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Alicia Nicole Cooper Denton – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This study sought to explore the importance of mentorship programs for Black adolescent females. Due to the unique challenges that Black women face regarding the intersectionality of race, gender, and socioeconomic status, they are in need of mentorship programs to overcome these challenges. The Critical Race Feminist Theory was the theoretical…
Descriptors: Mentors, Personal Narratives, African Americans, Females
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Alison M. Turner; Jennifer C. Mann – School Community Journal, 2023
The purpose of this study is to explore how one community-based organization supports adolescents through the transition from high school to college, specifically looking at the experiences of three late-arriving refugee-background students who successfully gained access to higher education. Through the critical conceptual framework of community…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Community Organizations, Refugees, Adolescents
Tyler Parker; Nia Perry – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this mixed-methods study was to determine the impact of Riverside Middle Prep's Newcomer Program on academic achievement by using quantitative test scores and a case study design to analyze teacher and student perceptions about the newcomer program. The researchers wanted to determine whether there was a difference between EL…
Descriptors: Immigrants, English (Second Language), English Language Learners, Public Schools
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Pitan, Oluyomi Susan; Atiku, Sulaiman Olusegun – South African Journal of Education, 2017
At a time of continuous economic uncertainty and a highly competitive labour market, it is crucial for undergraduates to be more pro-active about their future careers. This study investigates the structural influence of career guidance activities on university students' employability in Nigeria. Data was collected from 600 final-year…
Descriptors: Employment Potential, Career Guidance, Guidance Programs, Questionnaires
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Rasmussen, Annette; Andreasen, Karen – Ethnography and Education, 2016
Bridge-building activities are practiced widely in the education systems of Europe. They are meant to bridge transitions between lower and upper secondary school and form a mandatory part of the youth guidance system in Denmark. By giving pupils the opportunity to experience the different educational context of upper secondary school,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary Schools, Transitional Programs, Ethnography
Musset, Pauline; Kurekova, Lucia Mytna – OECD Publishing, 2018
Career and education decisions are amongst the most important young people make. Gender, ethnicity and socio-economic factors all strongly affect these choices. Career guidance is both an individual and a social good: it helps individuals to progress in their learning and work, but it also helps the effective functioning of the labour and learning…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Best Practices, Program Effectiveness, Education Work Relationship