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Direct linkNew England Board of Higher Education, 2018
Surveys of New England employers, college academic officers, and graduates find that many consider today's college graduates inadequately prepared for the world of work. In 2017, the New England Board of Higher Education convened the Commission on Higher Education & Employability, under the leadership of Rhode Island Governor Gina M. Raimondo.…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Employment Potential, College Graduates, Career Readiness
Northwest Regional Educational Lab., Portland, OR. Education and Work Program. – 1997
An integrated workplace-learning project is a self-directed, intellectually rigorous, field-based learning experience in which students apply academic skills in solving real-world problems in the community. This guidebook was designed to help teachers and other school staff collaborate with students and employers to plan integrated…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Career Planning, Cooperative Learning, Cooperative Planning
Blackwell, Evelyn J. – 1987
The Academic Internship Program (AIP), an experiential education program in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg high schools, is described in this paper. The program utilizes one-on-one and group internships to apply academic learning to real-life problem solving. Implementing a "whole brain" approach, a goal is to provide opportunities for…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Exploration, Cooperative Learning, Education Work Relationship
ACT, Inc., 2010
This report presents the findings for private four-year colleges that participated in ACT's 2010 What Works in Student Retention survey. The report contains information pertinent to only these institutions. Appended are: (1) Data for Private Four-Year Colleges and Universities; and (2) What Works in Student Retention: Instrument. (Contains 15…
Descriptors: Private Colleges, Academic Persistence, School Holding Power, College Students
ACT, Inc., 2010
This report presents the findings for community colleges with twenty percent or more Black students enrolled that participated in ACT's 2010 "What Works in Student Retention survey." The report contains information pertinent to only these institutions. The following are appended: (1) Data for Two-Year Community Colleges with greater than or equal…
Descriptors: African American Students, Community Colleges, College Faculty, College Students
ACT, Inc., 2010
This report presents the findings for community colleges with twenty percent or more Hispanic students enrolled that participated in ACT's 2010 What Works in Student Retention survey. The report contains information pertinent to only these institutions. Appendices include: (1) Data for Community Colleges with greater than or equal to 20% Hispanic…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Community Colleges, College Faculty, College Students
ACT, Inc., 2010
This report presents the findings for four year colleges and universities with twenty percent or more Black students enrolled that participated in ACT's 2010 What Works in Student Retention survey. The report contains information pertinent to only these institutions. Appendices include: (1) Data for Four Year Colleges and Universities with greater…
Descriptors: African American Students, Community Colleges, College Faculty, College Students
ACT, Inc., 2010
This report presents the findings for colleges and universities with twenty percent or more Hispanic students enrolled that participated in ACT's 2010 What Works in Student Retention survey. The report contains information pertinent to only these institutions. Appendices include: (1) Data for Four-Year Colleges/Universities with greater than or…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Hispanic American Students, College Students, Enrollment Trends
ACT, Inc., 2010
This report presents the findings for public four-year colleges and universities that participated in ACT's 2010 What Works in Student Retention survey. The report contains information pertinent to only these institutions. Appended are: (1) Data for Public Four-Year Colleges and Universities; and (2) What Works in Student Retention: Instrument.…
Descriptors: Public Colleges, Academic Persistence, School Holding Power, College Students
Utah State Office of Education, Salt Lake City. – 2002
This document presents materials to assist Utah school personnel who are initiating, implementing, or improving work-based learning opportunities for students. The document presents detailed guidelines for creating and maintaining work-based learning systems in schools and resource materials for improving existing work-based opportunities. Formal…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Articulation (Education), Career Counseling, Compliance (Legal)
Mitchell, Robert B., Ed. – 1996
The following are among the 34 papers included: "An Assessment of Support Staff Training in Public Two-Year Colleges" (Kuceyeski); "Attitude and Motivation of Vocational Student Teachers toward Teaching Commerce and Entrepreneurship" (Pihie, Elias); "Barriers Adult Office Education Students Encounter in Pursuit of…
Descriptors: Action Research, Adult Education, Adult Students, Advisory Committees
Habley, Wesley R.; McClanahan, Randy – ACT, Inc., 2004
This report reflects ACT's three-decade commitment to assist colleges and universities to better understand the impact of campus practices on college student retention and degree completion. This report focuses only on the data provided by four-year public colleges. (Contains 14 tables.) [For the main report, "What Works in Student Retention? All…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Students, Enrollment Trends, Academic Persistence
Habley, Wesley R.; McClanahan, Randy – ACT, Inc., 2004
This report reflects ACT's three-decade commitment to assist colleges and universities to better understand the impact of campus practices on college student retention and degree completion. This report focuses only on the data provided by four-year private colleges, and contains the following sections: (1) Introduction; (2) Executive Summary; (3)…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Students, Enrollment Trends, Academic Persistence
