An analysis of a foundational learning program in BC: the Foundations Workplace Skills Program (FWSP) at Douglas College
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literacy and essential skills; foundational learning; program evaluation;JEL classification:
- I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EDU-2013-11-22 (Education)
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