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Heckler, Mark A. – Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 2015
According to the National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC), "The value of Honors programs and Honors colleges for students cannot be overemphasized. For high achieving students, Honors programs and colleges offer many opportunities to make the most of their higher education." Many faculty and administrators who have spent their careers…
Descriptors: College Environment, Honors Curriculum, Program Descriptions, Relevance (Education)
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Officer, Starla D. H.; Grim, Jim; Medina, Monica A.; Bringle, Robert G.; Foreman, Alyssa – Peabody Journal of Education, 2013
Given the mounting call for academic achievement gains in America's public schools--particularly urban schools labeled "failing"--the need for community engagement to tackle a host of underlying social challenges warrants the resources of the nation's colleges and universities (Harkavy & Hartley, 2009). Because colleges and…
Descriptors: Community Schools, College School Cooperation, Partnerships in Education, Change Strategies
US Environmental Protection Agency, 2007
In the more than 10 years since the inception of EPA's (Environmental Protection Agency) Brownfields Program, brownfields have been redefined. Properties that were shunned or eyed warily by those with the resources to transform them are now viewed as dormant opportunities for economic and environmental rebirth. Communities that suffered aesthetic…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Student Attitudes, Land Use, Hazardous Materials
East Chicago City School District, IN. – 1970
The Junior Police program utilized non-academic youth interests as its foundation. The project filled the need for a youth organization, a youth clearinghouse, and more aid to delinquent and predelinquent youth to redirect them into ways of thinking and acting beneficial both to themselves and to the community. The objectives of the program were…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Behavior Problems, Child Development, Delinquency Prevention
American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, Washington, DC. – 1969
This pamphlet describes the Distinguished Achievement Awards of The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education which were conceived in 1965 as an annual event to encourage member colleges and universities to describe their successful programs and, in turn, to stimulate other institutions to greater action. Presented in the first half…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Disadvantaged, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Improvement