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Dittmann, Wendy – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers (J3), 2008
The Bachelor of Science in Industrial Management (BSIM) was designed for technical college graduates with work experience because the University of Wisconsin-Stout (UW-Stout) recognized a need among adult students with technical college degrees. The program was developed to provide these students with an opportunity to earn baccalaureate degrees…
Descriptors: General Education, Technical Institutes, Distance Education, College Graduates
Gamage, David T.; Suwanabroma, Jaratdao; Ueyama, Takeyuki; Hada, Sekio; Sekikawa, Etsuo – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2008
Purpose: The purpose of the paper is to ascertain students' perceptions on quality of services provided by private universities in Thailand and Japan and how these affected decisions selecting a university. A comparative study aims to focus on how cultural and economic factors affected their decisions. Design/methodology/approach: Research design…
Descriptors: Research Design, Student Attitudes, Universities, Private Colleges
Tennessee Higher Education Commission, 2014
In January 2010, the General Assembly passed the Complete College Tennessee Act (CCTA), a comprehensive reform agenda that seeks to transform public higher education through changes in academic, fiscal and administrative policies at the state and institutional level. At the center of these reforms is the need for more Tennesseans to be better…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Enrollment, Public Colleges, Private Colleges
Saltiel, Henry – ProQuest LLC, 2011
A quasi-experiment using quantitative methods was conducted to examine the effects on academic student outcomes when a cohort of employed low-SES community college commuter students (the treatment group, N=198) participated in a comprehensive support and access intervention program, compared with similar students (the matched comparison group,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Urban Schools, School Holding Power, Graduation Rate
Tamol, Susanna – Exceptional Parent, 2007
Have parents ever thought about the future of their child with special needs? What happens after they graduate from or ages out of the school system? In this article, the author discusses employment. She feels the best time to start planning and preparing is while the child is still in junior high school. She offers some suggestions that may help…
Descriptors: Job Placement, Independent Living, Graduation, Disabilities
Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (NJ1), 2009
Regions around the country are grappling with current and anticipated skills shortages and, in some cases, labor shortages. Economic prosperity depends heavily on the quality of the workforce, and yet far too few regions have recognized their best underutilized asset: the mature workforce. Because mature workers are nearing traditional retirement…
Descriptors: Maturity (Individuals), Job Placement, Special Programs, Skilled Workers
Kuzyk, Raya – Library Journal, 2006
In this article, the author revisits 11 graduates who were profiled as part of LJ's annual Placements & Salaries issue. Armed with a library science degree from various institutions, they had just secured jobs in librarianship and were off to a good start forging their careers. Since then, they have worked at elementary school, college, and…
Descriptors: Graduates, Library Science, Libraries, Library Schools
Morrison, Michael C. – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers (J3), 2008
There are many strategic benefits that can be derived from a partnership program between a community college and regional high schools to offer early college credit to qualified students. Institutional research at North Iowa Area Community College (NIACC) finds that these "acceleration programs" are improving student outcomes in a number…
Descriptors: Job Placement, Community Colleges, Educational Attainment, College Credits
Anderson, Debra; Dunn, Eddie; Hillman, Mike; Morth, Tom; Schepp, Julie; Padilla, Gina – North Dakota University System, 2007
Some of the questions most frequently asked of the North Dakota University System relate to the status of graduates and program completers of state educational institutions. Follow-up Information on North Dakota Education and Training (FINDET) is a consortium of several state agencies formed to provide answers to those questions. This report,…
Descriptors: Wages, High Schools, Private Sector, Employment Level
Billett, Stephen; Ovens, Carolyn – Journal of Education and Work, 2007
As many, perhaps most, high-school students engage in paid part-time employment, there is available in any Australian senior school classroom a range of work experiences that can be used to assist students to consider and reflect on working life and post-school pathways. Furthermore, these experiences are more readily available and authentic than…
Descriptors: Part Time Employment, Work Experience, Vocational Education, Education Work Relationship
Repetto, Elvira; Pena, Mario; Mudarra, Maria Jose; Uribarri, Maite – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2007
One of the aims of Educational Guidance is social development and learning in Secondary Education students who are in multicultural contexts. An increase in socio-emotional competencies is promoted through Guidance program interventions. The "Guidance Program for Socio-emotional Competencies" (in Spanish, "POCOSE") not only improves students'…
Descriptors: Guidance Programs, Cultural Pluralism, Educational Counseling, Career Guidance
Maatta, Stephanie – Library Journal, 2007
It was a banner year for women in 2006. Their average annual starting salary finally cracked through the $40,000 glass barrier, increasing to $40,566 for all women and with a substantial gain of 11.3% for women in the Southwest. There was small, but solid, growth in salaries overall. Another surprise was the substantial leap in graduates reporting…
Descriptors: Females, Salaries, Graduates, Librarians
Tennessee Higher Education Commission, 2009
The "Statutory Data Report" is prepared pursuant to T.C.A. (Tennessee Code Annotated) Section 49-7-210. As specified, this report provides information as required for public four-year institutions, public two-year institutions and public technology centers. (Contains 18 tables.) [For the 2008 report, see ED512313.]
Descriptors: Higher Education, Colleges, Community Colleges, Accreditation (Institutions)
How to Graduate High-Risk Students: Lessons from Successful For-Profit Colleges and Schools in Texas
Frishberg, Ellen; Lee, John B.; Fletcher, Carla; Webster, Jeff – TG (Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation), 2010
This project studied four career college and school campuses in Texas that had higher than average graduation rates and lower than average student loan default rates to determine what they did to achieve these positive outcomes. The visits to the campuses found that a conscious, concerted effort to integrate students into the academic and social…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, At Risk Students, School Holding Power, Student Financial Aid
Chope, Robert C. – Career Development Quarterly, 2008
This annual review of the research and practice literature related to career counseling and development during 2007 is presented in 9 areas: professional issues, career assessment, career development, career theory and concepts, career interventions, advances in technology, personnel selection and job placement, international perspectives, and…
Descriptors: Job Placement, Personnel Selection, Book Reviews, Career Counseling