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Stine, Jennifer – Continuing Higher Education Review, 2008
Educators, career counseling offices and alumni associations know well the stories of mid-career challenges. Courted by companies at graduation and quickly promoted in early years, well-educated professionals may assume that success will always be theirs for the asking, even if they take time off. It can be equally easy for universities to assume…
Descriptors: Reentry Workers, Professional Personnel, Professional Continuing Education, Career Development
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Shih, Mei-Yau; Sorcinelli, Mary Deane – Journal of Faculty Development, 2007
Can teaching technologies offer a unique avenue for senior faculty vitality and renewal? This article presents the results of an evaluation that took place during six years of a teaching technology faculty development program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, a research-intensive institution. We present a profile of the program and its…
Descriptors: Career Development, Faculty Development, College Faculty, Technology Uses in Education
Blue Hills Regional Career Education Center, Canton, MA. – 1973
The document traces the development of one specific model, the Blue Hills Regional Technical Education Center, a regional school serving the specific occupational and career educational needs of high schools in seven suburban communities, located in Canton, Massachusetts. It also outlines the organizational structure, the program philosophy, and…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, Career Guidance, Demonstration Programs
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Moellman, Lisa Wahl; Tillinger, Jodi Rosenbaum – Afterschool Matters, 2004
According to the National Child Care Survey, approximately seven million children are spending some amount of time each day in self-care (U.S. Census Bureau, 2000). When adolescents are included in these figures, some evidence suggests the number of youth without care after school approaches 15 million (White House, 1998). The large number of…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Adolescents, Library Role, After School Programs
McClain, Thomas W.; Sockol, Richard A. – 1978
This program guide on establishing community education/work (E/W) linkages presents a variety of program options which have been tested at twelve Massachusetts E/W linkage sites. Community E/W linkages are defined as arrangements among members of the community to facilitate the transition of young people between institutional education and…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Career Development, Community Involvement, Cooperative Education
Gorth, William P.; And Others – 1978
The 1977-78 Massachusetts statewide assessment of Career and Occupational Development (COD) included the development of test instruments, administration of the tests to a sample of thirteen- and seventeen-year-olds throughout the state, analysis and interpretation of the data, and dissemination of the results. The COD test was objective-referenced…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Awareness, Career Development, Career Education