Turning Skills Into Profit: Economic Benefits of Workplace Education Programs
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Authors:
Brenda Lafleur
Michael R. Bloom -
Publication Date:
July 1999 -
Report Number:
R-1247-99-RR
To overcome the widening gap between current skill levels and those needed to maintain competitiveness, companies are finding that workplace education programs are leading to a plethora of improvements: 98 percent of employers report at least one employee skill and one economic benefit gained from these programs. 16 pages.