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Title:

TRANSPORTATION EDUCATION: TECHNICAL TRAINING AND CONTINUING EDUCATION

Accession Number:

00468176

Record Type:

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/0039039142

Abstract:

The rapid growth of transportation systems during the past 3 decades has posed unique challenges to transportation education in the 1980s. On the one hand, practitioners still need to be grounded in the technical skills offered, usually in academic disciplines such as engineering and urban planning. However, expanded service demands, coupled with financial constraints and complicated employee relations, make it essential that these same practitioners acquire the managerial skills necessary to run cost-effective, employee-efficient systems. In addition, the constant change and proliferation of technology, most notably in the communications and microcomputer fields, mean that transportation professionals must regularly participate in continuing education and technical training programs. This paper concentrates on continuing education and technical training and offers guidelines for how such programs can both reinforce and complement traditional academic courses. A systems approach is used and a continuing education working model is constructed.

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Monograph Accession #:

00468164

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Cyra, David J

Pagination:

pp 148-159

Publication Date:

1985

Serial:

Transportation Research Board Special Report

Issue Number: 210
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0360-859X

Conference:

Conference on Surface Transportation Education and Training

Location: Williamsburg Virginia, United States
Date: 1984-10-28 to 1984-10-31
Sponsors: Urban Mass Transportation Administration; Federal Highway Administration; U.S. Department of Transportation

ISBN:

0-039-03914-2

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

References (5)

Uncontrolled Terms:

Human resources

Subject Areas:

Administration and Management; Education and Training; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I10: Economics and Administration

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Apr 30 1988 12:00AM

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