Most adolescents and young adults in the U.S. seek employment after high school regardless of their education or work status, yet career readiness preparation have not received equal attention as college at secondary level. Using data from High School Longitudinal Study 2009 (HSLS:2009), we explored possible connections between individualized learning plans (ILP) both Career-Technical Education...

The article draws attention to the importance of gainful employment students. pandemic has largely limited such opportunities. Study objective: Determination scope in which students recognise limitation, its consequences for their plans regarding continuation university education, life priorities and health self-assessment. online survey involved participation a total 380 from Poland, Ukraine, ...

This article summarizes the research and data currently available on different dimensions of consumer choice. These dimensions include not only whether to participate in a health care plan and which plan to select if given a choice but also the decisions that lead to having a choice and the implications of making the choice. Data are presented on what choices consumers face, how many are given ...

The complexity of the modern information carrying landscape requires a sophisti cated view in which information is acquired rather than simply retrieved where the process must be dynamic incremental and constrained by resource limitations In this paper we describe a multi agent architecture called MACRON based on the Cooper ative Information Gathering CIG paradigm designed speci cally for such ...

The present article organizes prominent theories about retirement decision making around three different types of thinking about retirement: imagining the possibility of retirement, assessing when it is time to let go of long-held jobs, and putting concrete plans for retirement into action at present. It also highlights important directions for future research on retirement decision making, inc...

In the aftermath of a devastating earthquake, public transportation is presumed paralyzed and thus unavailable; large numbers of people are expected to experience difficulty in commuting. In recent years, implementation of district continuity plans (DCPs) and business continuity plans (BCPs) has become a major concern for local governments and private firms, respectively. In this paper, we prop...

This paper discusses the teaching evaluation system,evaluation method and index of e-commerce entrepreneurship course,and provides feasible plans for opening professional course,so that students can realize cultivation knowledge skills in online shop operation,and achieve direct docking with employment.

This study analyzes data from the World Health Survey (WHS) conducted in 2003, with a sample of 5,000 individuals 18 years and older. Some 24.0% of the interviewees had private health insurance, and the main variables associated with private coverage were number of household assets, age, level of education, formal employment, living in municipalities with more than 50,000 inhabitants, and good ...

This Issue Brief provides an overview of the issues relating to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and health benefit plans, the major case law relating to ERISA and health plans, and the implications of the preemption of state regulations for health plan sponsors and participants. It also presents the latest data on the number of health plan participants in self-funded...

• Fourth annual survey: This Issue Brief presents findings from the 2008 EBRI Consumer Engagement in Health Care Survey, which provides nationally representative data regarding the growth of account-based health plans and high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) and the impact of these plans and consumer engagement more generally on the behavior and attitudes of adults with private health insurance...