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Brian Robinson; Paul Beach; Marisa Mission; Nick Lee; Harold Hinds – Bellwether, 2023
Career pathways programs enjoy broad, bipartisan support as a way to give more young people the skills they need to thrive in today's workforce. But getting these programs off the ground can be difficult. Quickly scaling them to reach a critical mass of students and sustaining those efforts over nearly 10 years is almost unheard of -- except in…
Descriptors: Career Pathways, Programs, Financial Support, Work Experience Programs
Universities UK, 2023
Are some graduates going on to do non-graduate jobs? Evidence collected from interviews with universities careers services shows many have in fact seen an improvement in graduate employment -- specifically, in more graduates entering 'high skilled professions' and unemployment rates going down. Many universities have implemented a mandatory work…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, College Graduates, Employment Services
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Jessica Ellott; Amber E. McConnell – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2024
"Work-based learning experiences" is a broad term applying to an array of in-school or after-school learning opportunities, from career awareness, exploration, development, and application. Through WBLEs, students will learn about work, gain employability skills, and connect their school experiences to real work settings. WBLEs can also…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Job Skills, Work Experience, Career Development
Tieszen, Noel – Center for Law and Social Policy, Inc. (CLASP), 2022
For decades, Summer Youth Employment Programs (SYEPs) have provided income, career exposure, and real-life work experience for thousands of young people across the United States. Yet year after year, youth and community leaders report that there are not enough summer jobs to go around. Some cities pressure underfunded SYEPs to serve all youth who…
Descriptors: Youth Employment, Seasonal Employment, Student Employment, Unemployment
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Hill, Guzyal; Reedy, Alison; Forrest, Joanne; Bolt, Reuben – International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning, 2022
This is a case study of the Indigenous Pre-Accounting Enabling Program. With less than 100 self-identified Indigenous registered accountants in Australia, the accounting profession has capacity to provide opportunities for more Indigenous people. Highlighting the critical nature of Work-Integrated Learning (WIL) in making visible the stories of…
Descriptors: Work Experience Programs, Indigenous Populations, College Students, Accounting
Rosen, Rachel; Alterman, Emma; Treskon, Louisa; Parise, Leigh; Dixon, Michelle; Wuest, Cassie – MDRC, 2023
The New York City P-TECH 9-14 schools are an educational model that ties together the secondary, higher education, and workforce systems to improve outcomes across domains. The distinguishing feature of the model is a partnership among a high school, a community college, and one or more employer partners that focuses on preparing students for both…
Descriptors: High Schools, Community Colleges, Employers, Partnerships in Education
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Mollie Dollinger; Tim Corcoran; Denise Jackson; Sarah O'Shea – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2024
Definitions of disability are changing, shifting from a narrow medical diagnosis to a biopsychosocial model of disability, where disability is conceptualised as a series of relational conditions that can potentially disadvantage individuals within environments. Implications of this new understanding of disability will have significant effects in…
Descriptors: Employment Potential, Inclusion, Biological Influences, Social Influences
Nathan Sick; Amanda Briggs; Jincy Wilson – Urban Institute, 2023
Many students in postsecondary education programs face challenges navigating pathways to good jobs. In particular, students who face barriers to success need accessible pathways to economic mobility, but low income and low tolerance for debt present challenges. These students stand to benefit from strategies at all levels of education (and after…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Education Work Relationship, Occupational Aspiration, Career Development
Diemer, Kelli – Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE), 2020
Comprehensive, high-quality career development includes work-based learning (WBL) experiences such as workplace tours, job shadowing, school-based enterprises, internships, and apprenticeships. In addition to the activities themselves, WBL is often best defined by a strong partnership between an education program, an employer, and a motivated…
Descriptors: Career Development, Work Experience Programs, Job Shadowing, Internship Programs
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Ribbins, Peter; Sherratt, Brian – Journal of Educational Administration and History, 2022
This paper reports a study of permanent secretaries who served at the Department for Education (DfE) from 1975 to 2011. Located within a context of theories that explain how government bureaucracies operate, it focuses on Michael Bichard. Appointed in July 1995 when attempts were being made to open Whitehall to non-career civil servants, he…
Descriptors: Public Officials, Public Agencies, Educational History, Educational Administration
McFarlane, Fred R.; Guillermo, Mari – Policy Analysis for California Education, PACE, 2020
Preparing all students, including students with disabilities, for life after high school is a critical responsibility for California's education system. Engaging students and their families in discussions regarding careers, employment, and the pre-requisites for postsecondary education, training, and employment must start early and continue…
Descriptors: Work Experience Programs, Students with Disabilities, Career Development, Expectation
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Dean, Bonnie; Yanamandram, Venkata; Eady, Michelle J.; Moroney, Tracey; O'Donnell, Nuala; Glover-Chambers, Tracey – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2020
Work-Integrated Learning (WIL) is an important pedagogical strategy for developing employability skills by immersing students in real-world understandings, applications and practices. Increasingly, universities are focusing on how WIL can be scaffolded across a degree, to involve students in a variety of WIL activities in order to apply…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Job Skills, Experiential Learning, Work Experience Programs
Council for Exceptional Children, 2022
This supplementary document supports the Council for Exceptional Children's (CEC) Secondary Transition Position Statement by providing definitions of terms for students and youth with disabilities, as well as definitions related to: (1) Career Development; (2) Employment; (3) Collaborative Systems; (4) Student Skills; and (5) Policy. [For…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Students with Disabilities, Definitions, Federal Legislation
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Pillette, Kate – Grantee Submission, 2019
The purpose of this research brief is to summarize the literature on the career development needs of college students with disabilities, highlight exemplary models of support, and provide recommendations on best practice and future efforts to support positive employment outcomes for persons with disabilities. Four key career development areas are…
Descriptors: College Students, Students with Disabilities, Employment, Career Development
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Lei, Simon A.; Yin, Dean – College Student Journal, 2019
Internships are three-way partnerships among an institution of higher education, an employment (internship) site, and a student intern. Internships offer students an opportunity to apply classroom learning to a practical setting, while engaging actively in a professional capacity. At the beginning of an internship, students are likely to be…
Descriptors: Internship Programs, Program Effectiveness, Affordances, Barriers
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