With successive changes to apprenticeship policy, shifting emphasis on the amount of involvement of employers in engaging and delivering apprenticeship, and an over-reliance on further education to fill the gaps in the midst of its own storm, this article explores the successful ingredients for employer engagement in apprenticeship and vocational…

In this article, the author summarizes what critical and transformational theory is, along with its goals, and describes why such an approach is particularly relevant within the field of student leadership development. Application of a critical and transformational approach to conducting research and program evaluation efforts in leadership and…

This resource includes state statutes and regulations that explicitly allow concealed firearms on campus, explicitly prohibit firearm possession on campus, and statute or regulations that allow guns in locked vehicles on college campuses. In some states, court cases have overturned or altered statewide or systemwide policies related to guns on…

As the 21st century job market continues to advance, more jobs are requiring post-secondary training. Currently less than fifty percent of the United States population has a post-secondary degree or credential (Duke-Benfield et al., 2019). Thus, there is a need for expanding pathways to higher education to meet the needs of a changing workforce.…

There is currently an identified shortage of individuals properly trained and qualified to meet current and future automotive industry needs in a variety of career areas (Mayersohn, 2017). This problem is partly driven by the fact that automotive technology is advancing at an accelerated rate making effective automotive technology education…

Texas education is experiencing dramatic increases in enrollment in early college high school (ECHS) programs, and new programs are being developed equally quickly across the state. These programs require a partnership between secondary and postsecondary institutions, and system boundaries can be tricky for leaders to navigate when differences in…

According to public discourse, one of the most critical college access and affordability issues is the nation's rising student loan debt. Public concern over the rising cost of college and the use of education loans has incited a great debate on if a student loan debt crisis exists, and if so, for who? Researchers have found that, among federal…

This chapter describes the landscape of formal internship programmes available in our Singapore education context. Focusing on internship programmes offered by the three main types of institutions that define the Post-Secondary Education Institutional (PSEI) space in Singapore, Universities, Polytechnics, and the Institute of Technical Education,…

While multi-access learning can support more flexible, accessible, and equitable learning, the time and effort required of educators can serve as a barrier to adoption, particularly for those already fatigued by emergency shifts to remote teaching during the pandemic. Drawing on our own experiences as educators, we propose three practical ways to…

University-based teacher educators (UBTEs) are critical to teacher education quality. Studies have mainly explored the professional identity of UBTEs who were previously schoolteachers, whereas less is known about those who followed academic pathways. This study examines how UBTEs perceive their identities in the Chinese context, where academic…

Intersectionality is a key framework for understanding complex experiences of inequality and discrimination in contemporary societies and specifically in educational contexts. This scoping review examines academic discourse on intersectional pedagogy from 2020 to 2024, following the methodological framework proposed by Arksey and O'Malley. Using…

Twenty-nine states require or allow all 11th graders to take the ACT or SAT in school, for free, eliminating access to testing as a barrier to college entry. I examine whether this affects postsecondary outcomes using state-aggregated panel data and time-varying difference-in-differences methods. I find policy adoption led to 2% increases in…

This study investigates how anthropomorphic AI chatbot avatars, designed in line with the Stereotype Content Model (SCM) dimensions of warmth and competence, influence university students' perceptions of support for self-directed learning (SDL) activities. We examined student responses to two distinct avatars--one projecting warmth and the other…

This report explores how college transition plans can support high school students increase their access to postsecondary degree, credential and certificate programs. Some subgroups of students find navigating the college planning and readying processes particularly challenging, including those from low-income backgrounds, in the foster care…

The availability of workers who are bilingual or can work in French is a common issue outside Quebec, where French is a minority official language. For example, employers who make bilingualism a requirement for some positions are more likely to experience difficulties recruiting employees, and the need for workers who can work in French is felt in…