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Alain Leger Ayangma II – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Globalization, technology, labor market demands and economic growth have created the need for a skilled workforce. Community colleges serve as a pivotal player in the fight to meet workforce development needs through their offerings of Career Technical Education (CTE) courses. So doing, community colleges play a key role as a developer of human…
Descriptors: Success, Academic Achievement, Postsecondary Education, Technical Education
Sevak, Purvi; Feeney, Kathleen; Honeycutt, Todd; Peterson, Emily – Mathematica, 2021
The Linking Learning to Careers (LLC) program offered high school students with disabilities an individualized and targeted approach to strategically plan for their futures. The Vermont Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR) designed LLC to build on its usual services for high school students to emphasize unpaid and paid work-based learning…
Descriptors: High School Students, Students with Disabilities, Experiential Learning, Work Experience Programs
Valentine, Jessa; Price, Derek – Lumina Foundation, 2021
Public two-year colleges serve as an important access point for two out of every five students enrolled in postsecondary education. However, only 40 percent of community college students earn a postsecondary credential of any kind within six years, limiting their opportunities for advancement. Hoping to increase student retention and success, many…
Descriptors: Public Colleges, Two Year Colleges, Two Year College Students, Academic Persistence
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
Redfield, Verlene – Research and Curriculum Unit, 2010
As the world economy continues to evolve, businesses and industries must adopt new practices and processes in order to survive. Quality and cost control, work teams and participatory management, and an infusion of technology are transforming the way people work and do business. Employees are now expected to read, write, and communicate…
Descriptors: Consumer Science, Competency Based Education, Clothing, Vocational Education