Consumer Attitudes Toward Smart Grid Improve as Public Education Efforts Increase
FARMINGTON, Conn., March 22, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Global Information Inc. is pleased to announce the availability of the new clean energy market research report, Smart Grid Consumer Survey by Pike Research, and available academic and government discounted registration for the related Next Generation Batteries 2012 Conference in Boston, MA this summer. (Photo: ) Strong consumer interest in smart appliances and home energy management Consumers are displaying solid interest in the overall concept of home energy management and in using smart appliances, according to the new "Smart Grid Consumer Survey: Preferences and Attitudes about Smart Meters, Home Energy Management, Demand ...

Vangard Voice and BellHawk Systems Partnership Brings Voice-Directed Productivity to Cloud-Based Warehouse, Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management
IRVING, Calif. and MILLBURY, Mass., March 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Vangard Voice Systems (Vangard) and BellHawk Systems Corporation (BellHawk) announce a joint collaboration to offer affordable voice-directed productivity enhancements to cloud-based warehouse management (WMS), manufacturing execution (MES) and supply chain management solutions.

McGraw-Hill Research Foundation Policy Paper Cites Urgent Need to Improve Effectiveness of Instruction in Adult Education
NEW YORK, March 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Studies forecast that from 2007 to 2032, better-educated individuals retiring from the U.S. workforce will be replaced by younger workers who have lower levels of skills and education.  This statistic, combined with the fact that the gap between our most and least educated is already among the highest in the OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) countries, underlines the critical need for improving the quality of adult education programs to ensure the future competitiveness of the American workforce.   Helping undereducated and underprepared adults to learn requires a targeted set of skills and the cornerstone to strengthen these programs is to improve the preparation and effe ...

Community College Students, Local Business Leaders: Community College Workforce Training Will Get People Back to Work
HARRISBURG, Pa., April 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Nearly 400 community college students and supporters rallied today at the State Capitol in Harrisburg saying that Governor Corbett's budget proposal fails to remedy the skills gap and will ultimately slow Pennsylvania's recovery. In the governor's FY 12-13 budget, community college budgets would be reduced by an estimated 5 percent and, for the fourth year in a row, community colleges will not receive new dollars for capital funding.  Capital funding is used by the colleges to update labs, equipment and classrooms to train students for jobs. "The cuts the governor is proposing for the colleges will have adverse effects on our students, our institutions and the commonwealth as a whole," Dr ...