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Macfarlane, Kym; Nolan, Andrea; Cartmel, Jennifer – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2016
The aim of this article is to examine current national early years' policy reform, which emphasises the importance of service integration, national quality standards and a quality knowledge base for educators concerning the provision of early childhood education and care. Using Queensland, Australia, as an example, a policy discourse analysis…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Educational Practices, Policy Formation
Mokher, Christine; Pearson, Juliana – CNA Corporation, 2016
CNA Education served as the third-party evaluator for the Connecticut Health and Life Sciences Career Initiative (HL-SCI), a statewide initiative funded from September 2012 to March 2016 through a Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training (TAACCCT) grant from the U.S. Department of Labor. The purpose of HL-SCI is to prepare…
Descriptors: Job Training, Veterans, Dislocated Workers, Community Colleges
Collegiate Employment Research Institute, 2016
This brief focuses on internships and co-ops because this form of experiential learning is most common on college campuses. The Collegiate Employment Research Institute (CERI) asked respondents a series of questions about internships and co-ops, including the number of hires, academic majors, and hourly wages. Eighty-eight percent of respondents…
Descriptors: Internship Programs, Majors (Students), Wages, College Students
Grubbs, Samuel Jacob – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The purpose of this dissertation was to investigate some of the contradictory outcomes for community college students. I investigated whether community colleges lower their students' aspirations and make students less likely to be socially involved if they transfer to four-year institutions. Furthermore, I tested whether there were significant…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Access to Education, Educational Opportunities, Barriers
Wagner, Chandi – Center for Public Education, 2016
Career and Technical Education (CTE) balances the pull between the practical and theoretical by applying academic knowledge to real-world problems, preparing students for a wide array of careers. Unfortunately, confusion and stereotypes still reign when it comes to what career and technical education is and is not, even as public sentiment shifts…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Career Readiness, Educational History, Program Effectiveness
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Borradaile, Kelley; Martinez, Alina; Schochet, Peter; Walsh, Elias; Robles, Silvia – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2021
Title II of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 directs the federal government to conduct a national assessment of adult education, including activities to understand the extent to which adult education strategies positively affect learners. A systematic review of the research on the effectiveness of particular strategies in adult…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Federal Legislation, Labor Legislation, Labor Force Development
Zaback, Katie; Carlson, Andy; Crellin, Matt – State Higher Education Executive Officers, 2012
In response to the declining international ranking in the percentage of young adults with a postsecondary credential, President Obama, philanthropic and policy organizations, and states have set bold goals essentially to double the number of postsecondary degrees and certificates produced in the next 8 to 13 years. Behind this commitment to…
Descriptors: Credentials, Educational Attainment, Young Adults, Wages
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Fuller, Dan; Geide-Stevenson, Doris – Journal of Economic Education, 2014
In this article, the authors explore consensus among economists on specific propositions based on a fall 2011 survey of American Economic Association members. Results are based on 568 responses and provide evidence of changes in opinion over time by including propositions from earlier studies in 2000 (Fuller and Geide-Stevenson 2003) and 1992…
Descriptors: Professional Associations, Economics, Congruence (Psychology), Questionnaires
Stoddard, Susan – Institute on Disability, University of New Hampshire, 2014
The "2014 Disability Statistics Annual Report" is a companion volume to the "2014 Annual Disability Statistics Compendium." The "Compendium" presents many tables of data, including state and national values and trends over time. The "Annual Report" presents statistics from the "2014 Annual Disability…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Statistical Data, Tables (Data), Incidence
Urdegar, Steven M. – Office of Assessment, Research, and Data Analysis, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, 2014
This report examines the results of the Senior Exit Survey, which is administered annually to all graduating high school students, pursuant to state requirements. The Senior Exit Survey in its fourth administration replaces the Graduate Exit Interview. The purpose of this study is fourfold: (1) to examine students' attitudes toward high school;…
Descriptors: High School Seniors, Student Attitudes, Student Surveys, Postsecondary Education
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Beabout, Brian R.; Gill, Ivan – Journal of School Choice, 2015
The rigidity of teachers unions has been given as a primary reason for their lack of representation among America's rapidly growing, although still relatively small, charter school sector. In the case of post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans, the city rapidly converted from a union-backed teacher workforce to a largely nonunionized charter school…
Descriptors: Teacher Motivation, Unions, Teacher Associations, Charter Schools
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Patrinos, Harry Anthony; Sakellariou, Chris – Education Economics, 2015
We examine the importance of adult functional literacy skills for individuals using a quantile regression methodology. The inclusion of the direct measure of basic skills reduces the return to schooling by 27%, equivalent to two additional years of schooling, while a one standard deviation increase in the score increases earnings by 20%. For those…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Outcomes of Education, Educational Benefits
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Dastidar, Ananya G.; Sikdar, Soumyen – Policy Futures in Education, 2015
As India's higher education sector is poised to grow at a tremendous pace, one of its main challenges would be provision of quality education. Teacher quality has been identified as one of the most critical factors affecting educational quality. As such, the immense importance of attracting high-quality entrants into the teaching profession cannot…
Descriptors: High School Students, College Students, Teaching Methods, Career Choice
Goldhaber, Dan; Cowan, James; Long, Mark; Huntington-Klein, Nick – Center for Education Data & Research, 2015
Students are typically given a large amount of freedom to choose the level of "curricular dispersion": the tight focus or lack thereof in the courses they elect to take while in college. There is little evidence about what predicts students' curricular dispersion, whether it affects later college or labor force outcomes, or, in fact, how…
Descriptors: Course Selection (Students), College Students, Predictor Variables, Correlation
Lu, Tham – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2015
Many students do not complete full qualifications in the vocational education and training (VET) system because their intention is to obtain only the particular skills they require. This can be achieved through the acquisition of skill sets; these enable flexibility in training to quickly respond to changes in the labour market. Skill sets may…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Job Skills, Skill Development, Employment Qualifications
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