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Balakrishna, Sundar – Industry and Higher Education, 2021
Industry reports show that fresh engineering and non-engineering graduates from Indian universities are not readily employable. The Government-owned Andhra Pradesh Information Technology Academy (APITA) seeks to equip graduates from the state's degree and engineering colleges with industry-relevant skill sets for gainful employment. This study…
Descriptors: Industry, School Business Relationship, Engineering Education, College Graduates
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Kline, Douglas M.; Vetter, Ron; Barnhill, Karen – Information Systems Education Journal, 2013
This article describes the creation of the Master of Science of Computer Science and Information Systems at University of North Carolina Wilmington. The creation of this graduate degree was funded by the Sloan Foundation as a new type of program, the Professional Master's. The program was designed with significant industry input, and is truly…
Descriptors: Masters Programs, Program Development, Interdisciplinary Approach, Information Systems
Lee, Marjorie; Verban, David – 1990
The booklet describes the Parents Alliance Employment Project, a program to provide job development, job placement, and job coaching to persons with intellectual disabilities in the DuPage County, Illinois, area. The first four sections provide an introduction, explain the program's philosophy, describe the population served by the project, and…
Descriptors: Agencies, Employment Potential, Employment Services, Job Development
Mirengoff, William; And Others – 1982
A study assessed the effects of the 1978 Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) amendments. While the major focus of the study was on changes in the public service employment (PSE) programs, other areas were examined, including aspects of CETA management, service delivery systems, the role of organized labor, and job placement. The study…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Disadvantaged, Employer Attitudes, Employment Potential
Fleischer, Wendy – 2001
In 1995, the Anne E. Casey Foundation launched the Jobs Initiative (JI) in six cities to change labor market prospects for low-income young people in order to help them get jobs that could move their families out of poverty. The JI attempts to change the way employers recruit and supervise workers and how work is structured; to prepare workers and…
Descriptors: Employer Employee Relationship, Employment Potential, Employment Programs, Government School Relationship
Johnson, Terry; Gritz, Mark; Jackson, Russell; Burghardt, John; Boussy, Carol; Leonard, Jan; Orians, Carlyn – 1999
This report presents results of a process analysis that describes and documents Job Corps services and operations. Chapter one provides overviews of Job Corps, the national Job Corps study, and the process analysis. Chapter two describes the administrative structure of Job Corps and presents data on the geographic distribution and characteristics…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Career Education, Career Exploration, Disadvantaged
Campbell, Robert E.; And Others – 1978
This handbook presents management techniques, program ideas, and student activities for building comprehensive secondary career guidance programs. Part 1 (chapter 1) traces the history of guidance to set the stage for the current emphasis on comprehensive programs, summarizes four representative models for designing comprehensive programs, and…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Career Education, Career Exploration, Career Guidance