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Melissa Anne White – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Students with an intellectual disability encounter challenges throughout their educational journey and as they transition to adulthood. Securing and maintaining competitive employment for individuals with an intellectual disability is harder for them than for their non-disabled peers. The problem addressed in this qualitative, phenomenological…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Intellectual Disability, Young Adults, Employment Potential
Bambi Jill Fritsche – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This qualitative case study is situated in the area of educational leadership. It aims to explore possible strategies for increasing community-integrated employment for graduates of a Job Training Coordination Program at OakVeil High School. It is important to consider the lived experiences, hopes, fears, and barriers experienced from a…
Descriptors: Caregiver Attitudes, Students with Disabilities, Job Training, Employment Patterns
Claire Marie Ostrander – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This executive dissertation assumes a sensemaking lens to investigate how Assistant and Associate Vice President (AVP)-level administrators in student affairs approach their supervisory roles within the current climate of higher education and employment. The study's primary goal is to identify how leaders can prepare for changing employment trends…
Descriptors: Student Personnel Workers, Student Personnel Services, Staff Role, Higher Education
William George Beasley Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to describe the experience of Millennials with a Bachelor Degree in Business Management or management related disciplines seeking employment in their field of study in NC the first three years after graduation. The theoretical foundation of the study was human capital theory. The research…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Bachelors Degrees, Age Groups, Business Administration Education
Alisa Sproul Affleck – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this quantitative study is to test the relationship between degree choice and post-graduate outcomes for students in the United States by describing the relationship between a selected major and post-graduate outcomes including employment sector, salary for women and men. As college costs rise, and enrollments fall for the first…
Descriptors: Academic Degrees, Decision Making, Labor Force, Education Work Relationship
Guillermo Daniel Palacios Diaz – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This dissertation comprises three chapters. The first two address issues within the education system, focusing on strategies to attract and retain high-quality teachers in the public sector. The third chapter, a collaborative effort with Martin Martinez and Miguel Saldarriaga, explores the application of machine learning tools for nowcasting…
Descriptors: Data Science, Personnel Selection, Teacher Persistence, Teacher Effectiveness