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Strategies for Success: Open Access Policies at North American Educational Institutions
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Fruin, Christine; Sutton, Shan – College & Research Libraries, 2016
Recognizing the paucity of quantitative and qualitative data from North American educational institutions that have pursued open access policies, the authors devised a survey to collect information on the characteristics of these institutions, as well as the elements of the open access policies, the methods of promoting these policies, faculty…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Electronic Publishing, Schools, Foreign Countries
Building a Sustainable School-Wide Adolescent Literacy Model in Middle Schools: Guidance for Administrators
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Wexler, Jade; Swanson, Elizabeth; Vaughn, Sharon; Shelton, Alexandra; Kurz, Leigh Ann – Middle School Journal, 2019
It is essential for middle school leaders to develop and promote school-wide literacy models, organizational structures that have a significant impact on the learning environment for all students in their building. However, school-wide literacy models can be difficult to implement and sustain over time. Drawing from an Office of Special Education…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Early Adolescents, Middle School Students, Educational Environment
The Impact of the Academic Library on Student Success: Connecting the Dots
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Thorpe, Angie; Lukes, Ria; Bever, Diane J.; He, Yan – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2016
In an age of assessment and accountability, academic libraries feel much pressure to prove their value according to new university measurements of student success. This study describes a methodology for how libraries may examine student interactions with services to assess whether library usage impacts student grade point averages (GPAs) and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Academic Achievement, Success, Measurement
National STEM Consortium Evaluation. Final Report
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Stewart, Sarah – Hezel Associates, 2015
Acting as the lead agency for the "National STEM Consortium" (NSC), Anne Arundel Community College (AACC) engaged Hezel Associates to provide an independent program and impact evaluation of the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL)-funded STEM certificate initiative. This report is comprehensive and covers the findings from all 4 years of the…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Program Evaluation, Consortia, Community Colleges
Differential Validities for Shop Courses: Proposal B: Follow-Up of Subjects' Work Experiences. Final Report. Vol. 2: Questionnaire and Interview Materials.
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Lokan, J. J.; Isabelle, L. A. – 1973
The questionnaire and interview materials which form the document were used in a followup study of 1,500 students who attended a 2-year occupational high school; the materials attempt to relate predictor measures to success during training and subsequent job success. The document includes two brief student questionnaires (one for those still in…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Data Collection, Employee Attitudes, Employer Attitudes
Vocational Equal Access Research Project. Final Report.
Simcoe, Annell L. – 1979
A study was conducted to identify barriers that have prevented large numbers of disadvantaged youth from attaining access to vocational education and to identify specific program elements associated with successful recruitment and vocational training of the educationally disadvantaged. Two modes of data collection were employed: (1) a…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Administrators, Admission Criteria, Admission (School)