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Download full textFoster, Elizabeth – National Commission on Teaching and America's Future, 2010
Shifts in the work force (both in education and more broadly) provide an opportunity to apply other creative approaches in the quest for more effective STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) teaching. Increasingly, professionals change careers and explore new and varied professional opportunities, rather than remain in a single…
Descriptors: Careers, Retirement, Baby Boomers, Engineering
Peer reviewedPikalek, Amy J. – Continuing Higher Education Review, 2010
In recent years, terms such as "social media" and "social networking" have become staples in the university continuing education marketer's vocabulary. This article provides both a working knowledge of the social media landscape and practical applications of the concepts using a case study approach from a Midwestern university.…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Adult Students, Economic Factors, Educational Environment
Direct linkSettersten, Richard A., Jr., Ed.; Furstenberg, Frank F. Jr., Ed.; Rumbaut, Ruben G., Ed. – University of Chicago Press, 2005
"On the Frontier of Adulthood" reveals a startling new fact: adulthood no longer begins when adolescence ends. A lengthy period before adulthood, often spanning the twenties and even extending into the thirties, is now devoted to further education, job exploration, experimentation in romantic relationships, and personal development. Pathways into…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Public Policy, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis
