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Ryan Creps; Shadman Islem; Bingran Zeng; Angela Boatman; Andrés Castro Samayoa – Innovative Higher Education, 2025
This study examines the success of undergraduate students in computer science supplementary courses offered by a non-profit organization in partnership with colleges and universities across the U.S. Using a novel dataset from the nonprofit organization, we present one of the first descriptive overviews of students enrolled in supplemental computer…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Program Evaluation, Computer Science Education, Supplementary Education
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Fuller, Edward J.; Hollingworth, Liz; An, Brian P. – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2016
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of personal and program characteristics on the placement of graduates of principal preparation programs in assistant principal, principal, and school leadership positions. Research Design: This study relies on Texas principal production data from 1993 through 2007 matched to employment…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Education, Statistical Analysis, Labor Market
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Hall, Michael E.; Williams, Ronald D., Jr.; Hunt, Barry – American Journal of Health Education, 2015
Background: Recently there has been a push to implement tobacco-free policies on college campuses. Policies creating tobacco-free college campuses have increased with changes in social norms. The campus environment provides a setting for individuals to express their attitudes regarding tobacco use. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess…
Descriptors: Smoking, College Students, School Policy, Campuses
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Lyons, Brian D.; Oppler, Edward S. – Journal of Career Development, 2004
This study examined whether the structural attributes of a formal mentoring program and/or certain demographic characteristics of participants in the program influence protege satisfaction. Proteges, employed in a traditionally male occupation, were sampled from a federal agency's mentoring program. According to policy, the agency attempted to…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Mentors, Demography, Occupations
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Strom, Robert; And Others – Journal of Negro Education, 1992
Describes a comparative study of self-perceived and grandchild-perceived strengths and educational needs of 204 African-American and 204 Anglo grandparents and 295 African-American and 175 Anglo grandchildren, examining how to adapt programs effective for Anglos so that they would be effective for African Americans. Recommendations are made for…
Descriptors: Black Family, Comparative Analysis, Ethnicity, Family Programs
Perna, Laura W. – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 2005
This article describes what is known from prior research about the impact of student financial aid program design, operations, and marketing on the formation of family (including parents' and children's) college-going aspirations, expectations, and plans, and the resulting college-going behaviors of potential students. The review focuses on the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Academic Aspiration, College Bound Students, Student Financial Aid