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Harney, John O. – New England Journal of Higher Education, 2021
Thirteen New England colleges and universities have signed on to New England Board of Higher Education's (NEBHE's) new North Star Collective (NSC), a multi-institutional collaborative to boost Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) early-career faculty at New England colleges and universities. Built on a Reparative Justice Framework, NEBHE…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Racial Bias, Teacher Recruitment, Minority Group Teachers
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Freeman, Rachel E.; Iniestra Varelas, Daniela; Castillo, Daniel – Journal of College Access, 2021
Undocumented students across the country have powerfully organized for the development of equitable programs and policies for undocumented students in higher education. Presidents of colleges and universities play a key role in working with undocumented activists to influence the development of these programs. Our research team with The…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, College Presidents, Undocumented Immigrants, College Students
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Noble, Dorottya B.; Mochrie, Simon G. J.; O'Hern, Corey S.; Pollard, Thomas D.; Regan, Lynne – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2016
In 2008, we established the Integrated Graduate Program in Physical and Engineering Biology (IGPPEB) at Yale University. Our goal was to create a comprehensive graduate program to train a new generation of scientists who possess a sophisticated understanding of biology and who are capable of applying physical and quantitative methodologies to…
Descriptors: Integrated Curriculum, Integrated Activities, Graduate Study, Biology
National Institute of Justice, 2015
The Department of Justice Appropriations Act, 2015 (Pub. L. 113-235) provides $75 million for the Comprehensive School Safety Initiative (CSSI). This Initiative, originally launched and funded at the same amount in FY 2014, is overseen by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) within the Office of Justice Programs (OJP), U.S. Department of…
Descriptors: School Safety, Partnerships in Education, Researchers, Program Development
Mole, Beth – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2012
When Brad R. Simpson visited the University of Connecticut for a job interview in February, he was struck by a vibe that he finds increasingly rare on college campuses. People, he says, were optimistic. At a time when he encounters many demoralized professors, as campuses across the nation slash budgets and freeze hiring, the University of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Personnel Selection, Campuses, Faculty Development
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Hintz, James R. – New Directions for Student Services, 2011
Commuter students make up an overwhelming majority of the college student population. At the same time, the amount of research on commuter students is minuscule compared to that of residential students. The characteristics of the commuter student subgroup that is referenced in this chapter can be described as living independent of guardians or…
Descriptors: Commuting Students, Neighborhoods, Peer Teaching, Student Role
Buchholz, Catherine; List, Karen L. – Principal Leadership, 2009
For 40 years, elementary and middle level schools in West Hartford, Connecticut, have dismissed students early on Wednesday afternoons so that teachers can spend two hours a week engaged in learning. Last fall and winter, the district interviewed high school teachers about what they would like to see happen in professional development. Under the…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Collaboration, Professional Development, Program Development
Annie E. Casey Foundation, 2013
Making Connections was the Annie E. Casey Foundation's signature place-based, community-change initiative of the 2000s. It sought to build on previous work and launch an effort focused firmly on the framework of family strengthening. The Foundation started Making Connections in 22 places, focusing eventually on first 10, then seven sites. It…
Descriptors: Family Involvement, Change Strategies, Program Development, Program Implementation
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Paterson, Marietta M.; Cole, Elizabeth – Volta Review, 2010
This profile describes the University of Hartford's new Master of Education degree program in Aural Habilitation and Education of Hearing-Impaired Children. The Aural Habilitation and Education graduate program was conceptualized as a model partnership between Capitol Region Education Council (CREC) Soundbridge, the largest public provider of…
Descriptors: Private Colleges, Oral Language, Partial Hearing, Deafness
Daily, Sarah – National Governors Association, 2008
Governors recognize that promoting school readiness is a key strategy for preventing school failure and subsequent costs to society in the form of remedial education services, health and social services, criminal justice services, and lost tax revenue. Supporting the readiness of young children at risk for school failure is critical to the…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Early Intervention, Young Children, Partnerships in Education
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Plese, Susan – Roeper Review, 1982
The Community Resource Center of Manchester, Connecticut, acts as a central clearinghouse for resource persons and pograms for classroom enrichment. The center's development, its resource file, and its relationship to the classroom teacher are reviewed. (CL)
Descriptors: Community Resources, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrichment, Gifted
Schwartz, Wendy; Jenkins, Davis – Community College Research Center, Columbia University, 2007
This report summarizes key findings from the literature on effective developmental education practice. It is designed to promote discussion among community college educators and state agency staff in Connecticut as they consider how to improve outcomes for their many students who are academically unprepared to succeed in college. One common theme…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Program Improvement, Holistic Approach, Program Effectiveness
Connecticut Community Coll. System, Hartford. – 2000
This report presents the distance education plan for Connecticut community colleges. It begins with an overview that discusses the range of instructional technologies, from books to computers to interactive television. The second section of this report looks at distance education in the Connecticut community college system, and describes system…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Distance Education, Educational Planning, Organizational Objectives
Powell, Thomas H.; Steere, Daniel E. – Pointer, 1985
Connecticut has designed and implemented a model that includes emphases on systematic instruction in functional life skills, transdisciplinary related services, generalization, and specific behavior management skills to provide quality integrated public school programs for severely handicapped students. (CL)
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Models, Program Development
Quatrella, Laura; And Others – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1994
Describes a program developed at the Stratford (Connecticut) Public Library Young Adult Department that combined a support group with an aerobics class for young women to build self-esteem, to develop a sense of purpose, to recognize talents and learn how to use them, and to learn how to cope with problems. (LRW)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Aerobics, Females, Library Services
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