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Jiang, Yuheng; Golab, Lukasz – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2016
We propose a graph mining methodology to analyze the relationships among academic programs from the point of view of cooperative education. The input consists of student - job interview pairs, with each student labelled with his or her academic program. From this input, we build a weighted directed graph, which we refer to as a program graph, in…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Placement, Cooperative Education, Research Methodology
Lamb, Richard L.; Vallett, David; Annetta, Leonard – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2014
Despite an increased focus on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) in U.S. schools, today's students often struggle to maintain adequate performance in these fields compared with students in other countries (Cheek in "Thinking constructively about science, technology, and society education." State University of New…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Career Exploration, Job Placement, Self Efficacy
Sung, Connie; Sánchez, Jennifer; Kuo, Hung-Jen; Wang, Chia-Chiang; Leahy, Michael J. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2015
As males and females with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) experience different symptomology, their needs for vocational rehabilitation (VR) are unique as they transition into adulthood. This study examined the effects of gender differences in VR service predictors on employment outcomes for transition-aged individuals with ASD. A total of 1696…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Gender Differences, Vocational Rehabilitation
Morgan, Haydn; Parker, Andrew; Marturano, Naomi – Journal of Education and Work, 2020
Community-based interventions have long been seen as mechanisms via which to target marginalised youth in relation to personal development. Research surrounding such interventions has often highlighted the promotion of a range of pro-social behaviours and attributes which, in turn, facilitate an increased sense of social inclusion. This paper…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Transitional Programs, Youth Opportunities, Disadvantaged Youth
Kamau, Esther; Timmons, Jaimie – Institute for Community Inclusion, 2018
Competitive integrated employment is defined within the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA, 2014) as full-time or part-time work at minimum wage or higher, with wages and benefits similar to those without disabilities performing the same work, and fully integrated with coworkers without disabilities. The Act requires that states ensure…
Descriptors: Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Disabilities, Federal Legislation, Disability Discrimination
Thompson, David W. – Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability, 2016
Much of the research into higher education and its role in work-based learning (WBL), and especially in supporting undergraduate students on placements, has focussed on longer term internships and sandwich courses. Research has also focussed on subject areas that have traditionally been associated with the above; for example, Business, Health, and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Employment, Student Placement, Job Placement
Randall, Laurence – Research-publishing.net, 2016
At the University of Westminster, the Department of Modern Languages and Cultures has developed a student employability and work-integrated learning project, "Career Management Skills" (CMS), for undergraduate language students. The main objective was to develop a comprehensive employability strategy for all students on all undergraduate…
Descriptors: Career Education, Undergraduate Students, Modern Languages, Employment Potential
Simiyu, Robert Romborah; Okaka, Fredrick Okoth; Omondi, Paul – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2015
This paper reports findings of Moi University's geography students' assessment of their internship, which underscore the importance of internship in bridging the gap between theoretical knowledge and its application in the real world of work. Not only were the majority of the students able to apply geographical knowledge and skills in their work…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Geography, Geography Instruction, Internship Programs
Hunt, Steven C. – American Journal of Business Education, 2015
The AACSB claims that its accreditation provides evidence of business school quality in a variety of areas. This paper reviews and synthesizes existing research on the value of AACSB accreditation on four key topics of importance to schools, prospective students, and employers: effect on obtaining quality students, students' job placement, faculty…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Accreditation (Institutions), Student Recruitment, Job Placement
Scheef, Andrew R.; Barrio, Brenda L.; Poppen, Marcus I. – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2017
Under-employment for individuals with disabilities is a worldwide epidemic, which Singapore has addressed by significantly increasing employment rates for this population. Providing work experiences for youth with disabilities at community-based job sites has been shown to increase positive post-school employment outcomes. To provide these…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Partnerships in Education, School Business Relationship, Job Training
Carnevale, Anthony P.; Garcia, Tanya I.; Gulish, Artem – Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, 2017
This report shows how state leaders are using technological advances to improve the use of data in five critical areas: (1) Helping economic and workforce developers, businesses, and colleges to reduce the high costs resulting from uninformed education and workforce decisions; (2) Assisting college leaders in making program-related decisions that…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Career Readiness, Data, Information Utilization
Morgan, Sethlyn; Yazdanparast, Atefeh; Rawski, Greg – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2018
This article describes how a small private business school, accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, reengineered its career services programme to become a premier programme in the United States. Drawing on theory of involvement, the research gives business schools a strategy to improve business career placement…
Descriptors: Business Schools, Job Placement, Corporations, School Business Officials
Mahatanankoon, Pruthikrai; Hunter, William; El-Zanati, Saad – Information Systems Education Journal, 2018
Our nation's competitive edge is highly dependent on the success of STEM education and the ability of information technology (IT) graduates to find jobs. The School of Information Technology at Illinois State University (ISU) is strategically positioned to offer S-STEM scholarships to talented, financially disadvantaged students in the IT…
Descriptors: Program Administration, Information Technology, STEM Education, Grants
Brooks, Ruth; Youngson, Paul L. – Studies in Higher Education, 2016
Combining work experience with degree-level study is seen as a key differentiator for securing employment upon graduation in a competitive employment market. The positive benefits of sandwich courses, where up to 12 months is spent working in industry, are widely acknowledged in academic literature though data analysis tends to focus on cohorts in…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Undergraduate Students, Career Development, Academic Achievement
Iyioke, Ike V.; Iyioke, Ifeoma C. – Work Based Learning e-Journal International, 2020
Academic work-based learning (WBL) has an over a century-long history in Nigeria. The current WBL programs are the Students' Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) and the Graduate Internship (GI). They are sponsored by the federal government with the aim to improve employment outcomes. However, there is still a gross mismatch between the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Work Experience Programs, Experiential Learning, Internship Programs