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Heather B. Hewitt; Molly N. Simon; Chris Mead; Skylar Grayson; Grace L. Beall; Robert T. Zellem; Kalée Tock; Kyle A. Pearson – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2023
Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs) have been shown to provide students with a variety of learning benefits including better conceptual understanding, improved critical thinking and data literacy skills, and increased interest in pursuing scientific careers. Additionally, CUREs provide students with opportunities to participate…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Program Development, Program Implementation, Program Effectiveness
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Kralovec, Etta; Orozco, Richard; Van Gorp, Alison; Meyer, Eric – Teacher Educators' Journal, 2022
"Mister, what time is it?" is an account of the evolution of a traditional teacher education program into an alternative certification program in the Arizona borderlands, outlining the theoretical frameworks that shaped the program redesign, program design elements, and challenges encountered along the way. We found many of the perennial…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Alternative Teacher Certification, College School Cooperation, Rural Schools
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McKenna, Ann F.; Collofello, James; Squires, Kyle – Advances in Engineering Education, 2021
As part of being named one of ten emerging leaders in engineering education, Arizona State University (ASU) was invited to participate in the MIT-Olin Colloquium on the "Global State of the Art in Engineering Education" held in Boston in April 2019. As a group we shared innovations at our respective institutions and identified…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Conferences (Gatherings), Futures (of Society), Educational History
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Buss, Ray R. – Impacting Education: Journal on Transforming Professional Practice, 2018
In this essay, I have described how the CPED Guiding Principles for Program Design (GPPD) and Design Concepts (DC) have influenced the development and implementation of Arizona State University's EdD in Leadership and Innovation program. I have explained the pervasive influence of the CPED GPPD and DC on various aspects of the program including…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Program Development, Program Design, Program Implementation
Kelley, Tanya M. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Public organizations have been interested in tapping into the creativity and passion of the public through the use of open innovation, which emphasizes bottom-up ideation and collaboration. A challenge for organizational adoption of open innovation is that the quick-start, bottom-up, iterative nature of open innovation does not integrate easily…
Descriptors: Colleges, Educational Administration, Educational Practices, Inclusion
Mertler, Craig A.; Henriksen, Danah – Impacting Education: Journal on Transforming Professional Practice, 2018
This essay describes one institution's struggle to grow its EdD program by adding an equivalent online version of a successful face-to-face program. One of the challenges faced was that of creating a comparable experience for online students to share their ongoing action research, an activity that had long been part of the face-to-face version of…
Descriptors: Creativity, Innovation, Student Attitudes, Doctoral Programs
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Alexander, Jackson C.; Rucker, K. Jill; Graham, Donna L.; Miller, Jefferson D.; Apple, Jason K. – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2017
This study characterized perceptions of agricultural leadership programs in colleges of agriculture, food, life, human, or environmental sciences at 1,862 land-grant institutions. Objectives included describing the need for programs, studying evolution within the discipline, discussing faculty recommendations for future development, and examining…
Descriptors: Land Grant Universities, Agricultural Education, Leadership Training, Agricultural Colleges
Book, Patricia A. – Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, 2014
The perceived value of postsecondary education to economic competitiveness and individual success is driving innovation in higher education. Competency-based education (CBE) is the latest disruption that seeks to respond to the growing sense of national urgency to boost education attainment. The target audience generally includes those adult…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Higher Education, Models, Courses
Association of American Universities, 2017
In September 2011, the Association of American Universities launched a major initiative to improve undergraduate STEM education. The overall objective was to influence the culture of STEM departments at AAU institutions so that faculty members are encouraged and supported to use teaching practices proven by research to be effective in engaging…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Undergraduate Students, STEM Education, Educational Change
Fisher, Richard D. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
For decades the United States has tried to increase the number of students pursuing science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and careers. Educators and policy makers continue to seek strategies to increase the number of students in the STEM education pipeline. Public institutions of higher education are involved in this…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Higher Education, Outreach Programs, Science Teaching Centers
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Arnim Wiek; Angela Xiong; Katja Brundiers; Sander van der Leeuw – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2014
Purpose: The article aims to describe the problem- and project-based learning (PPBL) program and the institutional context at Arizona State University's School of Sustainability (SOS), with the goal of offering experience-based guidance for similar initiatives in sustainability programs around the world. Design/methodology/approach: This case…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Sustainable Development, Experiential Learning
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Licona, Adela C.; Russell, Stephen T. – Community Literacy Journal, 2013
According to the Ford Foundation, "a deeper understanding of human sexuality is an essential element of human rights and healthy social relationships." Beginning with this assumption, we seek to be informed by and to inform policies and local practices; to initiate broad conversations that address sexual health and healthy sexualities…
Descriptors: Action Research, Sexuality, Sexual Identity, Civil Rights
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Apel, Mark; Mostafa, Ayman; Brandau, Bill; Garfin, Gregg – Journal of Extension, 2013
In 2011, Arizona Cooperative Extension implemented Externships in Sustainability, a program in which undergraduate students conduct community-based sustainability projects. In contrast to internships, in which students shadow a professional, externship students apply their skills to community outreach. Extension faculty proposed projects and…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Sustainability, Undergraduate Students, Outreach Programs
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Manning, Patricia; Pring, Lauren; Glider, Peggy – Journal of College and Character, 2014
While it is widely recognized that campus climate can have a profound impact on students' academic performance, mental/behavioral health, and character development, campus is not experienced equally across identity groups. For lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, and asexual (LGBTQA) students, campus often includes added…
Descriptors: College Environment, School Culture, Homosexuality, Sexual Orientation
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Hintz, James R. – New Directions for Student Services, 2011
Commuter students make up an overwhelming majority of the college student population. At the same time, the amount of research on commuter students is minuscule compared to that of residential students. The characteristics of the commuter student subgroup that is referenced in this chapter can be described as living independent of guardians or…
Descriptors: Commuting Students, Neighborhoods, Peer Teaching, Student Role
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