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Thompson, Julia D.; Jesiek, Brent K. – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2017
This paper examines how the structural features of engineering engagement programs (EEPs) are related to the nature of their service-learning partnerships. "Structure" refers to formal and informal models, processes, and operations adopted or used to describe engagement programs, while "nature" signifies the quality of…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Service Learning, Partnerships in Education, Interviews
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Arrieta, Diane; Brunnick, Barbara; Plocharczyk, Leah – Public Services Quarterly, 2015
As academic libraries struggle to remain relevant when technological advancements and electronic resources threaten to make them obsolete, libraries are learning to re-invent themselves by molding and adapting staff skills to cultivate innovative outreach programs. The Science Outreach Committee of the John D. MacArthur Campus library at Florida…
Descriptors: Oceanography, Academic Libraries, Partnerships in Education, Institutional Cooperation
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Casto, Hope G. – School Community Journal, 2016
School-community partnering activities promote the education of children, the well-being of families, and the vitality of communities. This study explores the connections that exist and are desired between a small, rural elementary school and its local community. Interviews (n = 21) with district and school administration, teachers, parents, and…
Descriptors: School Community Programs, Partnerships in Education, Elementary Schools, Rural Areas
Biag, Manuelito; Raab, Erin; Hofstedt, Mary – John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities, 2015
Targeting students in grades K-8, Art in Action's program consists of 12 age-appropriate lessons per year led by parent and teacher volunteers. The curriculum is based on historically significant artists and their works of art. Through semi-structured discussions, students examine a variety of masterpieces, learning about the artist as well as…
Descriptors: Art, Program Implementation, Case Studies, Art Education
Spears, Jacqueline D.; And Others – 1990
Rural America has been experiencing dramatic changes and is becoming an increasingly diverse society. To explore the process by which rural schools define and work towards change, case studies were conducted on two rural schools that have established unusually strong links with their communities. Information was collected by personal interviews…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Economic Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Afterschool Alliance, 2002
Sustainability seems generally thought to mean raising money. But money is only part of the equation. Money cannot be raised without a quality program, a quality program demonstrates results, effective results are based on sound management practices, etc. Sustainability therefore, is many things that in combination make something capable of…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, After School Programs, Program Effectiveness, Workbooks