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Direct linkSmith, Kelli K. – New Directions for Student Services, 2012
Historical context informs the work of student affairs professionals and others in higher education in striking the right balance in helping prepare students for life after college, but significant new pressures face students, their mentors, and educational institutions today. This chapter discusses the contexts that shape the work of student…
Descriptors: Student Personnel Workers, Context Effect, Developmental Studies Programs, Transitional Programs
Eaves, Ronald C.; Rabren, Karen; Hall, George – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2012
This study investigated the validity of the "Post-School Outcomes Transition Survey" (PSOTS). The PSOTS was designed to ascertain whether individuals who received special education services in secondary school have obtained postschool employment or have enrolled in postsecondary education or training within 1 to 2 years of exiting high school. The…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Factor Analysis, Decision Making, Test Validity
Skrobanek, Jan; Reissig, Birgit; Muller, Matthias – Journal of Youth Studies, 2011
A system of qualification options has evolved that is complementary to company-based and school-based vocational training. Thus far, these alternatives have been largely disregarded by vocational education research. Yet with respect to the number of annual entries, those alternatives are currently nearly as significant as conventional vocational…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Developmental Studies Programs, Student Placement, Foreign Countries
Baer, Robert M.; Daviso, Alfred W., III; Flexer, Robert W.; Queen, Rachel McMahan; Meindl, Richard S. – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 2011
This study examined the outcomes of 409 students with mental retardation or multiple disabilities from 177 school districts in a Great Lakes state. These students with intellectual disabilities were interviewed at exit and 1 year following graduation. The authors developed and tested three regression models--two to predict full-time employment and…
Descriptors: Multiple Disabilities, Mental Retardation, Predictor Variables, Transitional Programs
Pampaka, Maria; Williams, Julian; Hutcheson, Graeme – British Educational Research Journal, 2012
Previously we showed how we measured pedagogy and revealed its association with learning outcomes of sixth-form college mathematics students. In this project we followed a similar approach to the study of university transition. We particularly sought to identify the students' perceptions of the transitional experience, and measure the association…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Student Attitudes, College Mathematics, Transitional Programs
Leuze, Kathrin – Journal of Education and Work, 2011
In recent years, the transition from higher education to work in comparative perspective has attracted increasing attention from scholars and practitioners alike. Previous studies reveal similarities and differences in labour market outcomes across countries, but explanatory frameworks mainly refer to fields of study, whereas differences by types…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Labor Market, Foreign Countries, Transitional Programs
Download full textClarke, Kira – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2012
Recent policy changes have facilitated an expanded role for VET in Schools in supporting school completion, with vocational education and training (VET) in schools qualifications and subjects receiving increasing recognition in senior secondary certificates. Despite increased attainment of VET qualifications amongst 15 to 19-year-olds (Australian…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Foreign Countries, Misconceptions, Labor Market
Ray, Larry A. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This study examined the academic performance of Tech Prep students (referred to as participants) in comparison to non-Tech Prep students (referred to as non-participants) entering a two-year community college from sixteen different high schools in Stark County, Ohio. This study provided a quantitative analysis of students' academic experiences to…
Descriptors: Test Results, Grade Point Average, College Preparation, Academic Achievement
Test, David W.; Mazzotti, Valerie L.; Mustian, April L.; Fowler, Catherine H.; Kortering, Larry; Kohler, Paula – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 2009
The purpose of this study was to conduct a systematic review of the secondary transition correlational literature to identify in-school predictors of improved postschool outcomes in the areas of education, employment, and/or independent living for students with disabilities. Based on results of this review, 16 evidence-based, in-school predictors…
Descriptors: Independent Living, Disabilities, Outcomes of Education, Evidence
Gore, Paul A., Jr., Ed.; Carter, Louisa P., Ed. – National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, 2011
Offering a primer on action research methodologies and examples of practice, "Students in Transition: Research and Practice in Career Development" responds to a dual challenge facing career development educators--designing cutting-edge career development interventions and demonstrating their effectiveness. Overviews of quantitative and qualitative…
Descriptors: Program Design, Action Research, Research Methodology, Apprenticeships
Kim, JoHyun; Bragg, Debra D. – Career and Technical Education Research, 2008
Using Astin's I-E-O model, relationships among the input (I) variables of gender, high school percentile rank, Tech Prep participation, and high school course-taking; environmental (E) variables of academic, career and technical education (CTE), and total dual credit and articulated credit; and output (O) variables of college readiness and total…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Regression (Statistics), Predictor Variables, Dual Enrollment
Roksa, Josipa; Calcagno, Juan Carlos – Community College Research Center, Columbia University, 2008
In this study, we examine the role of academic preparation in the transition from community colleges to four-year institutions. We address two specific questions: To what extent do academically unprepared students transfer to four-year institutions? And, can positive experiences in community colleges diminish the role of inadequate academic…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Transitional Programs, College Outcomes Assessment, College Transfer Students
