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Rennie Center for Education Research & Policy, 2024
This guide will delve into the current landscape of state-funded STEM-focused internships and work-based learning opportunities available to high school students in Massachusetts. By examining these programs in detail, the aim is to highlight the specific learning opportunities they provide, the types of industry partnerships they promote, and the…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Internship Programs, Work Based Learning, State Aid
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Otto, Elizabeth; Dunens, Elizabeth – Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education, 2021
This paper explores the potential for postsecondary community-based educational experiences to impart the skills employers most desire from new college graduates. We gathered one U.S. university's community-engaged learning (CEL) stakeholders to collect detailed descriptions of the behaviors students practice during CEL. Students, faculty, and…
Descriptors: Job Skills, Soft Skills, Skill Development, Employer Attitudes
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Palmer, Dusty L.; Almager, Irma L.; Valle, Fernando – School Leadership Review, 2019
This qualitative case study explores the impact of job-embedded principal preparation residency programs through the lens of a school district's administrator. The school-university partnership provided an innovative way to prepare aspiring school leaders. The job-embedded structure provided an authentic, contextual base experience where aspiring…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Education, College School Cooperation, Partnerships in Education
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David I. Lewis – International Journal for Students as Partners, 2017
The world of work is changing rapidly, with an increasing global demand for employees with higher-level skills. Employees need to have the right attitudes and aptitudes for work, possess work-relevant skills, and have relevant experience. Whilst universities are embedding employability into their curricula, partnerships outside of the taught…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Employment Potential, Undergraduate Students, Biological Sciences
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Bilsland, Christine; Carter, Leanne; Wood, Leigh – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2020
Little research addresses graduate transition issues faced by transnational education (TNE) stakeholders. This paper's conceptual framework situates alumni as central stakeholders and potential partners in developing crucial insights into TNE graduate transitions. We interviewed alumni of an Australian university campus in Vietnam (AUV) about…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, International Education, Alumni, Stakeholders
Fein, David; Maynard, Rebecca; Baelen, Rebecca; Shivji, Azim; Souvanna, Phomdaen – Abt Associates, 2020
Year Up's Professional Training Corps (PTC) adapted its successful workforce program for low-income young adults to operate in college settings to reduce costs and enhance scalability. The one-year program provides six months of training in basic academic, professional, and occupational skills, extensive supports, a behavior contract, and a…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Job Training, Low Income Groups, Access to Education
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Wu, I-Chen; Pease, Randal; Maker, C. June – Journal of Advanced Academics, 2019
This investigation was to explore perceptions of students who participated in the Cultivating Diverse Talents in STEM project in an R1 university through (a) university-based summer internship program, (b) subsequent school-year research internships, and (c) successive summer workshops or internships. Thirteen high school juniors from diverse…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Special Programs, Talent Development, STEM Education
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Lery, Bridgette; Wiegmann, Wendy; Berrick, Jill Duerr – Journal of Social Work Education, 2015
The federal government increasingly expects child welfare systems to be more responsive to the needs of their local populations, connect strategies to results, and use continuous quality improvement (CQI) to accomplish these goals. A method for improving decision making, CQI relies on an inflow of high-quality data, up-to-date research evidence,…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Federal Government, Decision Making, Organizational Climate
St. John, Mark; Castori, Pam – Inverness Research, 2014
This brief presents a third party, external perspective on the Akamai Workforce Initiative (AWI), highlighting some of the contributions of the initiative over the last ten years. AWI is a program that seeks to develop a skilled local STEM workforce to meet the needs of Hawai'i's growing high-tech industry. It began as an internship program…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, STEM Education, Skill Development, Job Skills
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Nugent, Peg; Faucette, Nell – College Student Journal, 2013
This article discusses results from a study on beginning teachers who developed university interns as a focus of their induction program at their schools. For 13-weeks, four novice physical educators (who were considered highly skilled pedagogically) received support from prior university faculty as interns worked with them twice weekly. Results…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Partnerships in Education, Beginning Teachers, Beginning Teacher Induction
Center for Literacy Studies, University of Tennessee (NJ3), 2011
"Preparing for Work," developed by Equipped for the Future at the Center for Literacy Studies, University of Tennessee, is a skills-based course designed for implementation in organizations and agencies involved in preparing their clients and students for entry level work. Each of the instructional modules that comprise the…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Internship Programs, Teaching Guides, Adult Literacy
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Summers, Laura; Lohr, Linda; O'Neil, Colleen – TechTrends, 2002
Discusses communication skills in instructional design. Highlights include academic preparation; a communication model that includes data, feelings, and credibility; communication with the employer, the client, and peers; and strategies for improving communication, including partnerships with businesses, internships, collaboration with other…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Competence, Credibility, Higher Education
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Orr, Margaret Terry; Barber, Margaret E. – Journal of School Leadership, 2006
The need for more and better-prepared educational leaders has led to greater program effort to adhere to national leadership standards and form university-district partnerships for improved preparation, particularly in creating better-quality internships and more supportive structures. This article compares 3 leadership preparation programs--2…
Descriptors: Program Design, Graduates, Comparative Analysis, Skill Development
Mellander, Gustavo; Coleman, Gilbert I.; Noel, Brenda; Gangloff, George J. – 1998
A unique community college program was established as a joint endeavor by George Mason University and the Virginia Community College System. Administered by the University's National Center for Community College Education, the program stresses doctoral study in the candidate's area of expertise. Specifically designed for community college…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Community Colleges, Degree Requirements, Doctor of Arts Degrees
National Employer Leadership Council, Washington, DC. – 2001
This document highlights the school-to-careers (STC) partnerships connecting workplace experiences to classroom learning to prepare students for successful employment in the utilities industry. First, the current state of the utilities industry and careers in the utilities industry are reviewed. Next, the following organizations and employers are…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Exploration, Curriculum Development, Education Work Relationship
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