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Ong, Adrian; Circelli, Michelle – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2018
People participate in vocational education and training (VET) for a variety of reasons and at different stages of their life. Some undertake VET to gain the vocational skills necessary to enter the labour market for the first time, while others enter in order to upgrade existing skills, learn new ones, or simply for personal interest. Successful…
Descriptors: Qualifications, Vocational Education, Graduation Rate, Performance Factors
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Buzzetta, Mary E.; Lenz, Janet G.; Kennelly, Emily – NACADA Journal, 2017
In this study, we explored the career variables of goal instability, vocational identity, and career decidedness levels in two groups of student-athletes. We compared scholarship student-athletes who had been selected to participate in a summer academic-support program designed for at-risk students to scholarship athletes who were not included in…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Predictor Variables, Athletes, College Athletics
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Green, Andy; Green, Francis; Pensiero, Nicola – Comparative Education Review, 2015
This article examines cross-country variations in adult skills inequality and asks why skills in Anglophone countries are so unequal. Drawing on the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's recent Survey of Adult Skills and other surveys, it investigates the differences across countries and country groups in inequality in both…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English, Comparative Education, Adult Literacy
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Bista, Krishna – Journal of International Students, 2015
The author examines whether gains of learning of Asian students are the same or different if they are from (a) East Asia, (b) South and Central Asia, or (c) Southeast Asia at undergraduate and graduate levels. Results indicated that East Asian students' gains of learning in personal development, science and development, general education,…
Descriptors: Asians, Nationalism, Foreign Students, Cultural Influences
National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2012
This technical report details the derived variables developed for users of the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY) data. The derived variables fall into the categories education, employment and social, and help to simplify the complexity of the LSAY data by providing useful indicators for analysis. To help LSAY data users understand…
Descriptors: Syntax, Foreign Countries, Enrollment, Longitudinal Studies
National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2012
This technical paper details the derived variables developed for users of the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY) data. These variables fall into the categories of education, employment and social, and help to simplify the use of the data by providing useful indicators for analysis. This paper provides descriptions, formats and…
Descriptors: Syntax, Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Interviews
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Hillman, Nicholas W. – Educational Policy, 2015
This study examines the institutional factors associated with student loan default. When a college has more than 30% of its students default on their loans, then the institution faces federal sanctions that could make them ineligible from participating in the federal student loan program. Using Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System…
Descriptors: Cohort Analysis, Probability, Prediction, Federal Regulation
Lumsden, Marilyn; Stanwick, John – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2012
Taking a gap year--a break between high school and university--is becoming increasingly popular with Australian students. In terms of length and purpose, the traditional notion of a gap year being a year off between school and university has expanded considerably over time. For the purposes of the analysis reported in this paper, a person who…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Trends, Employment Patterns, Vocational Education
National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2012
Developed for users of the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY), this user guide consolidates information about the LSAY 2009 cohort into one document. The guide aims to address all aspects of the LSAY data including: how to access the data; data restrictions; variable naming conventions; the structure of the data; documentation;…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Employment, Classification, Longitudinal Studies
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Flexer, Robert W.; Daviso, Alfred W., III; Baer, Robert M.; Queen, Rachel McMahan; Meindl, Richard S. – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 2011
This longitudinal transition study was conducted in collaboration with teachers who interviewed students who graduated from 177 school districts in a Great Lakes state. Special education students were interviewed at exit and 1 year following graduation using a survey based on the National Longitudinal Transition Study. The data were analyzed using…
Descriptors: Work Study Programs, Regression (Statistics), Vocational Education, Academic Achievement
National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2009
This user guide has been developed for users of the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY). It consolidates existing technical documentation and other information into one document. The guide aims to address all aspects of the LSAY data including: how to access the data, data restrictions, variable naming conventions, the structure of the…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Foreign Countries, Research Reports, Access to Information
Polidano, Cain; Zakirova, Rezida – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2011
Working in some capacity is almost considered de rigueur for tertiary students. The reasons for working and the impact this has on both an individual's ability to complete their studies and on their post-study labour market outcomes are only recently receiving attention. Using the 1995 and 1998 cohorts of the Longitudinal Surveys of Australian…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Working Hours, Higher Education, Income
National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2009
The Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY) is a research program that tracks young people as they move from school into further study, work and other destinations. It uses large, nationally representative samples of young people to collect information about education and training, work, and social development. It includes surveys…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Foreign Countries, Youth, Social Development