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Gee, Kevin A.; Beno, Carolynne; Lindstrom, Lauren; Lind, John; Post, Cindy; Hirano, Kara – Grantee Submission, 2020
Supporting college and career readiness among youth who encounter significant academic and life challenges requires innovative strategies to help them envision their futures, leverage their strengths and develop dispositions that promote positive trajectories. For youth development professionals who develop and implement novel programmatic…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Career Readiness, Disadvantaged, Adolescents
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McWhirter, Ellen Hawley; Rojas-Araúz, Bryan O.; Ortega, Robert; Combs, Darien; Cendejas, Christina; McWhirter, Benedict T. – Journal of Career Development, 2019
This article describes the rationale, development, delivery, and evaluation strategy of a pilot career intervention program for immigrant Latina/o high school students: Advocating for Latina/o Achievement in School. This innovative intervention aims to prevent dropout and to promote academic success and college and career readiness through a…
Descriptors: Intervention, Career Development, Hispanic American Students, High School Students
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King, John T.; Thorpe, Steve – Social Studies, 2012
In January 2007, the Oregon State Board of Education mandated a new Oregon diploma that strengthened high school graduation requirements with the aim of improving student readiness for college and career. Among the major changes was a requirement that students demonstrate proficiency in nine "essential skills" that included the…
Descriptors: Global Education, Graduation Requirements, Performance Factors, Developmental Studies Programs
Schoelkopf, James – Online Submission, 2010
Portland Community College has a firmly rooted career and technical education (CTE) partnership with its service area high schools. However, the partnership was continuing to operate as it had for many years. Given the rapid pace of change in the region's workforce, Oregon's secondary and postsecondary educational initiatives, and a shared…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Vocational Education, Partnerships in Education, High Schools