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Direct linkMiller, Hongor; Miller, Byron Ronald, Jr.; Spoelstra, Jeffrey – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2021
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the strategies and an effective model for creating and implementing a sustainability internship program at a university campus. Design/methodology/approach: This study assessed Western Michigan University's sustainability program's interns' gain of environmental knowledge on sustainability topics…
Descriptors: Internship Programs, Sustainability, Environmental Education, Pretests Posttests
Download full textChesnut, Colleen; Mosier, Gina; Sugimoto, Thomas; Ruddy, Anne-Maree – Center for Evaluation and Education Policy, Indiana University, 2017
In order to inform the Indiana State Board of Education's decision-making on Indiana's On My Way Pre-K Pilot program, researchers at the Center for Evaluation and Education Policy (CEEP) at Indiana University compiled existing data on ten states that have implemented pilot pre-Kindergarten (pre-K) programs and subsequently expanded these programs…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Preschool Education, State Aid, State Programs
Achieve, Inc., 2018
This resource is part of a series of reports about challenges facing statewide science assessments and innovative solutions states are enacting to meet those challenges. Deciding to implement a system of assessments is a critical step toward ensuring that all students are getting the high-quality science education they need--but it is also…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Secondary School Science, Science Instruction, Science Tests
Bartik, Timothy J. – W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2008
This paper examines the effects of preschool expansion in Kalamazoo County on the county's economic development. Effects on the county's economic development are defined as effects on the employment and earnings of county residents. The estimated effects are found to be large relative to the costs. In addition to their relevance to Kalamazoo…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Preschool Education, Metropolitan Areas, Counties
Schweinhart, Lawrence J.; Fulcher-Dawson, Rachel – Education Policy Center at Michigan State University, 2006
This report presents results from research into the effects of early childhood programs on their participants, particularly low-income and at-risk children. The studies described offer evidence on the long-term effects of high quality early childhood programs. Such programs can have long-lasting positive effects on children and their families,…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Low Income Groups, High Risk Students, Educational Quality
Instructional Development and Evaluation Associates, Inc., Berkeley, MI. – 1983
A three-year study examined the significant factors that affect the job placement rates of students completing a Home Economics Related Occupations (HERO) program. Other purposes of the study were to develop and pilot test a model that could be used to determine factors related to student placement in a variety of vocational education programs and…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Evaluation Utilization, Followup Studies, Influences
Instructional Development and Evaluation Associates, Inc., Berkeley, MI. – 1982
A three-year study examined the significant factors that affect the job placement rates of students completing a Home Economics Related Occupations (HERO) program. Other purposes of the study were to develop and pilot test a model that could be used to determine factors related to student placement in a variety of vocational education programs and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Care Occupations, Clothing, Educational Strategies
Ingham Intermediate School District, Mason, MI. – 1995
This guide, which is one of a series of three guides designed to provide state and local leaders, policymakers, practitioners, and other stakeholders with information about the work-based learning component of the School to Work Opportunities Act, deals with occupational education. The introduction traces the history of school-to-work initiatives,…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Articulation (Education), Cooperative Education, Credentials
Lynch, Edward J. – 1982
Macomb Community College (MCC) prides itself on its responsiveness to the needs of area industry for skilled tradespeople to engage in the design, tooling, and machining activities that are crucial to the area's long-standing automobile and manufacturing operations and to the needs of new area high technology and service-oriented industries. The…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computers, Educational Cooperation, Educational Needs
National Council on Employment Policy (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1980
This evaluation of programs conducted in fiscal 1978 under the Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act (YEDPA) consists of an overall picture of the 1978 YEDPA program experience and case studies of programs in 12 states. Findings and recommendations are presented concerning the implementation of YEDPA programs by Comprehensive Employment…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Career Awareness, Career Education, Case Studies
Rohland, Mark, Ed. – Laboratory for Student Success (LSS), The Mid-Atlantic Regional Educational Laboratory, 2003
Work-based education (WBE), including traditional vocational education and other career-focused programs, was an important curricular component in American schools for most of the 20th century. The 1990s was a period of substantial change for work-based education (WBE). Spurred on by a concern about the international competitiveness of the…
Descriptors: Politics of Education, Educational Change, Tech Prep, Education Work Relationship
American Association for Agricultural Education. – 1999
The following are among the 47 papers included: "Academic Performance and Retention of College of Agriculture Students" (Garton, Dyer, King); "Perceptions of Recent Graduates and Employers about Undergraduate Programs in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources at Michigan State University" (Heyboer, Suvedi);…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Adult Education, Agricultural Education
