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Jaime Thomas; Naihobe Gonzalez; Breyon Williams; Nora Paxton; Jensen Hu; Andrew Wiegand; Leela Hebbar – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2024
Pell Grants are the cornerstone of federal financial aid for students with low income who are enrolled in postsecondary education. Currently, these grants are available only to those who seek an initial undergraduate degree or credential requiring at least a typical semester of instruction. Because these rules may restrict access to programs…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Grants, Job Training, Microcredentials
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Jaime Thomas; Naihobe Gonzalez; Breyon Williams; Nora Paxton; Jensen Hu; Andrew Wiegand; Leela Hebbar – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2024
This appendix volume supplements report NCEE 2025-005r, describing the effects of two experimental Pell Grant expansions: the first allowed income-eligible students with a bachelor's degree to obtain this form of federal financial aid for short-term occupational training programs and the second allowed income-eligible students to obtain this aid…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Grants, Job Training, Microcredentials
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Qi Zheng; Jing Zhan; Xinying Xu – SAGE Open, 2024
This study focuses on the different impacts of platform training and learning by doing on gig workers' platform income. Based on survey data of China's delivery riders on the platform in 2020, via quantitative methods combined with the case study, it is found that the platform training is negatively correlated with riders' incomes, while learning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Processes, Income, Temporary Employment
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Betül Balkar; Nazife Karadag – International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training, 2024
Purpose: The present study explores the primary characteristics of employee training practices by way of analysing the employee training policies of the top two companies with the highest sales revenue in Turkey. The primary characteristics of employee training practices are examined within the scope of the corporate employee training activities…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Workplace Learning, Training, Corporate Education
Gilda Azurdia; Richard Kazis; Caroline Schultz; Katerina Galkin – MDRC, 2024
Postsecondary education and middle-skills occupational training are viewed as important paths to higher-paying jobs and careers. Lifelong learning pathways geared toward working learners aged 25 and older also seem essential for career advancement and professional growth in the current job market. However, many learners face financial and other…
Descriptors: Minicourses, Job Training, Access to Education, Student Costs