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Karen L. Webber; Amy E. Stich; Matthew Grandstaff; Collin Case – Journal for STEM Education Research, 2025
An important part of STEM education is students' acquisition of knowledge, skills, and abilities needed for career success, all of which emerge from a combination of classroom and co-curricular activities. Work-related experiential activities (WREAs) offer the opportunity for students to engage in experiential activities before degree completion,…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Work Experience Programs, Job Skills, Student Attitudes
Bergson-Shilcock, Amanda – National Skills Coalition, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown a stark spotlight on need for digital skills among a wide swath of the American workforce. But even before the pandemic, the US labor market reflected a growing demand for workers across industries to have strong digital skills. This report uses data from a rigorously designed international assessment to analyze…
Descriptors: Technological Literacy, Skill Development, Job Skills, Labor Market
National Skills Coalition, 2020
American jobs are undergoing massive technological transformation, with even entry-level workers now expected to use all manner of digital devices and equipment. To succeed in this rapidly transforming environment, workers need broad-based digital problem-solving skills that equip them to learn a wide variety of today's technologies and navigate…
Descriptors: Racial Differences, Technological Literacy, Work Environment, Problem Solving
UK Department for Education, 2020
This is the technical report for "Apprenticeships Evaluation 2018-19 - Learners." It details how the survey of apprentices was sampled, conducted, weighted and analysed, and how this compares to the previous surveys. Four appendices are included in the report. [For the full report, see ED604913.]
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Gender Differences, Age Differences, Ethnicity
UK Department for Education, 2020
This report presents the findings of the Apprenticeship Evaluation Learner Survey 2018- 19. The research is intended to help monitor key progress indicators and to help shape future development of the apprenticeship programme. Specifically, it covers individuals' motivations for undertaking their apprenticeship, their experience of the training…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Gender Differences, Age Differences, Ethnicity
EdChoice, 2022
This poll was conducted between June 15-June 21, 2022 among a sample of 2,198 adults. The interviews were conducted online and the data were weighted to approximate a target sample of adults based on gender, educational attainment, age, race, and region. Among the key findings are: (1) School parents were much more likely in June than in May to…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Public Opinion, Elementary Secondary Education, Adults
EdChoice, 2022
This poll was conducted between November 10-14, 2022 among a sample of 2,200 adults. The interviews were conducted online and the data were weighted to approximate a target sample of adults based on gender, educational attainment, age, race, and region. Among the key findings are: (1) In November, economic issues dominated voting priorities at the…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Public Opinion, Elementary Secondary Education, Adults
Johnson, Brenda Webb – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Emotional intelligence (EI) has not been studied extensively within the Veterans' Health Administration (VHA). The VHA is the largest healthcare organization in America with over 360,000 employees and the organization invests heavily in competency development. The Tampa VA is a level 1 facility with over 5,000 employees in the Tampa Bay area. The…
Descriptors: Emotional Intelligence, Job Skills, Skill Development, Job Training
UK Department for Education, 2017
This report presents the findings of the Apprenticeship Evaluation Learner Survey 2017, The evaluation, consisted of telephone interviews with 4,990 Level 2 and 3 apprentices and 835 higher apprentices, undertaken from late February to mid-April 2017. The sample was evenly split between current apprentices and those that had completed their…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Gender Differences, Age Differences, Ethnicity
UK Department for Education, 2016
This report presents the findings of the Apprenticeship Evaluation Learner Survey 2015. The evaluation, consisted of quantitative interviews with 5,000 Level 2 and 3 apprentices, as well as 800 higher apprentices, to explore their views of their apprenticeship. This research covered both current apprentices at the time of survey, and recent…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Gender Differences, Age Differences, Ethnicity
Hanson, Bruce J. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The aim or purpose of this study was to statistically determine whether there were significant differences in obtaining employment and wages after training provided by East Mississippi Community College (EMCC). The training was specifically provided to employees of Sara Lee Corporation, LLC, after the massive layoff when the company closed its…
Descriptors: Wages, Employment Level, Training, Program Effectiveness
Montgomery County Public Schools, 2015
Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) is more than a school system, it is a community. It's a community of people working together to provide Montgomery County students with an education that prepares them for success today, tomorrow, and in the years to come. That is MCPS' core purpose: to prepare students to thrive in their future. The Annual…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Counties, Achievement Gap, Academic Achievement
Wyoming Department of Education, 2011
The Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 2006 (Perkins IV) is the principal source of federal funding to states for the improvement of secondary and postsecondary career and technical education programs. States are provided with funds for distribution to local educational agencies (LEAs) and postsecondary institutions for…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Technical Education
Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, 2014
The "Fall Enrollment and Staffing Report 2014" provides a snapshot of enrollments in community and technical colleges during fall quarter 2014. The report addresses the questions most commonly raised regarding the community and technical colleges in Washington. The primary source of information for this document is the State Board for…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Financial Support, Enrollment, Full Time Equivalency
Flores-Lagunes, Alfonso; Light, Audrey – Journal of Human Resources, 2010
Researchers often identify degree effects by including degree attainment ("D") and years of schooling ("S") in a wage model, yet the source of independent variation in these measures is not well understood. We argue that "S" is negatively correlated with ability among degree-holders because the most able graduate the…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Outcomes of Education, Educational Attainment, Wages
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