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Leanna S. Mellon; Noor Syed; Lauren Lestremau Allen – Excelsior: Leadership in Teaching and Learning, 2023
Support services for many Autistic students in schools is critical. Behavior analysts are one type of service provider who offer support services in and outside of school settings to Autistic students. As behavioral support services are increasing in educational settings, it is important to ensure there are a sufficient number of professionals…
Descriptors: School Psychologists, Pupil Personnel Workers, Applied Behavior Analysis, Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Pierce, Dennis – Community College Journal, 2020
"Green" jobs that contribute to preserving the environment are among the fastest-growing careers in the U.S., according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. With the rising need for workers to fill these positions, and surging interest among students in environmental careers, community colleges are creating new courses, certifications and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, School Community Relationship, Sustainable Development, Demand Occupations
Education Commission of the States, 2018
Business leaders in New York cannot find the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) talent they need to stay competitive. Students' lagging performance in K-12 is a critical reason why. The good news is that the nation's most effective STEM education programs can help turn the tide. New York students have made some progress in…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Demand Occupations, Mathematics Achievement
Gonzalez, Jennifer – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2012
Community colleges are under pressure these days to produce graduates who can land jobs. But identifying which occupations and skills are in demand is often easier said than done. LaGuardia, a City University of New York campus in Long Island City, is one of 10 community colleges across six states experimenting with software that collects…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Data, Information Utilization, Alignment (Education)
Jobs For the Future, 2014
In 2011, the Harvard Graduate School of Education released "Pathways to Prosperity: Meeting the Challenge of Preparing Young Americans for the 21st Century." The report argued that the current education system was too narrowly focused on the goal of preparing all young people to pursue a four-year college or university degree immediately…
Descriptors: Career Education, Labor Force Development, Career Readiness, High School Students
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Mucenski-Keck, Lynn; Hintz, Arthur F.; Fedoryshyn, Michael W. – American Journal of Business Education, 2012
For many accounting students the focus of their fourth or fifth years is finding a job to start them on an exciting and financially rewarding career. Colleges provide significant guidance and direction to these students in the form of internship assistance, resume writing workshops, interview practice, networking events and career guidance. At…
Descriptors: Accounting, Educational Certificates, Credentials, Job Skills
Stix, Margaret; von Nostitz, Glenn – Center for an Urban Future, 2012
Even before the Great Recession began, an alarming number of young adults in New York City between the ages of 18 and 24 were neither in school nor working. The employment challenges for these New Yorkers have only magnified in recent years. There are now an estimated 172,000 of these "disconnected youth" in the five boroughs. Though the…
Descriptors: Employment Opportunities, Demand Occupations, Young Adults, Urban Youth
Berkey, Arthur L.; And Others – 1981
Phase 1 of a two-phase study on employment demand in Agriculture/Agribusiness for New York State focused on data collection. Four objectives were to (1) compile a preliminary listing of current occupations by industry emphasizing grade levels, (2) review cross-coding systems for employment demand data, (3) develop a preliminary system for periodic…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agribusiness, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Occupations
Workforce Strategy Center, 2006
If one mantra dominates the field of workforce development, it is partnership and collaboration: the need to link disparate training providers and colleges, to better connect employers with training courses and to unite public and private sector funding. The need for partnership is clear, but all the rhetoric and legislative mandates supporting…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Consortia, Information Technology, Job Training
Berkey, Arthur L.; And Others – 1982
This final report summarizes Phase II of the study of employment demand data for agriculture/agribusiness in New York State. Analysis, procedures, findings, recommendations, and products of the study are reported. During Phase II, the final eight months of the study, the data collection was completed; procedures were implemented for conducting…
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Occupations, Data Collection