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The Effects of Transitions on Access to Higher Education. Issue Brief
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Belyakov, Alexander; Cremonini, Leon; Mfusi, Mankolo; Rippner, Jennifer – Institute for Higher Education Policy, 2009
Increased student access to higher education institutions has been associated with the recent proliferation of higher education opportunities throughout the world. Various countries have undertaken numerous initiatives to increase access, such as the Netherlands with its involvement in the Bologna Process and the United States with Achieve Inc.'s…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Access to Education, Transitional Programs
Challenges and Reforms in Vocational Education: Aspects of Inclusion and Exclusion. Studies in Vocational and Continuing Education, Volume 11
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Stolz, Stefanie, Ed.; Gonon, Philipp, Ed. – Peter Lang Bern, 2012
In this collected edition, globalization and its consequences on vocational education systems are described and, at the same time, combined with the question of whether new phenomena of inclusion but also of exclusion are produced. Inclusion and exclusion are differentiations that predominate in all kinds of (vocational education) systems,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Learner Engagement, Higher Education
Why "Abiturienten" Do an Apprenticeship before Going to University: The Role of "Double Qualifications" in Germany
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Pilz, Matthias – Oxford Review of Education, 2009
In Germany, a remarkable number of young people leave school with the qualification required for entrance to higher education ("Abitur") but do not actually go on to university. Instead, these young people--known in German as "Abiturienten"--start an apprenticeship within what is known in Germany as the "Dual-System".…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Qualifications, Apprenticeships, Young Adults
Is Forcing Them Worth the Effort? Benefits of Mandatory Internships for Graduates from Diverse Family Backgrounds at Labour Market Entry
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Klein, Markus; Weiss, Felix – Studies in Higher Education, 2011
Mandatory internships are implemented in higher education curricula in order to ease the labour market integration of graduates. This article evaluates the utility of mandatory internships in Germany by assessing the effect on graduates' transition from higher education to work. The authors examine whether these compulsory programmes provide extra…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Labor Market, College Graduates
Implications of P-16 for Teacher Education
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Harris, Walter J.; Cobb, Robert A.; Pooler, Anne E.; Perry, Constance M. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2008
P-16 initiatives across the nation, with the endorsement of the National Governors Association, are striving to create a seamless education system from preschool through college graduation. P-12 and postsecondary educators are being asked to collaborate on a much deeper level. These efforts are rooted in the belief that "today's education system…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Higher Education, School Readiness, Learning Readiness
Soaring to Excellence. Proceedings of the Annual North East Association for Institutional Research (NEAIR) Conference (33rd, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 4-7, 2006)
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Alvord, Catherine, Ed. – Online Submission, 2006
The NEAIR 2006 Conference Proceedings is a compilation of papers presented at the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania conference. Topics include: Policy Analysis, Grading Policy, State Higher Education Accountability Program, Performance Assessment, Freshmen Transfer Risk, Assessment, Degree Completion, First-Year Academic Success, Effectiveness in…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, School Holding Power, Sexual Orientation, Policy Analysis