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Sean Robins – Association of Community College Trustees, 2024
In 2022, Maryland implemented a new initiative focused on removing degree requirements from state positions. This initiative opened over 19,000 jobs to more than 1.3 million individuals Skilled Through Alternative Routes (STARs)--such as community college, workforce training, or on-the-job experience--rather than through a bachelor's degree in the…
Descriptors: Career Readiness, Community Colleges, Personnel Selection, Selection Criteria
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Dollinger, Mollie; Brown, Jason – Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability, 2019
Work-based placements, site visits, field trips and embedded industry-informed curriculum are employability strategies frequently applied by universities, and clustered under the umbrella term -- work-integrated learning (WIL). Referring to each of these strategies as WIL can complicate comparisons (e.g. long-term placements vs. field trips) and…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Experiential Learning, Employment Qualifications, College Students
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Khampirat, Buratin; Pop, Carver; Bandaranaike, Suniti – International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning, 2019
Research indicates that work-integrated learning (WIL) experiences enable students to develop both generic and work skills as well as helping students identify their future academic and career directions. This study used pre- and post-survey instruments to evaluate the effectiveness of a WIL placement to develop work skills of students in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Experiential Learning, Job Skills, Program Effectiveness
Harney, John O. – New England Journal of Higher Education, 2017
On June 28, the New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) convened members of the Commission on Higher Education and Employability (CHEE) in Providence to discuss concrete ways New England employers, education leaders and policymakers can work together to ensure a successful, equitable workforce future. The Commission comprises high-powered…
Descriptors: Job Skills, Employment Qualifications, Employers, Administrators
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Kim, Kyung-Nyun; Passmore, David L. – International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 2016
In this study, we investigated high school graduates' school-to-work transition by considering their post-school occupational skill levels. Using an ordinal growth model analysis, occupational status increased in an arch-shaped curve as the number of years after high school graduation also increased. This growth trajectory was further related to…
Descriptors: High School Graduates, Adjustment (to Environment), Job Skills, Employment Qualifications
Vaughan, Karen – New Zealand Council for Educational Research, 2012
This paper is an initial exploration of the integration of work and learning and is intended to inform NZCER's Learning at Work research programme. It shows how the traditional separation between work and learning is being challenged and looks at what that means for education professionals, institutions and programmes. The paper considers the…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Foreign Countries, Workplace Learning, Lifelong Learning
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Sail, Rahim M.; Alavi, Khadijah – Journal of European Industrial Training, 2010
Purpose: The main purpose of this paper is to determine the extent of acquisition of knowledge on social skills and social values by trainers of institutes and coaches of industries in training of trainers (ToT) programmes. It has been ascertained that social skills and social values can and must be taught to apprentices to enhance their…
Descriptors: Workshops, Experiential Learning, Industry, Social Values
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Thomson, Alison – Australian Journal of Career Development, 2010
The Career Development Program is a nationally recognised, award-winning student-centred program designed to deal with the three university-wide learning and teaching initiatives: Transitions In; Work Integrated Learning; and Transitions Out. The program is oriented to preparing students for university; planning for and taking advantage of…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Learner Engagement, Education Work Relationship, Career Development