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Fidelity Investments to Acquire TEDS
As the outsourcing of human resources functions continues to grow, the outsourcing of specific learning functions grows with it. New evidence of this growth is Fidelity Investments’ announcement that it […]
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Increasing Value Through High-Stakes Testing
Popular debate surrounding “high-stakes testing” often points in the direction of the federal government’s handling of K-12 education policy, but there exists an equally consequential argument involving standardized tests as they influence career paths an
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Pep Boys: Tuning Up the Workforce
Pep Boys is the country’s largest chain of automotive aftermarket products and services with 594 stores and 6,000 service bays throughout the United States and Puerto Rico. Through its 20,000 employees, the company generates more than $2 billion in revenu
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Training Analytics: The Next Big Wave in Learning Management Technology
Learning management systems have become the mainstream technology underlying corporate training and the migration to e-learning. Today with PeopleSoft, Oracle, Siebel and IBM, as well as Saba, Docent and dozens of others in the market, companies have many
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Don Ronchi: Education Launches Success for Raytheon
On the surface, you might be pretty amazed to learn just how much is placed on Don Ronchi’s professional shoulders. In addition to being chief learning officer for Raytheon Co., Ronchi is also the vice president of Raytheon Six Sigma and supply chain, giv
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Driving Performance Through Training
Tough times demand tough action. You have a mountain of training and reference material, but does this mountain of material address your current business goals? For example, your training department has been in existence for a number of years, and you hav
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Guidelines for Effective E-Learning
As the economy picks up, two things will happen. First, companies will have more money to spend on training. While a critical mass of courses is important, those e-learning companies that have high quality will get the majority of the business. The others
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Innovative Corporate/University Alliances
The National Center for Education Statistics reports that over the past decade more than 500 institutions of higher education have closed their doors. During this same time, corporate universities have grown fivefold, to more than 2,000, compared with 3,6











