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Alamprese, Judith A.; Cheng, I-Fang – Abt Associates, 2021
The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE) funded Manhattan Strategy Group and Abt Associates to conduct the Advancing Innovation in Adult Education project. The goal is to inspire and promote the development and use of innovate approaches in adult education that can result in high quality services…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Educational Practices, Adult Education, Transitional Programs
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Leena Jo Landmark; Vickie J. Mitchell; Christina M. Gushanas; Townsley Tayebianpour – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2024
Adult student transition programs (also known as 18+ programs, 18-21 programs, adult transition programs, and community transition programs) are educational programs that provide instruction in age-appropriate community environments to adult students who have met the state credit and assessment guidelines for graduation but who still require…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Transitional Programs, Educational Legislation, Equal Education
Steinberg, Adria – Jobs for the Future, 2020
This brief reports on the first year of a promising effort in Texas to deepen the postsecondary preparation that schools and programs offer. With support from the Greater Texas Foundation (GTF) and coaching and technical assistance from Jobs for the Future (JFF), five sites have begun using JFF's Back on Track: Postsecondary Success model and…
Descriptors: Dropout Programs, College Readiness, Nontraditional Education, High School Equivalency Programs
Dilger, Robert Jay; Lowry, Sean – Congressional Research Service, 2020
Several federal agencies, including the Small Business Administration (SBA), provide training and other assistance to veterans seeking civilian employment. For example, the Department of Defense (DOD), in cooperation with the SBA, Department of Labor, Department of Veterans Affairs, and several other federal agencies, operates the Transition Goals…
Descriptors: Small Businesses, Public Agencies, Veterans, Veterans Education
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Farini, Federico; Scollan, Angela Marie – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2021
This article discusses a Transition Programme to support the inclusion of mature students in Higher Education. The Transition Programme was designed and it is currently provided by a Higher Education institution in Surrey, South-East of England. An outcome of innovative educational leadership, the Transition Programme' successfully solved the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Nontraditional Students, Adult Students, Higher Education
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National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2023
For adults with low incomes and potential first-generation college-goers, enrolling in college can be challenging. The U.S. Department of Education-funded Educational Opportunity Centers (EOCs) provide supports to help navigate some of the barriers to enrollment, including assistance with completing college and financial aid application processes,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Higher Education, Adult Education, Adult Students
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Daly, Dion D.; Fox Garrity, Bonnie K. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2017
This chapter provides a taxonomy of student veterans in the form of a codebook to assist in institutional data collection and analysis.
Descriptors: Veterans, Military Personnel, Military Service, Institutional Research
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Vacchi, David; Hammond, Shane; Diamond, Aynsley – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2017
This chapter focuses on conceptual models that may enable institutional researchers and scholars to better study the student veteran experience.
Descriptors: Veterans Education, Higher Education, Student Experience, Veterans
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Burke, Meghan M.; Waitz-Kudla, Sydney N.; Rabideau, Carol; Taylor, Julie Lounds; Hodapp, Robert M. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2019
The transition from high school to adulthood is difficult for youth with autism spectrum disorder and their families. Recognizing these challenges, there is a small but emerging body of literature testing interventions to improve the transition process. But there are many challenges in performing intervention research that have yet to be fully…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Youth, Barriers
Allen, Lili; Almeida, Cheryl; Gregg, Aundrea; Sack, Mike – Jobs for the Future, 2021
Texas has long been an innovator in policies, systems, and practices to ensure that young adults from low-income backgrounds are prepared for postsecondary education and careers. Today, the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing economic crisis have cast a harsh light on the importance of reengaging young adults who are disconnected from school and work…
Descriptors: State Policy, Educational Policy, Evidence Based Practice, Youth Programs
Mikulka, D.; Remy, K.; Smith, C.; Fox, H. L. – Office of Community College Research and Leadership, 2016
In 2011, Washburn University of Topeka, Kansas was awarded a $19.6 million Round 1 TAACCCT grant through the Department of Labor to provide industry-relevant, hands-on training for high-demand, high-wage careers. The consortium, Technical Retraining to Achieve Credentials (TRAC-7), was led by Washburn University, and included seven Kansas…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Veterans Education, Transitional Programs, Partnerships in Education
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Lester, Jessica Nina – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2014
This chapter focuses on the transitional experiences of youth with dis/ability labels and highlights how a critical orientation to dis/ability can inform adult educators.
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Young Adults, Disabilities, Youth Opportunities
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Olson, Joann S. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2014
This chapter frames the transition to adulthood in the context of the moving from formal educational settings to the often less-structured learning that occurs in workplace settings. Although schooling may end, learning continues.
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Education Work Relationship, Workplace Learning, Adult Education
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Xie, Rongbing; Sen, Bisakha; Foster, E. Michael – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2014
This chapter focuses on vulnerable youth, the challenges they face during their transitions to adulthood, and the adverse effects of limited support systems on those transitions. The authors offer recommendations on how adult educators can help facilitate smooth transitions into adulthood for vulnerable youth.
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, At Risk Students, Youth Opportunities, Barriers
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Davis, C. Amelia – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2014
This chapter considers how transitions to adulthood have been historically represented and presents alternative ways of thinking about transitions to adulthood through the context of adult basic education programs.
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Youth Opportunities, Transitional Programs, Adult Basic Education
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