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Direct linkSamson Onyeluka Chukwuedo; Anthony Osinachi Okorafor; Ikechukwu Chidiebere Odogwu; Francisca Nebechi Nnajiofor – Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning, 2024
Purpose: Within the umbrella of technology and vocational education (TVET), technology or technical education in higher institutions of learning is obligated to produce the required manpower needed in the industry. Thus, it is pertinent to explore the interaction between the industry and higher education students. Drawing on the tenets of theory…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Technology Education, Behavior Theories, Work Experience Programs
Chukwuedo, Samson Onyeluka; Ogbuanya, Chinyere Theresa – Journal of Career Development, 2020
This study investigates the effect of practical skills-based career training intervention in electrical/electronic works on graduating students' academic major satisfaction, career curiosity, and self-defeating job search behaviors (SDJSBs). We employed the quasi-experimental design, with a three-wave longitudinal survey. The participants were 101…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Student Satisfaction, Career Development, Job Search Methods
Po, Yang; Jianru, Guo; Yinan, Jin – Chinese Education & Society, 2015
The employment quality of college graduates is a recent topic of heated discussion in China. Given the differences in the talent development goals of academic and vocational institutions and in individual job search approaches, this research compares the differences between the job search approaches and actual employment outcomes of graduates of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Graduates, Employment, Job Search Methods
Download full textGardiner, Karen; Rolston, Howard; Fein, David; Cho, Sung-Woo – Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, 2017
This report documents the implementation and early impacts of the Pathways to Healthcare program, operated by Pima Community College in Tucson, Arizona. Pathways to Healthcare is one promising effort to help low-income, low-skilled adults access and complete occupational training that can lead to increased employment and higher earnings. It is one…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Allied Health Occupations Education, Credentials, Academic Advising
Rosenbaum, James E.; Becker, Kelly Iwanaga; Cepa, Kennan A.; Zapata-Gietl, Claudia E. – Research in Higher Education, 2016
Research often focuses on how students fail to meet college expectations, but it rarely asks how colleges fail to meet students' expectations. This study examines students' expectations of college and their institutional confidence--their level of certainty that college will meet their expectations. Drawing on 65 pilot interviews and a survey of…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Attitudes, Educational Attitudes, Expectation
Oswald, Gina R.; Huber, Mary J.; Bonza, Angela – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2015
This article describes the approach implemented by one university to mitigate typical barriers encountered by college students with disabilities when attempting to find post-graduation employment. The unique vocational program offered is reinforced by the successful employment outcomes and case studies discussed in this review. Over a span of five…
Descriptors: College Students, Disabilities, Job Search Methods, Employment Services
Pavlin, Samo; Svetlicic, Marjan – Hacettepe University Journal of Education, 2012
This paper studies the relationship between competitiveness and higher education systems in Europe. It explores whether more competitive countries have developed more labour-market-oriented systems of higher education (HE) that thereby give their graduates greater short term employability potential. Based on and a large-scale survey among 45.000…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Employment Potential, Competition
Harth, Robert; Burns, Carol – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2004
This study investigated the vocational outcomes for a group of young adults with multiple learning disabilities who attended a two-year post-secondary program. One hundred graduates of the program representing the first 15 years of the program participated in the study. Results indicated that large numbers of graduates were employed in both full…
Descriptors: Employment, Graduates, Young Adults, Multiple Disabilities
