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Ippolito, Andrew – Achieving the Dream, 2018
Now, more than ever, more adults must earn college credentials in order to earn family sustaining wages and to help fuel and sustain a robust national economy. That means that institutions of higher education must do all they can to help adult students enroll in college and complete a postsecondary credential. Achieving the Dream emphasizes a…
Descriptors: College Students, Adult Students, Career Choice, Community Colleges
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Hughes, Amber N.; Gibbons, Melinda M.; Mynatt, Blair – Career Development Quarterly, 2013
An increasing number of students enter college underprepared. These students do not have the academic skills to take college-level courses and are placed in remedial classes. Career counseling can help underprepared college students make educated career decisions based on their current situations. This article explores the characteristics of…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, College Students, College Readiness, College Preparation
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Campbell, Corbin M.; Smith, Meredith; Dugan, John P.; Komives, Susan R. – Review of Higher Education, 2012
Mentorship is empirically related to several desired outcomes in college students including academic success and career development. Yet little is known about how mentorship aids leadership development in college students. This study uses data from the Multi-Institutional Study of Leadership, a national study with more than 110,000 participants…
Descriptors: College Students, Mentors, Student Leadership, Career Development
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Izzo, Margaretha Vreeburg; Murray, Alexa; Priest, Sarah; McArrell, Bianca – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2011
Student Learning Communities (SLCs) for high school and college students with disabilities interested in pursuing science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) degrees were piloted at a major Midwestern university from 2009 to 2011. Students participated in a series of weekly sessions and/or a residential campus experience as part of a…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), Formative Evaluation, Disabilities, Self Advocacy