Robert Pearl Starks

Improving Employment Outcomes and Community Integration for Veterans with Disabilities

MDRC (formerly known as Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation) has published research that discusses the Early Implementation of the Progressive Goal Attainment Program (PGAP) for Veterans as an effective method for improving employment outcomes and community integration.  As most educators know, veterans have unique challenges for integrating into the community (college and civilian) and can struggle with their transition to civilian life and work.  Many of the obstacles are not only physical but emotional and psychological.  Veterans represent a student niche that must be better understood so that institutions can better… >>>

Everyone is guilty of saying something in haste that they wish would have never came out of their mouths.  However, on social media, what is said in discussion threads is searchable and indexed by Google.  Facebook recently announced Graph Search which enhances one’s search ability on the Facebook platform allowing users to conduct more advanced search queries using the data from Facebook’s entire social ecosystem.  One of the implications of this new feature is enhanced people search for the purpose of recruiting.  If there wasn’t already good enough reason for jobseekers to clean up their Facebook (and all other)… >>>

3 Consequences of Neglecting Employee Development

Development is a process that requires commitment on the part of the employee as well as the managers who are responsible for developing their direct-reports. It is not always easy having the development discussion but failing to address the developmental needs of direct reports can adversely affect an entire department as well as the entire institution. 3 specific consequences that can develop if developmental needs are not addressed include the following:

1. Employees feeling neglected and unmotivated - If not given opportunities to grow or feel supported, the morale and motivation of critical team… >>>

Executive Summary

For-profit education is the fastest-growing sector of the higher-education industry. However, politicians and journalists have highlighted trends that they say should make students think twice before attending for-profit colleges. These include:

• Poor graduation rates, as only 22 percent of students at for-profits completed college in six years, compared with 65 percent of students at nonprofit private schools and 55 percent of students at nonprofit public schools;

• Higher loan-default rates, as 25 percent of students at for-profits default on their loans—the figures for their peers at nonprofit private and public schools are 7.6 and 10.8 percent, respectively;

• Higher likelihood… >>>

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