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Direct linkFarmer-Hinton, Raquel L.; Kellogg, B. Tait – Teachers College Record, 2022
Background: Promise programs have grown exponentially. Yet, we are still learning how systemic barriers affect promise program students' abilities to meet promise program requirements and their postsecondary goals. Objective: The Degree Project (TDP) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was the nation's first randomized control trial of a promise scholarship.…
Descriptors: Incentives, Social Capital, Social Differences, Comparative Analysis
Download full textSherman, Tina Won; Emrey-Arras, Melissa – US Government Accountability Office, 2021
At a time when student loan debt continues to mount for many, the Public Student Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program--established in 2007 and administered by Education--is intended to encourage individuals to pursue careers in public service. Senate Report 116-48 included a provision for the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to study the…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Loan Repayment, Program Descriptions, Public Service
Ruediger, Dylan; Cooper, Danielle Miriam – ITHAKA S+R, 2022
Quantitative literacy is an essential twenty-first century skill that universities are heavily invested in teaching to students. The social sciences play an important role in these efforts because they attract students who might otherwise avoid data and mathematically oriented courses and because they ground quantitative reasoning in political and…
Descriptors: Statistics Education, Undergraduate Students, Social Sciences, Teaching Methods
Gijbels, David; Kyndt, Eva; Peeters, Lore; Schelfhout, Wouter – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2017
The current study investigates the learning of student teachers in alternative programmes in which they combine a teaching job with an in-service teacher-training program at the university. The aim of this paper is to explore which work-related and training-programme related factors facilitate the learning of these teachers-in-training in the…
Descriptors: Inservice Teacher Education, Social Support Groups, Workplace Learning, Student Teachers
Simon, Alexandra – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2014
In Europe there is no common quality assurance framework for the delivery of guidance in higher education. Using a case study approach in four university career guidance services in England, France and Spain, this article aims to study how quality is implemented in university career guidance services in terms of strategy, standards and models,…
Descriptors: Quality Assurance, Universities, Guidance Programs, Delivery Systems
Merrill, Lisa – Research Alliance for New York City Schools, 2020
Earning a college degree is widely recognized as the most reliable pathway to economic stability (Carnevale, Smith, & Strohl, 2013). But it is known from a wide range of research that access to college is neither easy nor equitable, and that traditionally underrepresented students (including low-income students and Black and Latino students)…
Descriptors: Mentors, Social Emotional Learning, College Attendance, Access to Education
Gumaelius, Lena; Almqvist, Monica; Árnadóttir, Anna; Axelsson, Anders; Conejero, J. Alberto; García-Sabater, José P.; Klitgaard, Lene; Kozma, Cecilia; Maheut, Julien; Marin-Garcia, Juan; Mickos, Henrik; Nilsson, Per-Olof; Norén, Agneta; Pinho-Lopes, Margarida; Prenzel, Manfred; Ray, Johanna; Roxå, Torgny; Voss, Mirjam – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2016
Since the 1990s, the low number of students choosing to study science and technology in higher education has been on the societal agenda and many initiatives have been launched to promote awareness regarding career options. The initiatives particularly focus on increasing enrolment in the engineering programmes. This article describes and compares…
Descriptors: Outreach Programs, Universities, Science Interests, College Programs
Abuya, Benta A.; Wekulo, Patricia; Muhia, Nelson – Qualitative Research in Education, 2018
The objective of this paper is to examine the perceptions of community elders and parents on their roles regarding support to their children's education. Data come from the qualitative component of a baseline survey conducted in Korogocho and Viwandani, two urban informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya. Data were collected in April-May 2016 through…
Descriptors: Slums, Urban Areas, Gender Differences, Parent Participation
Tran, Ly Thi; Soejatminah, Sri – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2017
The integration of work experience and learning in tertiary education is a complex issue for different stakeholders, including students, institutions, and employers. The provision of course-related work experience for international students is far more challenging as it involves issues of visa status, different cultural expectations,…
Descriptors: Work Experience, Foreign Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Walters, Shirley; Yang, Jim; Roslander, Peter – UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, 2014
This cross-national study focuses on key issues and policy considerations in promoting lifelong learning in Ethiopia, Kenya, Namibia, Rwanda, and Tanzania (the five African countries that took part in a pilot workshop on "Developing Capacity for Establishing Lifelong Learning Systems in UNESCO Member States: at the UNESCO Institute for…
Descriptors: International Organizations, Lifelong Learning, Role, Counseling
Perry, Diana L.; Daniels, Monica L. – School Mental Health, 2016
There is a proven link between healthy socioemotional development and academic success (SAMHSA in SAMHSA's concept of trauma and guidance for a trauma-informed approach. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Rockville, 2014; Alisic et al. in J Clin Psychiatry 69:1455-1461, 2008; Landolt et al. in J Trauma Stress 26:209-216,…
Descriptors: Trauma, Educational Policy, Social Development, Emotional Development
McCrone, Tami; Sims, David; Gladding, Cath – National Foundation for Educational Research, 2016
Apprenticeships are currently undergoing reform in England. Funding mechanisms and the content of Apprenticeship programmes are being restructured. NFER and the Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) have carried out a joint research project to inform future policy and practice with evidence on how providers of Apprenticeships are…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Guidelines
Miller, Cynthia; Miller, Rhiannon; Verma, Nandita; Dechausay, Nadine; Yang, Edith; Rudd, Timothy; Rodriguez, Jonathan; Honig, Sylvie – MDRC, 2016
Family Rewards was an innovative approach to poverty reduction in the United States that was modeled on the conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs common in lower- and middle-income countries. The program offered cash assistance to low-income families, provided that they met certain conditions related to family health care, children's education,…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Rewards, Incentives, Low Income
Lally, Victor; Sclater, Madeleine – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2013
Careers work in the twenty-first century faces a key challenge in terms of digital technologies: to evaluate their potential for careers work in challenging settings. Given the rapidity of developments, technologies require evaluation in research innovations and naturalistic settings. Virtual worlds offer potential for careers and guidance work,…
Descriptors: Developmental Tasks, Career Guidance, Design, Career Counseling
Jones, Narelle; Torezani, Silvia; Luca, Joseph – Intercultural Education, 2012
Career opportunities for Australian research graduates have expanded in recent years into areas outside academia. However, the employment market is highly competitive, and Australian universities have recognised the need to produce graduates with transferable skills across all sectors, not just academia. The need to provide an infrastructure to…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Employment Potential, Career Planning, Education Work Relationship
