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Direct linkAmbrose, Don – Roeper Review, 2016
Clair J. Sullivan is an assistant professor in the Department of Nuclear, Plasma and Radiological Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). Her research interests include radiation detection and measurements; gamma-ray spectroscopy; automated isotope identification algorithms; nuclear forensics; nuclear security;…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Interviews, Engineering, Technical Occupations
Wallenstein, Roger – Schools: Studies in Education, 2012
The focus of the achievement gap seems to be less about racial and ethnic distinctions and more about disparities in socioeconomic status. Students from affluent and secure backgrounds have a running head start on students mired in poverty. Few young people in the United States live in more challenging conditions than the children of the eastern…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gap, Standardized Tests, Elementary School Students
Download full textDawson-Saunders, Beth; And Others – 1981
This paper presents the results of a study designed to meet the goal of assisting health occupations education planners to provide education relevant to the needs of students and employers. The objectives of the study were (1) to determine and clarify major issues and concerns of Illinois health care employers; (2) to determine, with the input of…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations, Allied Health Occupations Education, Communication (Thought Transfer), Continuing Education
Bristow, Clinton, Jr.; James, Curtis A., Jr. – Illinois Schools Journal, 1990
To ensure economic growth and increased employment opportunities for youth, there must be greater emphasis on the following: (1) providing self-employment skills to young people; (2) preparing them for highly technical jobs; and (3) preparing them for service industry jobs. Recommends the incorporation of entrepreneurship education in the…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Industrial Arts, Job Skills, Labor Force Development
Speaking Freely, 1983
This report contains a condensation and highlights of public hearings held by the Illinois State Advisory Council on Adult, Vocational and Technical Education (SACVE) and the Illinois Employment and Training Council (IETC) on the subject of community colleges in the state. During the hearings on this topic, 100 witnesses testified. The report is…
Descriptors: Career Development, College Programs, Community Colleges, Demand Occupations
Illinois State Board of Higher Education, Springfield. – 1997
This proposal calls on the state of Illinois to initiate a statewide computing and telecommunications network that would give its residents access to higher education, advanced training, and electronic information resources. The proposed network, entitled Illinois Century Network, would link all higher education institutions in the state to…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Distance Education, Economic Progress, Educational Innovation
