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Lucas, Susana – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2007
A three-fold research challenge, focused on the following general, interrelated questions, is undertaken in this study: (1) How does one develop competencies required in different university degrees in order to adequately function both as a person in society as well as in professional practice? (2) What role do Institutions of Higher Education,…
Descriptors: Colleges, College Graduates, Education Work Relationship, Social Psychology
Vacik, Stephen; Nadler, Daniel P.; Miller, Michael T. – Community College Journal of Research & Practice, 2006
Community colleges have a role to play in providing support for students as they exit vocational or career preparation programs. As colleges have been challenged by an expanding transfer function, it is important that colleges understand student expectations. Such understanding helps to both serve students enrolled in programs and to meet the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Vocational Education, College Students, Student Attitudes
Yew, Bee K. – Journal of Information Technology Education, 2008
This paper highlights relevant curriculum issues that were identified in a Management Information Systems (MIS) program review undertaken by a group of business faculty in a small regional university. The program review was initiated to improve job marketability of graduates and student enrollment. The review process is described as a collective…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Elective Courses, Job Placement, Systems Approach
Spaulding, Shayne; Grossman, Jean Baldwin; Wallace, Dee – Public/Private Ventures, 2009
Noncustodial fathers have an essential role to play--both financially and emotionally--in the lives of their children. However, of the 11 million noncustodial fathers in the US, two thirds do not pay any formal child support. Many of these fathers are poor themselves and face multiple barriers, including low education levels, limited work…
Descriptors: Labor Market, Job Training, Financial Support, Fathers
Bockerman, Petri – Journal of Education and Work, 2007
This paper analyses polytechnic graduate placement in Finnish manufacturing. The paper uses a register-based data source covering white-collar manufacturing workers over the period 1995-2004. Taken together, the results show that wages and job classification are higher for polytechnic graduates, once other covariates are controlled for. Despite…
Descriptors: Graduates, Foreign Countries, Bachelors Degrees, Business Administration
Robins, Philip K. – Evaluation Review, 2007
This article examines the employment and child care responses of families participating in 10 experimental welfare reform programs conducted in the United States between 1989 and 2002. For the programs analyzed, child care use increases by about the same amount as the increase in employment. Most of the increased child care comprises informal care…
Descriptors: Employment, Welfare Services, Child Care, Welfare Recipients
Estaville, Lawrence E.; Brown, Brock J.; Caldwell, Sally – Journal of Geography, 2006
Following an integrative model that shows the complex connections of recruitment, retention, and placement, this final paper in a three-part series explores the demanding endeavor of placing geography graduates into rewarding professional careers. Employment markets will continue to be robust for geography graduates, particularly for those with…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Geography, Higher Education, Job Placement
Smith, Karen; Clegg, Sue; Lawrence, Elizabeth; Todd, Malcolm J. – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2007
The importance of employability in higher education and increasing numbers of students working while studying led leaders on a social science degree to introduce work experience modules. This paper reports on an in-depth case study based on the analysis of staff and student interviews, the students' reflective assignments, and a focus group…
Descriptors: Work Experience, Social Sciences, Focus Groups, Job Placement
Luecking, Richard G. – Brookes Publishing Company, 2009
Employment is one of the biggest contributors to quality of life for people with disabilities--and that means well-planned work experiences should be an integral part of transition preparation for every secondary and postsecondary school aged youth. Make that happen with this practical guide, developed to help educators, transition specialists,…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Disabilities, Young Adults, Education Work Relationship
Job Corps, 2008
This paper presents the recommendations made by the Advisory Committee on Job Corps to the Secretary of Labor pertaining to the review, development and implementation of policies, legislation and regulations for the Job Corps program. This document represents the culmination of an intensive and comprehensive nine-month process undertaken by the…
Descriptors: Job Training, Labor, Federal Programs, Program Effectiveness
Lichtenberger, Eric – Journal of Correctional Education, 2006
Based on an examination of the earnings records of ex-offenders released from Virginia correctional institutions from fiscal year 1999 to 2003, this article provides an industrial profile testing the presumption that most ex-offenders are only able to find employment in low-level occupations, with low rates of job retention, and limited customer…
Descriptors: Profiles, North Americans, Job Placement, Human Resources
Tennessee Higher Education Commission, 2008
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 2007 report, see ED512312.]
Descriptors: Higher Education, Colleges, Community Colleges, Technical Institutes
Chiocchio, Francois; Frigon, Jean-Yves – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2006
In the Theory of Work Adjustment (TWA), Dawis and Lofquist (1984) hypothesize that Employee satisfaction (ES) and flexibility of the work environment moderate the functional relationship between satisfaction in the work environment (WS) and the correspondence between job requirements and employees' abilities. In addition, they hypothesize that…
Descriptors: Work Environment, Job Satisfaction, Tenure, Mental Retardation
Bullis, Michael; Yovanoff, Paul – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2006
In this study, the authors examined the facility-to-community transition experiences--focusing specifically on employment--of 531 incarcerated youth following their release from Oregon's juvenile correctional system. They gathered data on the sample while these youth were still in custody and then every 6 months through phone interviews to…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Mental Health, Health Services, Job Placement
Zanibbi, Mike; Munby, Hugh; Hutchinson, Nancy L.; Versnel, Joan; Chin, Peter – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2006
This paper validates the concept of exemplary practice in work-based education (WBE) programs. The validation uses two theoretical frameworks: Social Cognitive Career Theory, and Billett's research on workplace learning. The empirical component of the validation study consists of two widely differing case studies of high school students in work…
Descriptors: Work Study Programs, Program Validation, Social Cognition, Workplace Literacy