Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 0 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 1 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 1 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 4 |
Descriptor
Source
| Career and Technical… | 1 |
| Community College Journal | 1 |
| Educational Policy | 1 |
| New Directions for Community… | 1 |
| Rural Sociology | 1 |
Author
| Bird, Sharon R. | 1 |
| Bowman, Nicholas A. | 1 |
| Ford, David C. | 1 |
| Friedel, Janice N. | 1 |
| Friedel, Janice Nahra | 1 |
| Hewitt, Martin J. | 1 |
| Ingleby, Laura | 1 |
| Kim, Sanga | 1 |
| Laanan, Frankie Santos | 1 |
| Lee, Ken | 1 |
| Lee, Motoko Y. | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 5 |
| Reports - Research | 3 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 2 |
Education Level
| Two Year Colleges | 3 |
| Postsecondary Education | 2 |
| Elementary Education | 1 |
| Grade 7 | 1 |
| High Schools | 1 |
| Higher Education | 1 |
| Junior High Schools | 1 |
| Middle Schools | 1 |
| Secondary Education | 1 |
Audience
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Direct linkKim, Sanga; Bowman, Nicholas A.; Ingleby, Laura; Ford, David C.; Sibaouih, Christina – Educational Policy, 2021
Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) is a federal program designed to promote postsecondary readiness and success among low-income students. Some evidence suggests that this program promotes college enrollment and persistence, but GEAR UP may include a wide variety of services, and it is unclear which ones…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, College Readiness, College Attendance, Academic Persistence
Maguire, Kenneth J.; Starobin, Soko S.; Laanan, Frankie Santos; Friedel, Janice N. – Career and Technical Education Research, 2012
In this study specific factors were examined to determine their ability to influence fifth-year earnings of community college students in the Manufacturing/Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) career cluster and the Arts/Audiovisual/Technology/ Communication career cluster. State and national data sets from Iowa's Management…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Community Colleges, College Students, Economic Status
Friedel, Janice Nahra – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2008
This chapter uses Kentucky and Iowa as case studies to identify the contextual factors affecting the relationship between workforce development and state community college governance.
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Governance, Case Studies, Context Effect
Hewitt, Martin J.; Lee, Ken – Community College Journal, 2006
Throughout the developing world, there is a debilitating lack of connection between tertiary education and economic growth. As a result, many tertiary institutions fail to address the particular human capital needs of the productive sector, thereby constraining economic growth, productivity and innovation. Existing employment opportunities go…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Education Work Relationship, Human Capital, Community Colleges
Peer reviewedBird, Sharon R.; Sapp, Stephen G.; Lee, Motoko Y. – Rural Sociology, 2001
Supporting a "structural relational" view of small business success, data from 423 small business owners in Iowa suggest that links between owner characteristics, social relational processes, business structure, and success operate differently depending on urban-rural location and owner sex. Female owners had more professional training…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Females, Gender Issues, Human Capital
