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Perceptions Of Business Private Sector Employers On The Employability Of Distance-Only Institution Candidates In The United States: A Case Study, Tanacha Gaines
Perceptions Of Business Private Sector Employers On The Employability Of Distance-Only Institution Candidates In The United States: A Case Study, Tanacha Gaines
Theses and Dissertations
The applied dissertation was designed to understand the perceptions of private-sector employers regarding the selection of candidates from distance-only higher education institutions. Guided by signaling theory as a framework, the study explored the mismatch between institutional, student, and employer expectations of skills and readiness for the labor market. Research into the employability of students and the acceptability of their distance-only degrees in the business sector could be informative as to whether the investment of students and their families provided fruitful employment opportunities. The literature showed an increase in enrollment for online learning, legislative expectations of higher education with the lack …
Challenge Accepted! Going Gameful To Develop Soft Skills, Laurie A. Sutch
Challenge Accepted! Going Gameful To Develop Soft Skills, Laurie A. Sutch
Experiential Learning & Teaching in Higher Education
Students at the University of Michigan-Dearborn are leveraging the connections among their learning and living experiences by reflecting in the online Talent Gateway, a “gameful learning” approach to career readiness. In this program, students earn points towards the (M)Talent distinction on their official transcript as they learn to recognize and articulate existing skills while also developing new skills required in today's workplace such as critical and creative thinking, problem-solving, collaboration, digital literacy, and global fluency.