Comparing Private-Sector Technical Training With Public-Sector Degree Completion: An Off-Site Panel Discussion With Aker Philadelphia Shipyard and the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia on Academia-Industry Partnerships for Workforce Education

Session Type: Off-Site Visit

Abstract

Date: Wednesday, April 2
Time: 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Location: Aker Philadelphia Shipyard, 2100 Kitty Hawk Avenue, Philadelphia, PA
Fee: Free; Open to all attendees and pre-registration is required.
Transportation: Attendees will meet between 2.30-2.45 pm at 200 Level, Hall E, AERA Conference Registration desk at the Pennsylvania Convention Center on April 2.
Sponsor: Workplace Learning SIG
Contact: Rajashi Ghosh, rajashi.ghosh@drexel.edu, Drexel University
Description:
Philadelphia offers a unique opportunity to explore the workplace learning practices that supported reintroduction of the shipping industry to the region as well the workforce education programs of one of the twelve regional offices of the Federal Reserve System in the United States. The panel will discuss how both the shipping and banking industries have partnered with local community colleges and universities in Philadelphia to prepare their workforce for a work environment that is vastly different from that of even five years ago. The discussion will compare and contrast the challenges of academia-industry partnerships experienced by Aker Philadelphia Shipyard to create a future workforce of skilled craftsmen and the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia to prepare their future knowledge workers.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Workplace Learning

Visit Leader

• Rajashi Ghosh, Drexel University

Participants

• Martin Mulder, Wageningen University

• Susanne D.E. Weber, University of Munich

• James E. Bartlett, North Carolina State University

Discussant

• Joseph Welsh, Collegiate Consortium for Workforce and Economic Development