Workforce Quality Goals and the Implications for Education: The Oregon Experience

Creator

Nathan Sivers-Boyce
Tom Hibbard
Jerry Gray

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Publisher

Arizona State University, University of South Florida

Publication Date

March 2005

Abstract

We review a plan that attracted the attention of public sector planners everywhere, Oregon’s 1989 Oregon Shines: An Economic Strategy for the Pacific Century. In particular, we focus on Oregon’s aspirations for world-class workforce quality; a status that the state’s planners argued would contribute to a host of other outcomes that foster citizen well-being. The broader purpose of the paper is to emphasize the importance of timing. ...

Keywords

Occupational training

Extent

17

Geographic Location

Oregon

Volume

13

Issue

20

Language

English

Media Type

Journals (Periodicals)

Format

Digital Only

Note

Citation: Sivers-Boyce, N., Hibbard, T. & Gray, J. (2005 March 10). Workforce quality goals and the implications for education: The Oregon Experience. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 13(20). Retrieved [date] from http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v13n20.

Identifier

E11-00442

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.

Recommended Citation

Sivers-Boyce, Nathan; Hibbard, Tom; and Gray, Jerry, "Workforce Quality Goals and the Implications for Education: The Oregon Experience" (2005). Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA). 156.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/usf_EPAA/156