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Delisle, Jason D., Ed. – American Enterprise Institute, 2022
A long overdue, much needed transformation is underway in the higher education system. It started a decade ago, when federal and state policy­makers first began to collect data on what students earn after pursuing a postsecondary education. But new data are fundamentally differ­ent. Unlike broad-based national statistics, such as how much someone…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Policy, Outcomes of Education, Income
White, Maureen E.; Smith, William A. – 1988
Sacramento City College (SCC) established its Re-Entry Services program to provide information, referral and support services to students returning to the academic environment after an absence. Since the inception of the program in 1977, the college community has changed considerably. Among these changes are an aging student population, increased…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Adult Students, Career Guidance, College Planning
Durnovo, Maya; McCrohan, Betty – 1987
In 1983, the Houston Community College System established the Women's Support Services Department (WSSD) to support and encourage the new roles and opportunities emerging for women. During its first year of operation, the WSSD offered special seminars to over 300 women who anticipated returning to college. The WSSD, which is supported by a…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Ancillary School Services, Community Colleges, Females
Denny, James; And Others – 1989
A study was conducted in Illinois to determine how effectively the vocational education system was meeting its responsibilities to train, retrain, and upgrade employed and unemployed workers in new skills for which there is a demand in the state, under the terms of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act of 1984. Responses were received from…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Compliance (Legal), Dislocated Workers