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Direct linkSusan Webb; Nguyen Thi Ngoc Ha – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2025
This systematic review aims to examine empirical literature about advancing the social role of college-based higher education (CBHE). A thematic analysis of empirical evidence from the 58 included articles offers insights into the social role of CBHE, and the characteristics of CBHE colleges, students, and lecturers. The review indicated a growing…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Readiness, Employment Potential, Career Readiness
Download full textvan der Zanden, P. J. A. C.; Denessen, E.; Cillessen, A. H. N.; Meijer, P. C. – Frontline Learning Research, 2021
To ease the transition to university, preparation in secondary school is often seen as a first step. This study investigated longitudinal relationships between teacher practices in secondary education (i.e., emotional support, autonomy support, and student-centred teacher practices) and first-year students' academic achievement and social and…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Secondary Education, College Freshmen, Student Adjustment
Lars Esdal – Education Evolving, 2018
To equitably prepare all students for success in the 21st century, we must define and measure broader, deeper, and more student-centered outcomes for students and schools. In this paper, we review the outcomes that researchers, students, educators, families, and communities indicate are important, and describe the array of emerging strategies for…
Descriptors: Student Educational Objectives, Outcomes of Education, Student Centered Learning, Career Readiness
Makola, Qonda – Journal of Student Affairs in Africa, 2017
The majority of the students who enroll at the Walter Sisulu University (WSU) in South Africa are not equipped with the necessary academic/learning skills to cope with the university environment, especially in Mechanical Engineering. The Department of Higher Education and Training (2013, p. 17), further states that "students' support is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, College Readiness, Engineering Education
Hoffman, Nancy – Jobs For the Future, 2015
In the United States, we tend to assume that young people should become educated and then go to work, as though the two were entirely separate stages of life. This dichotomy blinds us to the fact that work itself can be a powerful means of education-giving students opportunities to apply academic subject matter to real-world problems, and pushing…
Descriptors: Role of Education, Job Skills, Career Development, High Schools
Hoffman, Nancy – Jobs For the Future, 2015
For young people in the United States, whatever their backgrounds, one of the essential purposes of schooling should be to help them develop the knowledge, skills, and competence needed to search for and obtain work that they find at least reasonably satisfying. Our present educational system does precious little to introduce young people to the…
Descriptors: Role of Education, Job Skills, Career Development, High Schools
