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Direct linkGrace, Kelly; Eng, Sothy – Educational Research for Policy and Practice, 2020
This research uses Sen's capabilities approach to examine two central questions: "how do female graduates, in Siem Reap, Cambodia, achieve their academic and career-related post-secondary goals?" and "how do personal, social and environmental factors contribute to or inhibit their post-secondary goal achievement?" Individual…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Females, Postsecondary Education, Goal Orientation
James Yarde; Xin Shao; Jake Anders; Carl Cullinane; Erica Holt-White; Kevin Latham; Rebecca Montacute – Sutton Trust, 2023
The COVID Social Mobility & Opportunities (COSMO) study is a new national cohort study generating high-quality evidence about how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected socio-economic inequalities in life chances, both in terms of short- and long-term effects on education, wellbeing, and career outcomes. A representative sample of young people in…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Social Mobility, Social Differences
Ahearn, Caitlin E. – Sociology of Education, 2021
Students with aligned educational and occupational expectations have improved college and labor market outcomes. Despite extensive knowledge about the ways social background and school context contribute to educational expectations, less is known about the role of social intuitions in shaping expectational alignment. Drawing on data from the 2009…
Descriptors: College Planning, Career Planning, Occupational Aspiration, Academic Aspiration
Download full textHo, Esther Sui-Chu; Sum, Kwok Wing; Wong, Raymond Sin Kwok – ECNU Review of Education, 2018
Purpose: This study examines the career and educational search competencies (CESC), a capability which may be necessary for a successful transition from high school to work or postsecondary education, of students from Shanghai and Hong Kong. Design/Approach/Methods: The data for this study was taken from the Main Study of PISA 2012 in Shanghai and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Competence, Gender Differences, Socioeconomic Influences
Mobley, Catherine; Sharp, Julia L.; Hammond, Cathy; Withington, Cairen; Stipanovic, Natalie – Career and Technical Education Research, 2017
Our study is part of a broader longitudinal study of a state-mandated career-focused school reform policy. We investigate whether career and technical education (CTE) and non-CTE students differed in interactions with guidance counselors, level of participation in career planning and development, and beliefs about the relevance of having a career…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Career Planning, Career Development, Longitudinal Studies
McIlveen, Peter; Morgan, Tanya; Bimrose, Jennifer – Australian Journal of Career Development, 2012
This study investigated students' experiences of a career development program that was established to foster interest in and aspirations for higher education within high school students residing in rural and isolated areas of Australia. Nine students who participated in the program were interviewed 18 months later to explore their recollections of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Schools, High School Students, Career Education
Sikora, Joanna; Saha, Lawrence J. – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2011
Given ongoing interest in increasing productivity and participation in the workforce, understanding when talent is lost is a useful exercise. The term "lost talent" describes the underutilisation or wastage of human potential. Focusing on young people, Sikora and Saha define lost talent as occurring when students in the top 50% of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Achievement, Labor Market, Least Squares Statistics
ACT, Inc., 2009
Since 1959, ACT has collected and reported data on students' academic readiness for college. Because becoming ready for college is a process that occurs throughout elementary and secondary education, measuring academic performance over time in the context of college readiness provides meaningful and compelling information about the college…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Academic Achievement, Algebra
Axelrod, Anne; Markow, Dana – Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, 2000
"The Metropolitan Life Survey of the American Teacher, 2000: Are We Preparing Students for the 21st Century?" examines teachers', students', and parents' views on where students are headed and how prepared they will be to reach their future goals. This report is part of an annual series of national surveys conducted since 1984 for MetLife by…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), School Safety, Public School Teachers, National Surveys
