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Julie C. Hill; Elena R. Wisniewski; Betty S. Patten – Journal of Inclusive Postsecondary Education, 2023
The purpose of this practice article is to describe group counseling conducted with young adults with intellectual disability enrolled in a comprehensive transition program at a university in the southern United States. There are very few guidelines available for counselors working with young adults with intellectual disabilities. The aim of this…
Descriptors: Group Counseling, Young Adults, Intellectual Disability, Transitional Programs
Joy, Nicholas – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Adult postsecondary transition programs can be found within larger cities; however, school districts in rural communities have their own challenges due to limited resources. With transition programming, do families in the community understand and utilize the services, activities, and programs offered by outside agencies? The purpose of this…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Family Attitudes, Developmental Disabilities, Intellectual Disability
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McGhee, Kenneth – College and University, 2020
A nationwide discussion that is currently taking place related to student loan debt; a number of presidential candidates are discussing ideas for student loan forgiveness. Some states have offered free community college as a possible solution. Free community college would allow students to save money for two years before transferring to a…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Student Financial Aid, Paying for College, College Readiness
Grigal, Meg; Hart, Debra; Papay, Clare; Smith, Frank; Domin, Daria; Lazo, Rebecca – Institute for Community Inclusion, 2019
Think College Reports present descriptive data in narrative or tabular form to provide timely information to researchers, practitioners, and policymakers for review and use. This report provides program- and student-level data reported by Transition and Postsecondary Programs for Students with Intellectual Disabilities (TPSIDs) during the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Postsecondary Education, Intellectual Disability, Students with Disabilities
Advance CTE: State Leaders Connecting Learning to Work, 2019
For 21st century workers, success is rapidly being redefined. A high school education is no longer sufficient for high-wage employment, and the path to a postsecondary credential of value can be a convoluted one. Each transition -- from secondary to postsecondary education, from postsecondary education to the workforce, or from adult basic…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Leadership Responsibility, Access to Education, Barriers
Grigal, Meg; Hart, Debra; Smith, Frank; Papay, Clare; Domin, Daria – Institute for Community Inclusion, 2018
Think College Reports present descriptive data in narrative or tabular form to provide timely information to researchers, practitioners, and policymakers for review and use. This report provides program- and student-level data reported by Transition and Postsecondary Programs for Students with Intellectual Disabilities (TPSIDs) during the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Postsecondary Education, Intellectual Disability, Students with Disabilities
Grigal, Meg; Hart, Debra; Papay, Clare; Smith, Frank – Institute for Community Inclusion, 2018
Think College Reports present descriptive data in narrative or tabular form to provide timely information to researchers, practitioners, and policymakers for review and use. This summary report offers an overview of the descriptive data on programs for students with intellectual disability collected by the Think College National Coordinating…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Postsecondary Education, Intellectual Disability, Students with Disabilities
Grigal, Meg; Hart, Debra; Papay, Clare; Domin, Daria; Smith, Frank – Institute for Community Inclusion, 2017
Think College Reports present descriptive data in narrative or tabular form to provide timely information to researchers, practitioners, and policymakers for review and use. This summary report offers an overview of the descriptive data on programs for students with intellectual disability collected by the Think College National Coordinating…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Postsecondary Education, Intellectual Disability, Students with Disabilities
Grigal, Meg; Hart, Debra; Smith, Frank; Papay, Clare – Institute for Community Inclusion, 2018
Think College Reports present descriptive data in narrative or tabular form to provide timely information to researchers, practitioners, and policymakers for review and use. This summary report offers an overview of the descriptive data on students from Year Two (2016-2017) collected by the Think College National Coordinating Center (NCC) from the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Postsecondary Education, Intellectual Disability, Students with Disabilities
Grigal, Meg; Hart, Debra; Smith, Frank; Papay, Clare; Domin, Daria – Institute for Community Inclusion, 2017
Think College Reports present descriptive data in narrative or tabular form to provide timely information to researchers, practitioners, and policymakers for review and use. This summary report offers an overview of the descriptive data on students with intellectual disability collected by the Think College National Coordinating Center (NCC) in…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Postsecondary Education, Intellectual Disability, Students with Disabilities
Karmel, Tom; Lu, Tham – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2012
This paper presents a case study in which the authors attempted to understand the impact, on student choice, of reforms in tertiary education in Australia, namely, a shift towards a demand-driven system and the blurring of the distinction between vocational education and training (VET) and higher education. The authors compared the advanced…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Foreign Countries, Associate Degrees, Engineering Technology
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Hodgson, Ann; Spours, Ken – Journal of Education and Work, 2010
Ensuring effective progression from vocational qualifications to higher education has become an important issue internationally as a part of government strategies to raise skill levels and to provide more equitable access to tertiary level study. From September 2008, the Government in England has begun to introduce a new set of qualifications for…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Qualifications, Foreign Countries, Vocational Education
Bailey, Thomas; Merritt, Donna – 1993
The feasibility of youth apprenticeship in the United States was assessed by examining problems and successes of programs that include components of the apprenticeship model. The approach to analysis of youth apprenticeship was to break down the model into four components: student participation, educational content, location of instruction, and…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Apprenticeships, Cooperative Education, Credentials
Bergert, Susan, Ed. – LCCE Insider, 2000
These two newsletter issues are designed for users of the Council for Exceptional Children's Life Centered Career Education (LCCE) curriculum. The newsletter's goal is to inform practitioners of curriculum implementation ideas and transition issues and to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas. Featured articles discuss how one district used…
Descriptors: Career Education, Curriculum Design, Daily Living Skills, Disabilities
EFF Voice, 2003
This issue comprises seven articles that share ways Equipped for the Future's (EFF's) partners are using EFF to help adults build the skills they need to be successful in the workforce. "Building and Certifying Work Readiness" discusses the Work Readiness Credential being developed that will define, measure, and certify that individuals…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Dislocated Workers, Education Work Relationship, Educational Certificates