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| Pub Number | Title |  Date |
|---|---|---|
| REL 2007001 | High School Standards and Expectations for College and the Workplace
State standards for high schools in a majority of Central Region states cover 82 percent of the language arts topics but just 57 percent of the mathematics topics identified by both of two national studies as important for success in college and the workplace. |
7/2/2007 |
| NCES 2005150 | Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal Study 1993/2003 Data Analysis System (DAS) On-line
The DAS contains data from the 2003 Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal Study (B&B:1993/2003). This study is the third follow-up of a national sample of students who completed bachelor degrees in academic year 1992-1993 and were first surveyed as part of the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study. This DAS allows users to conduct analyses on data gathered in this study while on-line via the web. |
9/20/2006 |
| NCES 2005174 | 1992-93 Bachelor's Degree Recipients and Their Opinions About Education in 2003
The E.D. TAB is the first publication using data from the final follow-up of the 1993/03 Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal Study (B&B:93/03). Students who completed their bachelor's degree in 1993 were identified and contacted for follow-up interviews in 1994, 1997 and 2003. This report presents the percentages of students who reported important relationships between their undergraduate education and their lives in 2003; the percentages who enrolled for further postsecondary study; and their satisfaction with graduate study. |
9/1/2005 |
| NCES 2005088 | Reasons for Adults' Participation in Work-Related Courses, 2002-03
This Issue Brief uses nationally representative data from the Adult Education for Work-related Reasons Survey of the 2003 National Household Education Surveys Program (NHES) to examine the reasons that adults participate in formal educational courses for work-related reasons. More than 90 percent of adults who took such courses in 2002-03 reported doing so in order to maintain or improve skills or knowledge they already had. Among employed adults, the majority took courses because their employer required or recommended participation, while about a fifth did so in order to get a promotion or pay raise. The likelihood of taking classes for the selected reasons examined in this Brief generally varied by participants’ age, education, employment status, occupation, and household income. |
5/2/2005 |
| NCES 2000029 | Vocational Education in the United States: Toward the Year 2000
Vocational education at the turn of the century is an enterprise in transition. This publication addresses the primary question about the size of the enterprise at the secondary and postsecondary levels and whether it is growing, shrinking, or holding constant over time. The report also examines high school transcripts and presents findings about the academic preparation of high school students who participate in vocational education, relevant school reform efforts, and transitions after high school. To set the context for understanding these findings, the report describes economic and labor market trends and their implications for vocational programs, as well as changing workplace practices and employer perspectives on worker skills and proficiency. |
1/24/2000 |
| NCES 2000027 | Participation in Adult Education in the United States: 1998-1999
This Brief provides the latest estimates of the level of adult participation in various education activities including participation in Adult Basic Education and English as a Second Language (ESL) programs, work related education activities, postsecondary credential programs, apprenticeship programs, and personal development classes. The Brief is based on data from the Adult Education component of the 1999 National Household Education Survey (NHES:1999). |
11/24/1999 |
| NCES 97286 | Early Labor Force Experiences and Debt Burden
This report uses data from the Baccalaureate and Beyond (B&B) and Beginning Postsecondary Student (BPS) studies to examine the early labor force experiences of postsecondary education participants who graduated or left without a degree or certificate; their borrowing for postsecondary education; |
9/9/1997 |
| NCES 97373 | Findings from the Condition of Education 1996: Preparation for Work
This essay is taken from The Condition of Education, 1996. It pulls together a variety evidence on the topic of preparation for work ranging from course-taking, use of computers in school, working while in school, and so forth. |
2/14/1997 |
| NCES 96158 | A Descriptive Summary of 1992-93 Bachelor's Degree Recipients: 1 Year Later, With an Essay on Time to Degree
This report includes information concerning recent baccalaureate degree completers a year after finishing concerning undergraduate experiences and background, entry into graduate school or the labor market, household demographics, and civic participation. |
8/30/1996 |
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