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Cyrette Saunier; Susan Scrivener; Austin Slaughter; Noor Amanullah; Sukanya Barman; Cynthia Miller; Colleen Sommo; Erick Alonzo, Contributor; Osvaldo Avila, Contributor; Katie Beal, Contributor; Parker Cellura, Contributor; Ben Cohen, Contributor; Stanley Dai, Contributor; Hannah Dalporto, Contributor; Claudia Escobar, Contributor; Colin Hill, Contributor; Marco Lepe, Contributor; Tiffany Morton, Contributor; Rebekah O’Donoghue, Contributor; Vivianna Plancarte, Contributor; Alyssa Ratledge, Contributor; Elena Serna-Wallender, Contributor; Andrea Vasquez, Contributor; Rae Walker, Contributor; Michelle Ware, Contributor; Kayla Warner, Contributor; Melissa Wavelet, Contributor; Michael Weiss, Contributor; Diane Wren, Contributor – MDRC, 2025
Community colleges and broad-access universities (those with minimally selective admis­sions policies) provide an opportunity for students across the United States to attain post­secondary degrees and achieve economic mobility. However, graduation rates from such colleges are often low and there are many obstacles that can be difficult to…
Descriptors: Intervention, Academic Persistence, Program Development, Costs
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Koppel, Nicole B.; Malaga, Ross; Dervishi, Jonida – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2022
Montclair State University (MSU) is New Jersey's second-largest public institution. As online education continues its rapid-paced growth, MBA programs have been some of the most common online degrees. In 2016, Montclair's Feliciano School of Business entered this crowded online MBA market. After a false start and sometimes rocky development, the…
Descriptors: Public Colleges, Masters Programs, Business Administration Education, Online Courses
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Leftwich, Stacey; Elder, Brent; Woodfield, Casey; LoCastro, Andrea; Rencher, Lisa – School-University Partnerships, 2020
The College of Education at Rowan University has held a sustained commitment to the tenets of the National Association for Professional Development Schools' Nine Essentials. Using the essentials to guide the work of the Rowan PDS Network, each PDS partner focuses on the four cornerstones of teacher preparation and ongoing professional development.…
Descriptors: Professional Development Schools, Program Development, Networks, Sustainability
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Harrington, Christine; Melendez, John – Impacting Education: Journal on Transforming Professional Practice, 2020
The purpose of this article is to share an example of how an activism framework was used to design and launch a new EdD in Community College Leadership. Capper, Theoharis, and Sebastian's (2006) framework for preparing leaders for social justice along with the Carnegie Project for the Education Doctorate's (CPED) guiding principles and the…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Community Colleges, Leadership, Postsecondary Education as a Field of Study
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Cormier, Dwayne Ray – School-University Partnerships, 2021
In this article, the author summarizes his efforts to design the Cultural Proficiency Continuum Dialogic Protocol (CPCDP), a tool purposed to assess and codify educators' cultural competence. The design and development of the CPCDP took place within four school-university partnerships (e.g., Professional Development School and Hybrid Partnership).…
Descriptors: Teacher Competencies, Cultural Awareness, Student Diversity, Partnerships in Education
Keane, Kelly Alanna – ProQuest LLC, 2019
This dissertation examines the history, funding, structure, efficacy, and challenges of dual enrollment programs in English (and more specifically in First-Year Composition, FYC, courses) that provide access to higher education for high school students prior to graduation, as these programs have developed and currently operate in the United…
Descriptors: Dual Enrollment, Freshman Composition, Enrollment Trends, High School Students
McKay, Heather; Haviland, Sara; Michael, Suzanne – Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, 2020
The Multistate Longitudinal Data Exchange (MLDE) facilitates data sharing between states from K-12 education, higher education, and labor agencies. Its goal is to provide practitioners, policymakers, and researchers with a comprehensive data source to understand educational and career trajectories, including how these trajectories can cross state…
Descriptors: Trust (Psychology), Longitudinal Studies, State Universities, State Agencies
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Eisner, Susan – American Journal of Business Education, 2015
Literature finds mentoring to be a substantive, enduring practice in widespread arena, and among the attributes associated with career success and satisfaction. This paper provides a tangible mentoring model that has been operational for several years, and which applies what the literature proscribes to higher education academic settings. The…
Descriptors: Mentors, Faculty Development, Success, Participant Satisfaction
Early, Jeremy Scott – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Cyber-bullying led a Rutgers University student to commit suicide, which led the Federal government and institutions of higher education to take a closer look at bullying and cyber-bullying on college campuses. Congress introduced the "Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act" (Tyler Clementi Act) that would require…
Descriptors: Bullying, Computer Mediated Communication, Telecommunications, College Students
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Pottick, Kathleen J.; Giordano, Stephanie; Chirico, Danielle E. – Journal of Social Work Education, 2015
Concerns about the cost of higher education and student loan debt have resulted in increasing efforts by policymakers and university administrators to find alternative ways to support the financing of higher education for students. The authors present a case study of a student-led philanthropy campaign to generate funding for social work student…
Descriptors: Universities, Fund Raising, Private Financial Support, Higher Education
Edgecombe, Nikki; Cormier, Maria Scott; Bickerstaff, Susan; Barragan, Melissa – Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2013
In this paper, the authors draw on empirical data from CCRC's Scaling Innovation project to examine trends in developmental education instructional reform and outline a framework for reform adoption and adaptation. The paper's findings are based on two qualitative data sources: a scan of developmental education reforms that involved changes to…
Descriptors: Developmental Programs, Educational Change, Educational Innovation, Evidence
Smith, Peter, Ed. – Association Supporting Computer Users in Education, 2015
The Association Supporting Computer Users in Education (ASCUE) is a group of people interested in small college computing issues. It is a blend of people from all over the country who use computers in their teaching, academic support, and administrative support functions. ASCUE has a strong tradition of bringing its members together to pool their…
Descriptors: Workshops, Administrators, Educational Games, Access to Information
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Fernekes, William R.; Rosenberg, Harlene Z. – Journal of Archival Organization, 2008
This article discusses the origins, goals, and ongoing development of a high-school-based archival program, emphasizing the critical role of school-university collaboration in facilitating the program's success. The Hunterdon Central Regional High School Archives has initiated programs to collect and document institutional history, highlighted by…
Descriptors: Archives, College School Cooperation, High Schools, State Universities
Workforce Strategy Center, 2004
After careful review Workforce Strategy Center has articulated a policy assessment of President George W. Bush's Community-Based Job Training Grants initiative. WSC called the $250 million Community-Based Job Training Grants plan right on track by emphasizing: A Strong Role of Community Colleges in Workforce Development: All available research…
Descriptors: Job Training, Employment Services, Community Colleges, School Business Relationship
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Wilder, Hilary; Malone, Todd – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2004
This case study of current practice describes a virtual cross-cultural collaboration in the development of an undergraduate teacher preparation course in educational technology. In an effort to increase the cross-cultural and technological awareness necessary for 21st-century teachers, the authors collaborated on the design and development of an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Study, Teacher Education Programs, Program Development