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Direct linkAlmalki, Saeed – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2021
Project SEARCH is a unique program for young adults with intellectual disabilities to transition from high school to work. This program teaches individuals with intellectual disabilities (interns) job skills in an inclusive work environment, such as a hospital. The purpose of the study is to understand the involvement and perceptions of supported…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Intellectual Disability, Supported Employment, Job Skills
Download full textWagner, Alan; Sun, Ruirui; Zuber, Katie; Strach, Patricia – Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government, 2016
Access to detailed and comprehensive administrative data has opened up the possibility to pursue continuous, systematic, and more refined assessments of the effects of applied learning. However, most studies using such data have not examined the effects of applied learning on retention, graduation, and labor market outcomes. To better judge the…
Descriptors: Internship Programs, Work Experience Programs, State Universities, Academic Persistence
Wagner, Alan; Sun, Ruirui; Zuber, Katie; Strach, Patricia – Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government, 2015
This report focuses on one of the State University of New York's (SUNY's) applied learning initiatives that includes work-based activities, e.g., co-ops, internships, work study, and clinical placement (SUNY Works). With funds from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, SUNY asked the Rockefeller Institute of Government to examine applied…
Descriptors: Internship Programs, Work Experience Programs, Private Financial Support, Educational Finance
Soper Associates, Berne, NY. – 1972
La Guardia College (New York) is the only community college in the United States requiring its entire student body to participate in a work-experience program regardless of curriculum choice. This study, conducted by a team of selected consultants, is an assessment of the program based on onsite visits, interviews, and an array of reports and…
Descriptors: Cooperative Education, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Innovation
Peer reviewedWieler, Susan S.; Bailey, Thomas R. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1997
A case study of the internship program at LaGuardia Community College (New York, NY) explores employer participation in work-based learning programs. Data from over 17,000 placements show how the program has shifted from occupational training to career exploration and the acquisition of generic workplace skills. (SLD)
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Community Colleges, Education Work Relationship, Employers
Hudson River Center for Program Development, Glenmont, NY. – 1996
This resource guide is intended to provide New York schools, business/industry, and others with resources to develop work-based learning strategies and components. Section 1 examines the scope, foundation, categories, and operation of work-based learning. Section 2 presents detailed information about the following forms of work-based learning:…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Career Exploration, Case Studies, Cooperative Education
Hudson River Center for Program Development, Glenmont, NY. – 1997
This document is intended to provide New York schools, business/industry representatives, and others with resources to develop or further refine work-based learning (WBL) strategies or components. Section 1 presents background information on the following topics: (1) the scope of WBL; (2) foundations for the development of WBL; (3) categories of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Exploration, Case Studies, Change Strategies
