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Lee, Wincy W. S. – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2014
Associate (community college) degrees have expanded rapidly in the past decade in Hong Kong, but their value has been questioned due to the limited number of government-funded articulation opportunities available. This paper argues that associate degrees in Hong Kong are not valued solely for articulation purposes, but also for nurturing students'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Associate Degrees, Community Colleges, Student Development
Landas, Sonya Lisette – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Service-learning is an instructional method designed to cultivate interaction between students and their communities in order to improve the learning process. Although there is a wealth of information available pertaining to the development and implementation of service-learning in higher education, evidence supporting the impact of…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Teaching Methods, Interaction, School Community Relationship
Rayfield, William W., III – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study is to answer the call of the National Endowment for the Arts (2011), and various other arts-related organizations, for extensive research on the ability of the fine and performing arts to improve the quality of life for those who participate in them. Guided by C. Robert Pace's theory of quality of student effort, this…
Descriptors: Two Year College Students, Community Colleges, Art Education, Art Activities