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Direct linkHoffman, Nancy, Ed.; Collins, Michael Lawrence, Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2020
"Teaching Students About the World of Work" argues that educational institutions--especially two-year and four-year public institutions serving low-income students--need to make the topic of employment a central element in their educational offerings. Indeed, the book demonstrates that a far greater emphasis on teaching students about…
Descriptors: Career Education, Low Income Students, Community Colleges, Labor Market
Holzweiss, Peggy C., Ed.; Parrott, Kelli Peck, Ed. – NASPA - Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education, 2017
"Careers in Student Affairs" provides a comprehensive look at being a higher education administrator. Integrating perspectives from both research and practical application, this reader-friendly book addresses contemporary issues in the higher education environment that are not typically covered in the graduate curriculum but that…
Descriptors: Student Personnel Services, Student Personnel Workers, Career Guidance, Holistic Approach
Hentschke, Guilbert C., Ed.; Lechuga, Vicente M., Ed.; Tierney, William G., Ed. – Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2010
This book offers a clear-eyed and balanced analysis of for-profit colleges and universities (FPCUs), reviewing their history, business strategies, and management practices; setting them in the context of marketplace conditions, the framework of public policy and government regulations; and viewing them in the light of the public good. Individual…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Academic Freedom, Federal Regulation, Global Approach
Harrison, Roger, Ed.; Benjamin, Cathy, Ed.; Curran, Sheila, Ed.; Hunter, Rob, Ed. – SAGE Publications (CA), 2007
"Leading Work with Young People" provides a selection of writing from a complex and dynamic field of work. The editors bring together key readings and newly commissioned material to present a variety of theoretical and practical perspectives on leading and managing work with young people. The book will equip students with the knowledge, skills,…
Descriptors: Integrated Services, Youth Programs, Qualifications, Young Adults
Steinberg, Shirley R., Ed.; Cannella, Gaile S., Ed. – Peter Lang New York, 2012
This volume of transformed research utilizes an activist approach to examine the notion that nothing is apolitical. Research projects themselves are critically examined for power orientations, even as they are used to address curricular problems and educational or societal issues. Philosophical perspectives that have facilitated an understanding…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Research Methodology, Research Problems, Language Usage
Download full textKaiser, Marjorie M., Ed. – 1980
The essays in this collection are designed to acquaint preservice and beginning teachers with rationales and models for the integration of career education and language arts instruction into their classrooms. The two essays in Part One address the issues of the responsibilities of English professionals, while the five in Part Two offer…
Descriptors: Career Education, Education Work Relationship, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction
Youth Policy, 1991
Includes "Skill Upgrading in Public and Private Organizations"; "Developing the Wealth of the Nation" (O'Toole, Simmons); "Dumbing down America" (Shanker); "Career Preparation"; "What Work Requires of Schools: The SCANS Report"; "Industry-Education Collaboration in Canada" (Clark); and…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Education, Competition, Human Resources
Collison, Brooke B., Ed.; Garfield, Nancy J., Ed. – 1996
Providing information needed to make choices about different occupations in counseling and human services, this book enables examination of personal strengths and weaknesses within the fields. The opening chapters examine professional and personal issues to be considered in making career choices. Next are presented examples of counseling and human…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Allied Health Occupations, Career Education, Career Exploration
Fink, Albert H., Ed.; Kokaska, Charles J., Ed. – 1983
Ten papers address topics in career education for students with behavior disorders. W. Morse points out "Problems and Promises," including problems with the definition and scope of career education and the needs for individualization and support systems. C. Kokaska and L. Cook in "Concepts and Definitions" offer insight on problems in defining…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Exploration, Community Resources, Definitions
Strategies for Increasing Career Education and Opportunities for Severely Mentally Retarded Persons.
Sellars, Stanley G., Ed. – 1979
The monograph was designed for special educators working with the severely mentally retarded and it examines methods of providing vocational training and educational opportunities for this population. The first chapter, by D. Biklen and G. Dybwad ("A Perspective on the Social and Cultural History of Severely and Profoundly Mentally Retarded…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, Employment Opportunities, History
National School-to-Work Opportunities Office, Washington, DC. – 1998
The National School-to-Work Office in collaboration with the National Association for Gifted Children, the Council for Exceptional Children, the Association for the Gifted, and the Council of State Directors of Programs for the Gifted have identified 11 gifted education/school-to-work (GT/STW) models that are either best practices or unique…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Exploration, Education Work Relationship, Field Experience Programs
Wolf, Lorraine E., Ed.; Schreiber, Hope E., Ed.; Wasserstein, Jeanette, Ed. – Psychology Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2008
Recent advances in neuroimaging and genetics technologies have enhanced our understanding of neurodevelopmental disorders in adults. The authors in this volume not only discuss such advances as they apply to adults with learning disorders, but also address their translation into clinical practice. One cluster of chapters addresses developmental…
Descriptors: Reading Fluency, Learning Disabilities, Dyslexia, Nonverbal Learning
Hiebert, Bryan, Ed. – 1995
The inspiration for this document came from the "Creation and Mobilization of Counseling Resources for Youth Project (CAMCRY)" sponsored by the Canadian Guidance and Counseling Foundation (CGCF), which sought to provide the ideas and resources requisite for launching a nationwide initiative in career development and career counseling.…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Development, Career Education, Counseling Techniques
Wright, Peter W. G., Ed. – 1990
This volume of essays sets out to consider the contributions that higher education and industry, understood in the widest sense, could make to improving the quality of students' learning and to increasing its relevance to the needs of employment. The essays fall into four parts, the first of which is on how the relationship between industry and…
Descriptors: Career Education, Cooperative Programs, Corporate Support, Economic Impact
Hoyt, Kenneth B. – 1979
This monograph presents the fourth annual summary of "Refining the Concept of Career Education" attempts. The seven papers included are intended to provide readers with an historical record of career education in 1979. The first paper, "Lessons Learned from Participants in the 15 YETP/Career Education Mini-Conferences,"…
Descriptors: Career Education, Community Colleges, Community Involvement, Concept Formation
