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Olney, Martha L. – Journal of Economic Education, 2015
The University of California, Berkeley sends more undergraduate students to economics PhD programs than any other public university. While this fact is surely a function of its size, there may be lessons from the Berkeley experience that others could adopt. To investigate why Berkeley generates so many economics PhD students, the author convened…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Doctoral Programs, Economics Education, Student Surveys
Nguyen, Frank; Klein, James D.; Sullivan, Howard – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 2005
Electronic performance support systems (EPSS) deliver relevant support information to users while they are performing tasks. The present study examined the effect of different types of EPSS on user performance, attitudes, system use and time on task. Employees at a manufacturing company were asked to complete a procedural software task and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Performance Technology, Context Effect, Manufacturing
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Libby, Margaret; Rosen, Matt; Sedonaen, Maureen – Journal of Community Psychology, 2005
This article explores the way one youth leadership development organization has used youth-adult partnerships (Y-APs) as a practice to support youth participation in community-change efforts in the San Francisco Bay Area and throughout California. The authors describe how Y-APs are used in two principal areas of the Youth Leadership Institute's…
Descriptors: Expertise, Leadership Training, Community Change, Youth Leaders
California State Univ., Sacramento. Inst. for Human Service Management. – 1979
To determine the feasibility of developing skills training programs for women interested in skilled labor employment, a year-long study examined the problems surrounding the influx of women into skilled labor occupations and the elements which define success in gaining employment. The study was conducted in two phases: an exploratory phase and a…
Descriptors: Employed Women, Employee Attitudes, Employer Attitudes, Employment