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Vu, Thai; Ananthram, Subramaniam; Ferns, Sonia – Higher Education Research and Development, 2023
As part of their international higher education experience, international students in some degree programs are required to secure and complete work placements. This is challenging to many, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite this, there is limited research on how international students navigate challenges to secure placements in…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Foreign Students, Engineering Education
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Ramadhani Marijani; Jesper Katomero; Asha Hayeshi; Justine Kajerero – SAGE Open, 2023
This study assessed the impact of field-based practical training on job performance in Tanzania from students' and work supervisors' perspectives. Data were collected using a semi-structured questionnaire from 1,617 undergraduate, diploma ad certificate students from the seven colleges of The University of Dodoma and 67 interviews held with work…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Field Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness, College Students
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Hewat, Sally; Walters, Joanne; Caird, Emma; Aldridge, Danielle; Penman, Adriana; Cardell, Elizabeth; Davenport, Rachel; Davidson, Bronwyn; Howells, Simone; McCabe, Patricia; Purcell, Alison; Ward, Elizabeth; Hill, Anne E. – Teaching and Learning in Communication Sciences & Disorders, 2020
Purpose: Clinical education is a key component of speech-language pathology university curriculum, whereby students have the opportunity to apply theoretical knowledge and practical skills learned in the classroom into a real workplace. However, more recently the availability of high quality, consistent clinical placements and learning experiences…
Descriptors: College Students, Clinical Teaching (Health Professions), College Faculty, Speech Language Pathology
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Rademacher, Mark A. – Journal of Advertising Education, 2022
Research on student-run communication agencies (SRAs) documents significant learning outcomes, benefits for job placement, and career success. Research, however, rarely investigates cultural aspects of the agency experience. This study employed in-depth interviews with agency student leaders and advisors to explore the influence of agency culture…
Descriptors: Advertising, Management Development, Diversity, Inclusion
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Asplund, Fredrik; Flening, Elias – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2022
The transition from engineering student to early career engineer is often difficult as not all skills that constitute effective engineering practice are formally taught. Work placements are suggested as a solution by providing opportunities to learn skills that academia is unable to teach. However, academic requirements for skills such as research…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Job Placement, Education Work Relationship, Masters Programs
Boustan, Leah Platt; Langan, Andrew – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2019
We document wide and persistent variation in women's representation and success across graduate programs in economics. Using new data on early career outcomes for recent graduates, including first job placement, publications and promotion, we compare (anonymized) departments on outcomes for women relative to men graduating from the same program.…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Females, Academic Achievement, Economics Education
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Tee, Lisa; Ferns, Sonia; Hughes, Jeffery D. – Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability, 2018
This study gathered and analysed the perceptions of graduates, employers, and the course team regarding graduate capabilities required for early professional success in pharmacy and the extent to which these capabilities are demonstrated in new graduates. The Graduate Employability Indicator (GEI) surveys were administered online to gather…
Descriptors: Employment Qualifications, Pharmacy, Health Personnel, Success
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Galán-Mañas, Anabel – Interpreter and Translator Trainer, 2019
Current European Higher Education Area demands for university degree programmes to focus attention on competence development have brought about the need for effective competence assessment tools. A professional portfolio is one of the tools that may be used by teachers to assess students' professional competences; besides, it may be used by…
Descriptors: Portfolio Assessment, Translation, Interpretive Skills, Professional Development
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Murai, Harold; Berta-Ávila, Margarita; Figueróa-Ramírez, Karina – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2019
In 2007, the Multilingual/Multicultural Teacher Preparation Center, a teacher education program, was featured in a "Teacher Education Quarterly," 34(4), special issue on diversifying the teaching workforce. Though this center has since ended due to the disbandment of the Bilingual/Multicultural Education Department, this commentary…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Cultural Pluralism, Teacher Education Programs, Diversity (Faculty)
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Jackson, John; Jones, Martyn; Steele, Wendy; Coiacetto, Eddo – Higher Education Pedagogies, 2017
Work placements (including internships) are common in urban and regional planning education but the relevant literature has largely overlooked their assessment and academic standards. To address this gap, the paper presents a study of this topic undertaken within the Australian context. The research involved systematically scoping the status of…
Descriptors: Regional Planning, Urban Planning, Foreign Countries, Job Placement
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Hunt, Steven C. – American Journal of Business Education, 2015
The AACSB claims that its accreditation provides evidence of business school quality in a variety of areas. This paper reviews and synthesizes existing research on the value of AACSB accreditation on four key topics of importance to schools, prospective students, and employers: effect on obtaining quality students, students' job placement, faculty…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Accreditation (Institutions), Student Recruitment, Job Placement
Cassuto, Leonard – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2013
Professors revel in reputation--and nowhere does that show more clearly than in their concern about educational pedigree. That concern takes complicated forms. The author wondered what might happen if graduate admissions were reduced to a level that would only replace retiring professors. One possible consequence of such a move would be that…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Reputation, Job Placement, College Faculty
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Staton, Mark G. – Marketing Education Review, 2016
The area of digital marketing is a difficult one for course development. Not only is it a relatively new topic area--having become popular after many marketing faculty completed their academic training--it is a constantly changing one wherein "innovative" tools are continuously being replaced within the industry. After uncovering what…
Descriptors: Job Placement, Certification, Marketing, Social Media
Dunn, Sydni – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2013
In a tight job market, visiting professorships can be appealing way stations for new Ph.D.'s while they search for permanent posts. Unlike adjunct positions, which are often renewed semester by semester, visiting professorships are set by annual or even multiyear contracts, with most capped at three years. The visiting jobs often come with health…
Descriptors: Adjunct Faculty, Labor Market, Higher Education, College Faculty
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Serve, Kinta; Clements, Nathan; Heinrich, Kaleb K.; Smith, Rosemary J. – College Teaching, 2013
Ph.D. programs train students to perform quality research but not necessarily to deliver quality undergraduate instruction. For students who want to develop such skills, and for universities interested in creating programs to combine broad disciplinary instruction with specialization in effective pedagogical practices, there is a Ph.D.…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Doctoral Degrees, Teaching (Occupation), Teaching Skills
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