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How Two Psychology Professors Earned $6 Million To Support Chicago Youth At Risk Of Violence, University Marketing And Communications, Lavome Robinson, Leonard Jason
How Two Psychology Professors Earned $6 Million To Support Chicago Youth At Risk Of Violence, University Marketing And Communications, Lavome Robinson, Leonard Jason
DePaul Download
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Investigating The Effects Of Student Debt On Career Outcomes: An Empirical Approach, Gideon Moore
Investigating The Effects Of Student Debt On Career Outcomes: An Empirical Approach, Gideon Moore
Honors Projects
High student debt has been hypothesized to affect career choice, causing students to desire stable, high paying jobs. To test this hypothesis, I rely on plausibly exogenous variation in debt due to a federal policy shift. In the summer of 2007, the Higher Education Reconciliation Act (or HERA) expanded the cap for federally subsidized student loans. I examine how variation in debt affects career choice and eventual salary of students using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 Child and Young Adult Cohort of students who were of college age during the implementation of the policy. I find …
The Maritime Education And Training Sector: Beyond Traditional Quality Management, Htet Khaing Kyi Lin
The Maritime Education And Training Sector: Beyond Traditional Quality Management, Htet Khaing Kyi Lin
World Maritime University Dissertations
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Quality Counts 2016, Sarah C. Mckenzie, Gary W. Ritter
Quality Counts 2016, Sarah C. Mckenzie, Gary W. Ritter
Policy Briefs
Last week, Education Week released their 20th annual Quality Counts report. This year’s report discusses school accountability and examines state and federal accountability policies. It also grades the nation and each state on academic performance and outcomes. Overall, Arkansas received a C– and was ranked 41st among the 50 states. This policy brief examines Arkansas’ rank in each category of the report as well as the quality of the report itself.
Career Readiness: Arkansas And Beyond, Sarah C. Mckenzie, Gary W. Ritter
Career Readiness: Arkansas And Beyond, Sarah C. Mckenzie, Gary W. Ritter
Policy Briefs
This policy brief explores how career and technical education is being approached in Arkansas and elsewhere. New career and college readiness initiatives have been undertaken in a variety of settings, including the academy model that is highlighted in this brief. Additionally, the brief will explore career readiness from an international and national perspective and discuss the rationale for why career readiness matters for a considerable number of students in the public schools and workforce development programs across Arkansas.