment, assessments of Scholastic Aptitude Tests (“SAT”) that compare a student to their peers nationally and a variety of college readiness exams.
Is the “Gainful Employment” Requirement For Education Realistic?
by Dr. Dave Just, formally Dean of Corporate and Continuing Education at Community Colleges in MA, OH, PA, SC. Currently President of K&D Consulting
In May, the U.S. Education Department sent out reminders to universities of the July 1 deadline to update their websites to include specific information to comply with U.S. Obama-era “gainful employment” regulations. A few weeks later it was revealed that the U.S. Department of Education is expected to publish, soon, its final regulation to eliminate the so-called gainful employment rule. However, it may not go away entirely. Proponents of the rule say Congress might later choose to alter the regulation in the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act (HEA), which would require the department to again address the issue.
click here to expandIs an Apprenticeship Without Structured On-The-Job Training an Apprenticeship?
by Dean Prigelmeier, President of Proactive Technologies, Inc.
Career and vocation-focused training is a pivotal point in every current and future worker’s life. This world is overwhelmed by forces that make the effort more difficult for the education and training providers, more urgent and critical for the learner, more scrutinized by the employer and constantly measured against time; how long the training takes (which determines costs) and the relevance of the skills acquired to the targeted job which is always moving to the next level of technology. If the training is not “continuously improved” and maintained to be predominantly current and accurate, the graduate may find that jobs for which the new-found skills were targeted now marginally or, even worse, no longer exist.
In theory, apprenticeships offer a promising approach for traditional trades and crafts. As of 2008, more jobs can be registered as apprenticeships with new models accepted by the U.S. Department of Labor. If the program is based on a sound structure and methodology (one that can work for any type of job classification), an apprenticeship capstone – the job-related, employer-based training – would be maintained current and accurate for at least the employer apprenticeship host. Without this component, an apprenticeship experience may be as hollow as some of the for-profit educational chains which are often criticized for high costs and low placement rates.
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