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Direct linkSeranda Sylvers – ProQuest LLC, 2021
First-generation college students are concentrated at community colleges, and nearly half of those students who identify as being first-generation come from a low-income background. This qualitative study utilized a conceptual framework to explore understand how LI-FG (low-income, first-generation) community college students, particularly students…
Descriptors: Career Pathways, Decision Making, Low Income Students, First Generation College Students
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Download full textKelly M. Nguyen – Journal Committed to Social Change on Race and Ethnicity, 2023
Millennials make up the largest segment of the workforce today and it is estimated that by 2025, 75% of the global workforce will comprise this emerging generation (Fry, 2018). In this current study, I examine the career attitudes of Latinx and Asian American Millennial and Gen Z college students to understand better how their unique college…
Descriptors: Generational Differences, College Students, Asian American Students, Hispanic American Students
Council for Adult and Experiential Learning, 2021
The Latino population in the United States is large and growing. As a whole, however, it has been challenged with inequitable educational attainment rates compared to other groups, meriting the attention of public agencies, postsecondary institutions, and advocates. Latino economic and career success -- and the success of our overall economy --…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Hispanic American Students, Adult Education, Graduation Rate
Malek-Salehi, Jila – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Faculty advising has been identified as an area of need for the Child Development and Education Department. Over the last several years, students at a Northern California Community College have expressed their concern of not receiving enough time with academic counselors. More importantly, the students vocalized that there simply were not enough…
Descriptors: Mentors, Child Development, Community Colleges, Academic Advising
Pun, Raymond; Kubo, Hiromi – Public Services Quarterly, 2017
This paper explores a case study at Fresno State and how the library partners with the career center to support student success in career placement and advancement. The article will share opportunities and challenges in forming and maintaining such partnership and offer some best practices to deliver career research workshops collaboratively.
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Career Development, Career Centers, Librarian Teacher Cooperation
Kazis, Richard – MDRC, 2016
As postsecondary credentials have become increasingly important to accessing higher-quality employment, a growing number of education and workforce programs are implementing "career pathways" approaches to help both youth and adults prepare for further education and better jobs. In recent years, the Manpower Demonstration Research…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Development, Career Guidance, Career Readiness
Morgan, Micaela V. C.; Gerber, Michael M. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2016
The purpose of this study was to determine what institutionally contrived experiences would engage community college students in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) study, regardless of their major. During the 2013-2014 academic year, 373 students at two California community colleges were surveyed, and an exploratory factor…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, STEM Education, Learner Engagement
Ford, William J. – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2012
This article features the Higher Education Recruitment Consortium, or HERC, website, which lists all positions such as custodians, administrators, and other faculty positions at colleges, universities, and research institutions throughout the country. HERC, based in Ben Lomond, California, uses its "dual career" hiring services to help…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Nonprofit Organizations, Web Sites, Career Information Systems
de Cos, Patricia L.; Mulcahy, Nicolina; Chan, Julie – California Research Bureau, 2009
The Careers Project is a study of the preparation all students in public middle and high schools receive to explore career options and the relationship between that preparation and California's state and regional economies. The California Research Bureau (CRB) undertook this research at the request of a bipartisan group of members of the…
Descriptors: Economic Research, Education Work Relationship, Career Education, Career Exploration
de Cos, Patricia L.; Chan, Julie; Salling, Katharine – California Research Bureau, 2009
The Careers Project is a study of the preparation all students in public middle and high schools receive to explore career options and the relationship between that preparation and California's state and regional economies. The California Research Bureau (CRB) undertook this research at the request of a bipartisan group of members of the…
Descriptors: Economic Research, Secondary Education, Focus Groups, Career Education
Ramirez, A. Y. – Multicultural Education, 2009
In the State of California, an additional 100,000 teachers will be needed during the next 10 years to teach in K-12 schools (School Services of California, Inc., 2006), due both to population growth and the retirement of "Baby Boomers." This critical need to develop teachers in California will be mirrored in other states as well, and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Teaching (Occupation), Employment Opportunities, Teacher Recruitment
de Cos, Patricia L. – California Research Bureau, 2009
The Careers Project is a study of the preparation all students in public middle and high schools receive to explore career options and the relationship between that preparation and California's state and regional economies. The California Research Bureau (CRB) undertook this research at the request of a bipartisan group of members of the…
Descriptors: Economic Research, Education Work Relationship, Job Skills, Career Education
California Postsecondary Education Commission, 2007
This report on the nexus between postsecondary education and workforce development discusses the question of how California's colleges and universities address the state's need for a highly educated and skilled workforce. It includes a detailed review of the systems and their roles, and considers issues regarding how those roles are being carried…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Labor Force Development, Educational Objectives, Institutional Mission
HOERNER, JAMES L.; RIENDEAU, ALBERT J.
LOCAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES (1) ASSIST THE COLLEGE IN ORGANIZING ITS VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM, (2) ADVISE ON MATERIAL PROCUREMENT, (3) ACQUAINT THE COLLEGE WITH CURRENT INDUSTRIAL PRACTICES AND DEVELOPMENTS, AND (4) HELP TO COORDINATE PROGRAMS TO MEET COMMUNITY NEEDS. SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS MAY BE IN THE AREAS OF (1) STUDENT SELECTION…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Career Guidance, School Community Relationship, Technical Education
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Vocational Education Services. – 1966
NINETY-FOUR SUPERVISORS AND COORDINATORS OF PUBLIC SCHOOL VOCATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN CALIFORNIA PARTICIPATED IN A CONFERENCE TO EXPLORE THE PROBLEMS OF OCCUPATIONAL GUIDANCE. SPEECHES PRESENTED WERE--(1) "WORKING WITH THE IMAGE OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION" BY KENNETH O. SMITH, (2) "A GUIDANCE PROGRAM--ITS SIGNIFICANCE TO THE…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Conferences, Curriculum Development, Home Economics Education
