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Stein, David S.; Wanstreet, Constance; Trinko, Lynn A. – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 2011
This study identified factors associated with the decision to enroll in a higher education degree program. In the context of predicting enrollment in a workforce development credentialing program, this study identified six variables that are strongly related to the likelihood to enroll: time out of school; possibilities for intellectual, personal,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Reputation, Distance Education, Interests
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Wilkins, Stephen – Australian Universities' Review, 2011
The Arab Gulf States are the largest hosts of international branch campuses globally. By increasing higher education capacity in the Arab Gulf States by over 30,000 places, foreign institutions have, through various forms of transnational provision, increased significantly the accessibility of higher education to young people living in these…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Arabs, Foreign Countries, Social Development
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Saddler, Sterling; Tyler, Tiffany G.; Maldonado, Cecilia; Cleveland, Roger; Thompson, Lisa K. – Reclaiming Children and Youth, 2011
There is a critical need to identify solutions to the unemployment of high school dropouts. When a student prematurely leaves school, the economic, social, and political impacts result in negative consequences for the individual and the community. Of the nearly 2.2 million students who drop out of high school every year in the United States,…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Vocational Education, High Schools, Vocational Rehabilitation
Modestino, Alicia Sasser – New England Journal of Higher Education, 2011
Over the past decade, policymakers and business leaders across New England have been concerned that the region's slower population growth and loss of residents to other parts of the country will lead to a shortage of skilled labor--particularly when the baby boom generation retires. Prior to the Great Recession, the concern was that an inadequate…
Descriptors: Economic Progress, Postsecondary Education, Population Growth, Baby Boomers
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Williams, P. John – Design and Technology Education, 2011
The STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) movement has developed from a non-educational rationale. Although some think it may enliven the delivery of maths and science in classrooms, the social and economic rationales are those that have initiated this movement. Spurred on by the global financial crisis, it is hoped that…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, School Schedules, Core Curriculum, Integrity
Board of Governors, State University System of Florida, 2014
The State University System 2025 Strategic Plan strengthens the Board of Governors' commitment to achieving excellence in the tripartite mission of its state universities--teaching, research, and public service--for the benefit of Florida's citizens, their communities, and the state economy. The Strategic Plan is a living document that helps align…
Descriptors: Governing Boards, State Universities, Educational Quality, Strategic Planning
California Community Colleges, Chancellor's Office, 2014
California's community colleges continue to play a crucial role in the state's economy by providing students with the skills and knowledge to succeed and by advancing the economic growth and global competitiveness of California and its regional economies through the Economic and Workforce Development Program (EWD). The EWD program invests in the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Economic Development, Labor Force Development, Educational Finance
California Community Colleges, Chancellor's Office, 2014
In January 2011, the California Community Colleges Board of Governors formed a task force to chart a roadmap for system-wide focus on student success. The task force identified best practices and designed evidence-based recommendations to ensure student success is a driving theme in colleges. This comprehensive plan, known as the Student Success…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Academic Achievement, Success, Best Practices
Taguma, Miho; Litjens, Ineke; Makowiecki, Kelly – OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2012
Early childhood education and care (ECEC) is a topic of increased policy interest in the Slovak Republic where improving quality in the ECEC sector is a subject of growing importance. The OECD has identified five effective policy levers to encourage quality in the sector: 1) quality goals and regulations; 2) curriculum and guidelines; 3)…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Quality, Child Development
Karmel, Tom – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2012
This paper was a keynote address at the Australian Vocational Education and Training Research Association (AVETRA) conference held in Canberra in April 2012. The author notes that industry is arguably the key stakeholder in the Australian vocational education and training (VET) sector, but is not a single actor nor a disinterested consumer of…
Descriptors: Industry, Educational Principles, Vocational Education, Conference Papers
Asaju, Kayode – Online Submission, 2012
Human Capital development through education is a long time investment made by the state to enhance the well being of her citizenry. By investing in education, well educated individuals bring to bear their talents, knowledge, skills and experiences as they function in the various sectors of the economy. Human Capital development is therefore a…
Descriptors: Well Being, Role of Education, Foreign Countries, Human Capital
National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2012
The Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth (LSAY) program studies the progress of several groups of young Australians as they move from school into post-secondary education and work. This technical paper contains the questionnaire for the LSAY 2009 cohort Wave 2 (2010) data set.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, National Surveys, Longitudinal Studies, Questionnaires
Tanner, Andrea P. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
There is growing apprehension among business people, educators, and government policy makers regarding the gap between the skills and knowledge needed for success in the workforce and those provided in school. The purpose of this qualitative evaluative case study was to investigate the effectiveness of project-based learning (PBL) in the…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Vocational Education, Student Projects, Constructivism (Learning)
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Pope, Mark – International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 2012
Cultural diversity in the US includes race, ethnicity, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion, and other aspects of culture. American ethnic and racial minorities currently account for 31% of the US population, and growing. Their career development issues include the barriers they regularly encounter, such as discrimination;…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Labor Force, Career Development, Barriers
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Kaufman, Roger; Bernardez, Mariano L. – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 2012
Conventional human performance technology has had a good run. It allowed scientific and data-based research to be applied to improve performance, usually just individual performance. The field must be expanded without losing this individual performance focus to include a scope that measurably improves performance for individuals and organizations…
Descriptors: Performance Technology, Organizational Change, Organizational Development, Models
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