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Katherine A. Shields; Bryan C. Hutchins; Kelly Reese; Edward C. Fletcher; Katherine Hughes – Career and Technical Education Research Network, 2024
In recent years, career and technical education (CTE) programs that include quality work-based learning (WBL) opportunities for students have gained significant traction among educators, policymakers, and stakeholders as an effective way to prepare students for the labor market. However, a lack of data on WBL--which many CTE students participate…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Experiential Learning, Data Collection, Educational Research
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Madhumita Banerjee; Kaila Bingen – Experiential Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, 2024
This study presents a course model to demonstrate how students' current work experiences can be utilized as a viable alternative to internships. While internships have been shown to enhance a student's college experience, underserved and underrepresented students are often unable to pursue this high impact practice due to financial,…
Descriptors: College Students, Internship Programs, Experiential Learning, Work Experience Programs
Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE), 2025
The annual "State Policies Impacting CTE: Year in Review" report is released every February to report on developments in CTE-related legislation and other actions enacted nationwide for the previous calendar year. The report examines how CTE and career readiness initiatives are connected and advanced in states through 2024 state policy…
Descriptors: State Policy, Educational Policy, Career and Technical Education, State Legislation
Steedle, Jeffrey T.; Hepburn, Andy – ACT, Inc., 2020
GPS Education Partners (GPSEd) is a community-based nonprofit organization and work-based learning intermediary offering a statewide manufacturing youth apprenticeship in Wisconsin. During their one to two years in the program, students meet high school graduation requirements, receive industry-specific and job-specific training, technical…
Descriptors: Job Skills, Success, Academic Achievement, Work Experience Programs
Steedle, Jeffrey T. – ACT, Inc., 2019
GPS Education Partners is a community-based nonprofit organization and the only manufacturing-specific, statewide Department of Workforce Development Youth Apprenticeship Program in Wisconsin. During 1-2 years of study at GPS, students meet high school graduation requirements, receive industry-specific and job-specific training and technical…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Credentials, Career Readiness, Education Work Relationship
Altstadt, David; Barrett, Lexi; Cahill, Charlotte; Cuevas, Erica; Maag, Taylor – Education Commission of the States, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a detrimental impact on many facets of students' successful transitions from secondary into postsecondary education, particularly for students who depend on in-person delivery of content and experience. For many young people, paid work-based learning has historically provided a needed source of income, and its…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Experiential Learning, High School Students
Beer, Allison; Bray, Jacob B. – Association of Community College Trustees, 2019
How can community colleges support students' goals of finding success in the workforce, both today and the future? This issue brief builds upon the Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) previously published report "Partnerships for a Future-Ready Workforce" (2018) (ED605153). This brief is the first in a four-part series that…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Community Colleges, Labor Force Development, Part Time Students