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The Role of the Pre-Freshman Summer Experience in the Educational Opportunity Program during COVID-19: A Case Study Approach
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Luciano, Mayulie – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this case-study investigated the role of the Pre-Freshman Summer Experience Program used for an Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) located at State University (SU) Upstate. More specifically, this study explored how students fared during the completion of the pre-freshman summer experience program throughout the ongoing COVID-19…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Summer Programs, Educational Opportunities, Universities
Starting College during COVID: Examining Whether Summer Bridge Programs' Initiatives, Goals, and Outcomes Translate to a Remote Environment
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VaNessa Patricia Thompson – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This dissertation investigates the experiences and outcomes of students who participated in remote summer bridge programs during the COVID-19 pandemic which was the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 academic years. The study aims to evaluate the impact of these programs on overall student persistence. Student persistence is the participants' attributions,…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Summer Programs, Goal Orientation
Collaborating to Innovate: How School Districts Work with Outside Organizations to Design and Implement a New Program
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April Jacobsen – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The COVID-19 pandemic, along with historical inequities, resulted in a widening of the achievement gap between underserved populations and more advantaged students. In response to this issue, California took action by allocating additional funds to public school districts for out-of-school-time services through the Expanded Learning Opportunities…
Descriptors: Program Design, Program Implementation, COVID-19, Pandemics
Connection during Disconnection: A Four-Article Dissertation Exploring the Voices of Undergraduate Students Learning to "Hold Space" for Adolescents Online during the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Allison JoAnn Lester – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This four-article dissertation is about fostering learning relationships online during the COVID-19 pandemic with undergraduate teaching fellows and adolescent learners enrolled in a summer enrichment program (SummerSpark). I, along with six undergraduate students (teaching fellows), created a "relational learning community" (RLC) to…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Fellowships, Adolescents, Electronic Learning
Second Language Learners' Individual Differences as a Dynamic System: Evidence from a Russian Immersion Program
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Dmitrii Pastushenkov – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Guided by Dynamic Systems Theory (DST) and multidimensional perspectives on individual differences (IDs) in instructed second language (L2) learning (e.g., Larsen-Freeman, 2014; Sun & Zhang, 2020), this longitudinal mixed-methods study focuses on three conceptually different categories of L2 learners' IDs: working memory (WM), motivation, and…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Immersion Programs, Russian, Individual Differences
The Effects of a Remote Pre-Freshman Summer Bridge Program: An Action Research Study
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Alicia Lawson Cesar – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This action research study explored implementing a remote summer bridge program that was offered in a synchronous format to comply with the restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of the action research study was to address the problem of a high attrition rate of Educational Opportunity Program students through the…
Descriptors: Low Income Students, First Generation College Students, School Transition, Transitional Programs