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Gbadamosi, Gbolahan; Evans, Carl; Richardson, Mark; Ridolfo, Mark – British Educational Research Journal, 2015
Amid a growing focus on graduate employability, this study examines the relationship between students' part-time work, career aspirations and self-efficacy, in a survey of 357 UK students from two post-92 universities. The results suggest a positive and significant relationship between part-time work and career aspiration. Students who work…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Part Time Employment, Student Employment, Employment Potential
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Cameron, Margaux; Lacy, T. Austin; Siegel, Peter; Wu, Joanna; Wilson, Ashley; Johnson, Ruby; Burns, Rachel; Wine, Jennifer – National Center for Education Statistics, 2021
This First Look report presents basic findings about undergraduate student experiences during COVID-19 in spring 2020. These findings are based on preliminary data from the 2019-20 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:20), a national survey of undergraduate and graduate students enrolled any time between July 1, 2019, and June 30, 2020,…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, COVID-19, Pandemics, Student Experience
Grigal, Meg; Hart, Debra; Papay, Clare; Wu, Xiaoying; Lazo, Rebecca; Smith, Frank; Domin, Daria – Institute for Community Inclusion, 2021
Think College Reports present descriptive data in narrative or tabular form to provide timely information to researchers, practitioners, and policymakers for review and use. This report provides an overview of descriptive program and student-level data provided by Transition and Postsecondary Programs for Students with Intellectual Disabilities…
Descriptors: Program Content, Access to Education, Student Needs, Student Characteristics
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Petryk, Taryn; Thompson, Monita C.; Boynton, Trelawny – New Directions for Student Services, 2013
The growing diversity and changing demographics within the United States increases the importance of students developing skills to engage across identity difference. The purpose of this chapter is to describe how a pre-employment course for student staff members is used as a multicultural intervention training to provide students with the…
Descriptors: Models, Job Training, Job Skills, Student Employment
Looby, Karen – Online Submission, 2017
This report provides a summary of highlights of the 15th annual AISD High School Exit Survey administered online to seniors in every AISD high school during May 2017.
Descriptors: School Districts, High School Seniors, College Enrollment, Intention
Vieira, Margarida Baganha – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The number of first-generation students entering higher education has increased over the years. Unfortunately, their retention rates are lower than their peers (Cahalan & Perna, 2015; Robb et al., 2012). The Portuguese comprise the largest immigrant population in southern New England, many of whom are first-generation students (MAPS, 2016).…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Undergraduate Students, Academic Persistence, Mixed Methods Research
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Zhao, Chunjuan; Mei, Zongxiang – Journal of Education and Learning, 2016
Motivating students has been a key challenge facing instructors in non-face-to-face instructional contexts. Existing researches into motivation in online learning environment have revealed that there are learning motivation differences among students from different cultural backgrounds. The purpose of this study is to identify whether American and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Students, Student Attitudes, Student Motivation
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Organ, Alison – Research-publishing.net, 2016
A work placement module is compulsory in the second year of most degree programmes at York St John University, as part of an institution-wide strategy to embed employability in the curriculum. As most languages students spend their second year studying abroad, the Languages in the Workplace module was designed in such a way that the setting up of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Student Employment, Job Placement
Andrew Funston – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2014
My mixed-methods doctoral study (2009-2011) investigated the social backgrounds, aspirations and educational experiences of a 2009 cohort of commencing humanities students at an Australian university. I discussed various challenges they faced on and off campus impacting their studies. In this instance, I focus on my research methods. Most students…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, First Generation College Students, College Graduates
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Turner, Mark; Davila-Ross, Marina – Psychology Teaching Review, 2015
The ability to reason scientifically and communicate research appropriately is central to psychological literacy. Scientific research has little value unless scientists are able to convey results and their consequences clearly to others. In this study, we outline a method of assessing the development of psychological literacy in undergraduate…
Descriptors: Interviews, Research Projects, Psychological Studies, Verbal Communication
Walters, Shirley; Abrahams, Mark; Witbooi, Sally – Adult Learner: The Irish Journal of Adult and Community Education, 2015
The Freedom Charter of the African National Congress (ANC), the triumphant South African liberation movement, proclaims that "the doors of learning shall be open" for all. Twenty years since coming to power, the doors of the universities are struggling to stay open for adult student-workers. An action research project into implementation…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Adult Education, Adult Students
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Prince, Melvin; Burns, David; Lu, Xinyi; Winsor, Robert – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2015
Purpose: This paper aims to use goal-setting theory to explain the transfer of knowledge and skills between master of business administration (MBA) and the workplace. Design/methodology/approach: Data were obtained by an online survey of MBA students enrolled in at four US graduate business schools. These were a public and private institution in…
Descriptors: Transfer of Training, Masters Degrees, Business Administration Education, Graduate Students
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Bae, Sang Hoon; Jeon, Sue Bin; Han, Song Ie – International Journal for Research on Extended Education, 2015
This study aimed to explore who participates in what kinds of out-of-class activities in Korea's universities. Therefore, the researchers examine whether differences exist in the pattern of out-of-class experiences according to the individual characteristics of the students, including gender, grade, household income level, high school performance…
Descriptors: Leisure Time, Foreign Countries, Individual Characteristics, Institutional Characteristics
Jobs For the Future, 2015
Employers may not know the best way to reach out or how to structure opportunities for young people to explore careers within their organization. In addition, employers may be uncertain about liability, privacy policies, and safety regulations for employees under the age of 18. State and federal laws and policies pertaining to youth employment can…
Descriptors: Employers, High School Students, Student Employment, Legislation
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Kouyoumdjian, Claudia; Guzmán, Bianca L.; Garcia, Nichole M.; Talavera-Bustillos, Valerie – Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 2017
Growth of Latino students in postsecondary education merits an examination of their resources/challenges. A community cultural wealth model provided a framework to examine unacknowledged student resources and challenges. A mixed method approach found that first- and second-generation college students report equal numbers of sources of…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Mixed Methods Research, Hispanic American Students, Guidelines
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