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Ifeatu Oliobi; Kristen Glasener; James Dean Ward; Elizabeth Davidson Pisacreta; Caroline Doglio; Dillon Ruddell – Peabody Journal of Education, 2025
This qualitative case study explores student and staff perceptions of whether and how participation in pre-enrollment summer transition programs influenced the sense of belonging and preparedness of first-generation and limited-income students in their first year of college. These summer transition programs are provided as part of the Kessler…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, First Generation College Students, College Freshmen, Student Attitudes
Sanchez, Irene M. – National College Attainment Network, 2021
Text Steps was a project piloted by Ascendium Education Group in 2015 and expanded to 13 school districts in Wisconsin between 2018 and 2020. Its goal was to combat summer melt through a texting program. Summer melt, in which college-intending high school students are unable to enroll in the fall for any number of reasons, is a well-documented…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Access to Education, High School Students, College Attendance
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Sanchez, Jafeth E.; Usinger, Janet – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2019
This article presents a program evaluation of a six-week middle school pilot program focused on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) enrichment using robotics, specifically VEX Robots™. Two key questions guided this evaluation: (a) Does exposure to robotics influence middle school dispositions about STEM and careers in STEM? and (b)…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Robotics, Pilot Projects, Middle School Students