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Student Employment: The Next High-Impact Practice
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Marianna Savoca; Kelli K. Smith; Simran Kaur – Assessment Update, 2024
How do we scale student participation in high-impact practices (HIPs) on campuses where there is limited supply? Student employment, not an official HIP yet, has potential to fill this gap. This article describes approaches taken by two campuses within the State University of New York (SUNY) system to transform work-study/student employment into…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Student Employment, Educational Change, Universities
Increasing Computational Protein Design Literacy through Cohort-Based Learning for Undergraduate Students
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Erin C. Yang; Robby Divine; Christine S. Kang; Sidney Chan; Elijah Arenas; Zoe Subol; Peter Tinker; Hayden Manninen; Alicia Feichtenbiner; Talal Mustafa; Julia Hallowell; Isiac Orr; Hugh Haddox; Brian Koepnick; Jacob O'Connor; Ian C. Haydon; Karla-Luise Herpoldt; Kandise Van Wormer; Celine Abell; David Baker; Alena Khmelinskaia; Neil P. King – Journal of Chemical Education, 2022
Undergraduate research experiences can improve student success in graduate education and STEM careers. During the COVID-19 pandemic, undergraduate researchers at our institution and many others lost their work-study research positions due to interruption of in-person research activities. This imposed a financial burden on the students and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Teaching Methods, COVID-19, Pandemics
New Directions in Soviet Vocational Training: Problems of Educational Policy in the USSR.
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Gleason, Gregory – Journal of Vocational and Technical Education, 1985
Describes the provisions of the 1984 reorganization of the Soviet educational system focusing on the provisions relating to vocational and technical training. After a brief overview of the historical development of the vocational and technical education system in the USSR, the main provisions of the new system and some implications of the reform…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Educational Change, Educational History, Educational Policy
Multinational Industry and Education.
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Flaherty, Gerald S. – Councilor, 1989
Contends that there is a need for a strong partnership between industry and education. Outlines the important services that multinational companies perform for the world's peoples. Suggests ways that teachers can help their students succeed in the market place. Calls for maintaining high standards, increased teamwork, and emphasis on work-study.…
Descriptors: Economics Education, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Expectation
The Development of Work-Study and School Enterprises in China's Schools.
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Fouts, Jeffrey T.; Chan, Jack C. K. – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1997
Examines the historical development of work-study programs from the early days of communist government to current practices in China. Traditional Chinese culture separated mental and manual labor according to Confucian edicts. After a slow start, work-study was integrated into the national curriculum in the late 1950s. (MJP)
Descriptors: Chinese Culture, Communism, Comparative Education, Educational Change