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Advance CTE: State Leaders Connecting Learning to Work, 2019
For 21st century workers, success is rapidly being redefined. A high school education is no longer sufficient for high-wage employment, and the path to a postsecondary credential of value can be a convoluted one. Each transition -- from secondary to postsecondary education, from postsecondary education to the workforce, or from adult basic…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Leadership Responsibility, Access to Education, Barriers
Karmel, Tom; Lu, Tham – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2012
This paper presents a case study in which the authors attempted to understand the impact, on student choice, of reforms in tertiary education in Australia, namely, a shift towards a demand-driven system and the blurring of the distinction between vocational education and training (VET) and higher education. The authors compared the advanced…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Foreign Countries, Associate Degrees, Engineering Technology
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Hodgson, Ann; Spours, Ken – Journal of Education and Work, 2010
Ensuring effective progression from vocational qualifications to higher education has become an important issue internationally as a part of government strategies to raise skill levels and to provide more equitable access to tertiary level study. From September 2008, the Government in England has begun to introduce a new set of qualifications for…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Qualifications, Foreign Countries, Vocational Education
Bailey, Thomas; Merritt, Donna – 1993
The feasibility of youth apprenticeship in the United States was assessed by examining problems and successes of programs that include components of the apprenticeship model. The approach to analysis of youth apprenticeship was to break down the model into four components: student participation, educational content, location of instruction, and…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Apprenticeships, Cooperative Education, Credentials
EFF Voice, 2003
This issue comprises seven articles that share ways Equipped for the Future's (EFF's) partners are using EFF to help adults build the skills they need to be successful in the workforce. "Building and Certifying Work Readiness" discusses the Work Readiness Credential being developed that will define, measure, and certify that individuals…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Dislocated Workers, Education Work Relationship, Educational Certificates