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"We Been Hurt, Been Down Before. When Our Pride Was Low, Lookin' at the World Like "Where Do We Go?'": An Exploration of Educational Attainment and Post-Release Employment Outcomes for Connecticut Department of Correction Ex-Offenders
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Corbett, Erin S. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
While recent research has focused on the relationship between educational attainment and recidivism for formerly incarcerated persons, less research has focused on the relationship between educational attainment/level and employment. This study employed mixed methods to examine data on post-release employment outcomes for ex-offenders from, and…
Descriptors: Criminals, Institutionalized Persons, Educational Attainment, Employment
Training as Restructuring: Cases from Entry-Level Healthcare and Manufacturing Workforce Training in Eastern Connecticut
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Buchbinder, Shelley Krischer – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Since the 1980s, capital mobility and state restructuring have increased precarity in older industrial regions, such as eastern Connecticut (CT). These changes reconfigured labor markets, changing the work available, including the types, conditions, and skills required. Greater responsibility devolved onto poor and working-class people to navigate…
Descriptors: Job Training, Health Services, Manufacturing Industry, Labor Force
Factors Affecting the Happiness of Urban Elementary School Students: An Exploratory Study
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Tenney, Jodiann K. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this transformative mixed methods study was to examine the school happiness of upper elementary students in three Connecticut urban demonstration schools. The study examined the differences in students' happiness based on ethnicity, gender, and their interaction. It also investigated the factors that affect students' happiness in…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, School Attitudes, Negative Attitudes, Psychological Patterns