NLA Discussion: voc training the sole purpose of adult ed?

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I think there is truth both in what carolyn is saying and what Andres is 
saying, but I'm not clear as to whether or not they're talking about the same 
thing.  My experience here at the Institute for Labor Studies and Research 
agrees with Carolyn's experience of workplace ed. entirely- student's reasons 
for buying into a program are their own and are oten broader than or at least 
different from those of management.  Enlightened management knows this and 
buys into it as well.

What Andres seems to be referring to, though, is a different kind of workforce
education - namely, training programs which function strictly to train 
workers job-specific skills that ready them for low wage, unfulfilling, dead 
end jobs.  If my understanding of Andres' post is correct, this is an 
entirely different type of program.

David Hayes