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Direct linkSchlehofer, Michele – Journal of Community Psychology, 2012
Despite the contributions of feminist theory and practice to improve workplace conditions in various sectors of business and industry, academic workplaces largely remain structured around a traditionally hierarchical, male workplace model and culture, which can inhibit women's career advancement. Using autobiographical narrative, I draw upon my…
Descriptors: Feminism, Mothers, Psychologists, Career Education
Smith, Ken – Tech Directions, 2009
About 95% of all manufactured goods in this country are welded or joined in some way. These welded products range in nature from bicycle handlebars and skyscrapers to bridges and race cars. The author discusses what students need to know about careers for welding technicians--wages, responsibilities, skills needed, career advancement…
Descriptors: Welding, Occupational Surveys, Job Analysis, Education Work Relationship
Bohn, Sarah; McConville, Shannon – Public Policy Institute of California, 2019
About 30 percent of California's future jobs will require some training beyond high school but less than a four-year college degree. And in today's economy, jobs that offer family-supporting incomes often require some postsecondary education. Career education prepares students for these "middle-skill" jobs by providing occupation- and…
Descriptors: Career Education, Community Colleges, Labor Force Development, Educational Finance
Download full textYerly, Rebecca C.; McCarthy, Christopher J.; Murff, Robert C. – 1997
The possibility of using measures of ways of coping to predict career advancement activities was examined in a study of 104 undergraduate students (69% were Caucasian, 19% were Asian-American, 9% were Latina/Latino, and 46% were male) enrolled in a career planning course at a large southwestern university. The students completed the 50-item Ways…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Career Development, Career Education, Career Exploration
Bohn, Sarah; Jackson, Jacob; McConville, Shannon – Public Policy Institute of California, 2019
Career education programs in California's community colleges are a critical component of public higher education in the state. Also known as career technical or vocational programs, career education trains individuals for middle-skill jobs that require more than a high school diploma but less than a four-year degree. These jobs make up a third of…
Descriptors: Career Education, Vocational Education, Occupational Mobility, Community Colleges
Kissam, Ed; Dorsey, Holda – 1997
This module, which may be used as the basis for a workshop or as a special topic unit in adult basic education or English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) courses, addresses career advancement. It is designed to provide a framework for thinking about career advancement in terms of three kinds of trajectories: education-based, vertical, and horizontal; a…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives, Career Choice
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn. Office of Educational Assessment. – 1986
Career Advancement through Bilingual Educational Skills (Project CABES) completed the second year of a 3-year funding cycle at Seward Park High School on Manhattan's Lower East Side. Project CABES serves 233 recently immigrated, predominantly low-income, ninth through twelfth grade, Hispanic students of limited English proficiency (LEP). Included…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education Programs, Career Education, Dropout Prevention
Everett, Melissa – Graduating Engineer, 1988
Describes some of the problems facing female engineers and their career advancement. Discusses strategies for successful networking and mentoring that will help facilitate promotion and lasting friendships in an engineering career. (CW)
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Education, Career Guidance, College Science
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn. Office of Educational Assessment. – 1986
Project CABES (Career Advancement through Bilingual Education) was established in 1983 at Seward Park High School in New York, New York. Its major goal is to serve a population of 250 Hispanic students of limited English proficiency (LEP) interested in pursuing a career advancement sequence rather than a regular academic sequence. Project CABES…
Descriptors: Attendance, Bilingual Education Programs, Career Education, Counseling Services
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn. Office of Educational Assessment. – 1986
In 1985-86, the Career Advancement through Bilingual Education Skills (CABES) project was in the final year of a three-year funding cycle at Seward Park High School in Manhattan, New York. The project's major goal was to provide career advancement skills to a population group of 279 students of limited English proficiency (LEP). Included in the…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Career Education, High Schools, Hispanic Americans
Wachen, John; Jenkins, Davis; Van Noy, Michelle – Community College Research Center, Columbia University, 2010
Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training (I-BEST) is an innovative program and strategy developed by the Washington (WA) State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC) in conjunction with the state's 29 community colleges and five technical colleges. Its goal is to increase the rate at which adult basic education and…
Descriptors: Technical Institutes, Community Colleges, Educational Objectives, Outcomes of Education
Bushnell, David S. – 1973
Opportunities for career advancement, an adequate pool of trained manpower, and the growth of our economy are inextricably connected with the availability of continuing education and training opportunities to working adults. Availability is a function of access to training and successful participation in training. The federally funded voucher plan…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Education, Career Ladders, Career Opportunities
2000
Three presentations are provided from Symposium 34, Career Development, of the Academy of Human Resource Development (HRD) 2000 Conference Proceedings. "Emerging Career Development Needs as Reported by Adult Students at Four Ohio Institutions of Higher Education: A Qualitative Study" (Kathryn S. Hoff) reports 4 major themes emerged from…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adult Development, Adult Education, Career Change
Brown, Bettina Lankard – 1998
In the U.S. work force, job mobility has become the standard employment pattern. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 10% of the work force switches jobs every year. Among the factors contributing to the career mobility of today's workers are the following: search for competitive employment positions; pursuit of a good career match; desire…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Career Change, Career Development, Career Education
Camenson, Blythe – 2000
This book is a guide to choosing and developing a career in adult education. The six chapters cover the following topics: (1) the adult education field; (2) adult continuing education; (3) adult basic education; (4) adult vocational-technical education and prebaccalaureate training; (5) career and vocational counseling; and (6) adult education…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Programs
