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Gill, Robert – Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability, 2018
Employability has become an important focus for graduates and employers in Australia, as many universities contend with the notion of developing knowledgeable and problem-solving graduates who are workforce ready practitioners. This paper presents an example of how the higher education communication disciplines from across Victoria, Australia,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Employment Potential, Time Management
Marcus, Jon – Lumina Foundation, 2020
Intermediaries--also referred to as bridge builders, boundary spanners, conveners, and other names--fill the critical role of connecting all the parties in the system to empower people with the skills required in the labor force. Those parties generally include employers, educators, workers, and prospective workers. Within these categories may…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Labor Force Development, Job Skills, Public Agencies
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Dondofema, J.; Mwenje, J.; Musemwa, L. – Asian Journal of Education and Training, 2020
Tertiary education institutions are seen to be increasingly incorporating industrial attachment as a training methodology. This is happening with the private and public sectors. It is of the view that during the industrial attachment phase, the student is accorded an opportunity to marry theory learnt in the classroom with the real field of work.…
Descriptors: Industry, School Business Relationship, Educational Benefits, Costs
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Ahmat, Nur Hidayah Che; Bashir, Muhammad Arif Aizat; Razali, Ahmad Rashidy; Kasolang, Salmiah – Asian Journal of University Education, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the education sector locally and globally especially in teaching and learning delivery methods as most universities have adopted online platforms. The present situation is not only challenging but also tests the flexibility of the existing education system. With the help of technology, the existing traditional…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Barriers, Credentials, Foreign Countries
Glosser, Asaph; Ellis, Emily – Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, 2018
People served by public assistance programs such as Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) often have difficulty finding jobs in the competitive labor market. This report describes the ways in which eight TANF programs primarily serving American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) families use subsidized employment. Subsidized employment…
Descriptors: Employment Programs, American Indians, Tribes, Alaska Natives
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Gross, Betheny; DeArmond, Michael – Center on Reinventing Public Education, 2020
Barriers to summer enrichment and learning experiences reinforce gaps in resources and opportunities in public education that face students from lower-income households. In a growing number of cities, new support structures are emerging to help parents overcome barriers to summer enrichment and learning for their children. These supports provide…
Descriptors: Barriers, Enrichment Activities, Educational Opportunities, Low Income Groups
Garringer, Michael; Benning, Chelsea – MENTOR: National Mentoring Partnership, 2018
With the release of this comprehensive new report, MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership has provided the mentoring field with important new data about the scope of mentoring in the United States. This report advances what is understood about mentoring in several important ways. First, it moves beyond a simple head count to explore Americans'…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Relationship, Mentors, Adults, Youth
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Cordie, Leslie; Sailors, Jamie; Barlow, Becky; Kush, John S. – International Journal of ePortfolio, 2019
In this paper, we describe the use of ePortfolios at a public, land-grant university and document how the ePortfolio has been used to develop more authentic learning experiences. We discuss the best practices for ePortfolios and its varied use as a teaching and learning tool. In addition, we discuss the challenges of implementing ePortfolios. For…
Descriptors: Professional Identity, Career Choice, Portfolios (Background Materials), Authentic Learning
Kettle, Jane – Higher Education Academy, 2013
This publication focuses on national and international policy initiatives to develop a better understanding of work-based learners and the types of flexibility that may well enhance their study especially pedagogically. As part of our five-strand research project "Flexible Pedagogies: preparing for the future" it: (1) highlights the…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Teaching Methods, Employers, Futures (of Society)
Hoooker, Sarah; Acevedo, Erica; Dow, Molly – Jobs for the Future, 2021
For over a year, stories of economic devastation, food and housing insecurity, and the challenges of remote learning have dominated headlines as the COVID-19 pandemic ushered in dramatic changes for education, businesses, and communities. In the Columbus, Ohio region, the pandemic widened existing inequalities, as it did across the rest of the…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Career Readiness, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Leggott, Dawn – Research-publishing.net, 2017
Employers in the UK recognise that a lack of language skills can limit their company's international growth. Many students on language degrees, however, feel unprepared for working in a business environment. The final year "Working with Languages" module on Leeds Beckett University's language degrees aims to help the students to expand…
Descriptors: Language Skills, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Employers
Woodson, William Garrard – ProQuest LLC, 2018
While African Americans are overrepresented in Minnesota police shootings and officer-involved fatalities, they are underrepresented in Minnesota law enforcement. The reasons are complex, interconnected, grounded in historical racial barriers and racist practices, and reinforced by current obstacles such as career awareness, concerns about the…
Descriptors: African Americans, Disproportionate Representation, Barriers, Racial Bias
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Gleeson, Shannon – Association of Mexican American Educators Journal, 2015
This article speaks to the special issue's goal of disrupting the deserving/undeserving immigrant narrative: 1) the 2012 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which provides temporary deportation relief and work authorization for young adults who meet an educational requirement and other criteria, and 2) current and proposed…
Descriptors: Personal Narratives, Immigrants, Undocumented Immigrants, Program Descriptions
McCrone, Tami; Sims, David; Gladding, Cath – National Foundation for Educational Research, 2016
Apprenticeships are currently undergoing reform in England. Funding mechanisms and the content of Apprenticeship programmes are being restructured. NFER and the Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) have carried out a joint research project to inform future policy and practice with evidence on how providers of Apprenticeships are…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Guidelines
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Gomez-Cash, Olga – Research-publishing.net, 2016
In the second year module "Professional Contexts for Modern Languages" at Lancaster University, students take 20-25 hour placements, and using a multimodal forum, they articulate their challenges, development and understanding of the varying contexts in which they are working. In summative assessment, students across languages and types…
Descriptors: Modern Languages, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Cultural Awareness
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