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Thiele, Tamara; Singleton, Alexander; Pope, Daniel; Stanistreet, Debbi – Studies in Higher Education, 2016
Students' trajectories into university are often uniquely dependent on school qualifications though these alone are limited as predictors of academic potential. This study endorses this, examining associations between school grades, school type, school performance, socio-economic deprivation, neighbourhood participation, sex and academic…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Student Characteristics, Academic Achievement, Correlation
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Welch, Marshall; Plaxton-Moore, Star – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2017
This research involved the conduct of a conceptual review of 28 refereed journal articles and a survey of campus centers for community engagement staff to identify salient features and trends of existing faculty development programming designed to advance service-learning and community engagement in higher education. Results of this investigation…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Educational Trends, Community Involvement, Service Learning
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Littlefield, Melissa B.; Edwards, Lorece; Akers, Timothy – Journal of Social Work Education, 2014
The Internet is increasingly used to disseminate health information about diseases and prevention and to help in obtaining health services. Although technology can empower African Americans to adopt healthy lifestyles, the gap in usage between African Americans and Whites undermines the potential power of health Internet technology (IT) to…
Descriptors: African Americans, School Community Programs, Partnerships in Education, Information Dissemination