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Holder, Abigail M.; Derzis, Nicholas C.; Shippen, Margaret; Park, Jinhee – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2023
In 2018, the Bureau of Justice Statistics released the results of a nine-year longitudinal study that among 412,731 inmates released in 2005, 84% of them were rearrested. This high recidivism rate shows a clear need for reentry intervention to reduce these rates. A key part of reentry intervention should include career readiness, which helps…
Descriptors: Occupational Aspiration, Career Development, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions
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Thrift, Meagan Minvielle; Ulloa-Heath, Julie; Reardon, Robert C.; Peterson, Gary W. – Journal of Counseling & Development, 2012
Students enrolled in a college success course were assigned to (a) a cognitive intervention using the Career Thoughts Inventory (CTI) workbook (Sampson, Peterson, Lenz, Reardon, & Saunders, 1996b), (b) an occupational research project involving an oral report, and (c) a control condition. The workbook condition had a significant effect on the…
Descriptors: Vocational Interests, Workbooks, College Students, Pacific Islanders
McWhorter, Sharon – Georgia School Counselors Association Journal, 2007
Research indicates that schools do not always provide students with the skills they need for successful transitions to postsecondary education and work. A transition gap is particularly prevalent for "at-risk" students who have difficulty relating learning to future education and career aspirations. A high school counselor, language arts…
Descriptors: Intervention, Technical Institutes, At Risk Students, School Counselors