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Direct linkMcHugh, Patrick P. – Journal of Education and Work, 2017
Internships are a growing, yet controversial, labour market phenomenon. In particular, the issue of unpaid internships has been the source of legislative, judicial and ethical debate. Some have criticised colleges and universities for promoting an expansion of internships for undergraduate students -- with little regard for internship…
Descriptors: Internship Programs, Program Effectiveness, Performance Factors, Compensation (Remuneration)
Alfeld, Corinne; Bhattacharya, Sharika – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2012
This study uses a mixed methods approach to examine a new type of curriculum configuration that supports students' transitions to college: career technical programs of study (POS). Interview and survey data were collected from a college and its feeder high schools in each of three well-established ("mature") sites in geographically…
Descriptors: Student Records, Student Attitudes, Career Guidance, Transitional Programs
Download full textHarshman, Carl L. – 1982
This paper explores the background to and process of quality circles as well as the implications of circles for training. In the first section, the emergence and growth of quality circles in Japan and the United States are traced. Next, the theoretical and conceptual bases of quality circles are examined, while section 3 looks at implementation in…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Job Training, Management Development, Program Content
Cameron, Catherine; Witucke, Virginia – 1984
A study, the major product of the Task Force on Instructional Improvement, examined enrollment in, and the design of, master's degree programs in adult education throughout the country. During the study, researchers mailed a project-developed questionnaire to over 100 colleges and universities in the United States and Canada that were believed to…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Adult Education, Core Curriculum, Curriculum
Curry, Thomas F., Jr.; And Others – 1978
This report addresses the selection, training, and utilization of Navy Recruit Company Commanders (Recruit Training Instructors). It represents one in a series of reports concerning the optimization of Navy Recruit Training to meet the needs of the post-1980 period. The report provides a comprehensive review of the Navy's Recruit Company Commander…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Armed Forces, Comparative Analysis
Russell, Earl B.; And Others – 1978
A national survey was conducted to identify the characteristics of specific competency-based adult vocational programs in both the public and private sectors. Through a variety of procedures approximately 1,900 persons were nominated as contacts for program information on all day and/or evening non-credit programs in any type of school or training…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Vocational Education, Advisory Committees
