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Fazekas, Mihály; Kurekova, Lucia Mytna – OECD Publishing, 2016
Higher level vocational education and training (VET) programmes are facing rapid change and intensifying challenges. What type of training is needed to meet the needs of changing economies? How should the programmes be funded? How should they be linked to academic and university programmes? How can employers and unions be engaged? The country…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Educational Needs, Educational Finance
Culp, Marguerite McGann, Ed.; Dungy, Gwendolyn Jordan, Ed. – NASPA - Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education, 2014
More than a third of all undergraduate students are 25 or older, and their presence on college and university campuses is growing. However, institutions of higher learning are struggling to meet the needs of, and improve persistence and completion rates for, this significant student population. "Increasing Adult Learner Persistence and…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Nontraditional Students, Undergraduate Students
Robick, Candace M. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Research indicates that there is a connection between special education students' success and the individual education program (IEP) team's integration of efforts in preparing special education students for postsecondary options in education or work. Little research has been conducted on special education students' and parents/guardians'…
Descriptors: Graduates, Social Change, Program Development, Special Education
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Khoo, Elaine; Cowie, Bronwen – Journal of Open, Flexible and Distance Learning, 2011
Developing online learning communities is a promising pedagogical approach in online learning contexts for adult tertiary learners, but it is no easy task. Understanding how learning communities are formed and evaluating their efficacy in supporting learning involves a complex set of issues that have a bearing on the design and facilitation of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Models, Communities of Practice
Moodie, Gavin; Wheelahan, Leesa; Billett, Stephen; Kelly, Ann – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2009
A project funded through the National Vocational Education and Training Research and Evaluation program investigated higher education programs--mostly bachelor's and associate degrees--offered by technical and further education (TAFE) institutes. This overview highlights some of the issues associated with the perceived status of TAFE higher…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Vocational Education, Technical Education, Foreign Countries
Seidel, Sam – Jobs For the Future, 2013
North Queens Community High School serves approximately 200 students, 16-20 years old, as they strive to reach their personal and academic goals. All students at North Queens have previously been enrolled in high school elsewhere and are over-age and undercredited. Small class sizes, student-centered support, and an accelerated credit acquisition…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Success, College Readiness, College Preparation
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Dhillon, Jaswinder K. – British Educational Research Journal, 2009
Partnership is a dominant theme in education policy and practice in England and in other western countries but remains relatively under-researched, especially with respect to what sustains a partnership. This article draws on a study of partnership working in the field of post-16 learning that revealed the role of dimensions of social capital in…
Descriptors: Interviews, Social Capital, Case Studies, Grounded Theory
Foley, Griff, Ed. – Open University Press, 2004
This broad introduction to adult and postcompulsory education offers an overview of the field for students, adult educators and workplace trainers. The book establishes an analytical framework to emphasize the nature of learning and agency of learners; examines the core knowledge and skills that adult educators need; discusses policy, research and…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Education, Postsecondary Education, Educational History
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Duncan, Steve – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2005
One of the most significant events that heralded the Department of Defense's commitment to distance education was the Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) Initiative, which held its kickoff meeting in Washington, DC in 1997. This meeting provided the army and other military services the endorsement that had been lacking relative to implementing…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Costs, Instructional Development, Educational Innovation
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Stacey, Elizabeth – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2005
Australia's large distances and widely distributed population has meant that distance education has been an important part of its history. From the earliest provision of schooling by mail through a series of correspondence schools, both state and federal governments have provided a sound infrastructure to support distance education. Innovative…
Descriptors: Correspondence Schools, Vocational Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries