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Riley A. Argonis; Ernest V. Pedapati; Kelli C. Dominick; Katherine Harris; Martine Lamy; Cara Fosdick; Lauren Schmitt; Rebecca C. Shaffer; Elizabeth Smith; Meredith Will; Christopher J. McDougle; Craig A. Erickson – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2025
Introduction: Depression impacts many individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), carrying increased risk of functional impairment, hospitalization, and suicide. Prescribing medication to target depression in patients with ASD occurs despite limited available systematic data describing medication management of depression in this population.…
Descriptors: Drug Therapy, Depression (Psychology), Autism Spectrum Disorders, Patients
Clinkscales, Andryce; Endres, Bryn; Barrett, Courtenay A.; Williams, Briana J. – Communique, 2023
Phasing out ineffective programs may free up resources for more effective alternatives and improve student outcomes. This review of the literature on the de-implementation process in schools includes a practical guide that can be used to ensure students receive the most effective services available. This framework can be applied to illustrate how…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Educational Change, Program Effectiveness, Program Termination
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Ensmann, Suzanne; Ward, Angela; Fonseca, Andrea; Petersen, Erika – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2020
Well-designed instructional programs seamlessly promote human performance. Students are often unaware of countless iterations of formative evaluation completed to improve effectiveness, efficiency, motivation, and flow of that instructional design. This paper examines one research-based, comprehensive, systematic evaluation approach as applied by…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Instructional Design, Graduate Study, Training
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Trivitt, Julie R.; DeAngelis, Corey A. – Journal of School Choice, 2020
After recent experimental evidence suggesting that private school students using the Louisiana Scholarship Program (LSP) performed worse than their public school peers in math, some legislators discussed cutting the program as a way to reduce state education expenditures in Louisiana, spinning it as a way to save taxpayer money. While cutting the…
Descriptors: Scholarships, School Choice, Educational Vouchers, State Programs
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Putnam, Joyce; Schwille, Sharon – School-University Partnerships, 2020
School-university partnerships not only take time and care to establish and develop but also need sensitivity and acknowledgement of work accomplished if the partnership disbands. What are the repercussions of ending the partnership abruptly with little advance notice? This article examines this question by looking at the school participants'…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Partnerships in Education, Program Termination, Misconceptions
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Goodman, Barbara E.; Huckfeldt, Vaughn E. – Innovative Higher Education, 2014
In order to meet the South Dakota Board of Regents requirements for an upper level writing course with global perspective for all graduates, the administration at the University of South Dakota established an interdisciplinary course to be taken by all majors. Two faculty members from different disciplines were assigned to teach each section with…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Required Courses, Writing Instruction, Global Approach
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Fillebrown, Sandra – PRIMUS, 2013
Saint Joseph's University, a small comprehensive university, implemented a one-credit capstone project for the mathematics major beginning in 2002. After expansion to three credits in 2007, the capstone, although successful, had unintended consequences. In 2010, for both programmatic and practical reasons, the department decided to remove the…
Descriptors: Mathematics Curriculum, Mathematics Education, Majors (Students), College Programs
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Doyle, William R. – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2012
Should remediation in higher education be ended? A recent report from Complete College America says exactly that. The authors call for all public institutions of higher education in the United States to stop offering it and instead ensure that students who need extra help take co-requisite requirements, such as extra tutoring. Their…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Developmental Studies Programs, Remedial Instruction, Program Effectiveness
Stewart, Pearl – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2011
At many HBCUs, students have invested time and energy into keeping their online and print publications afloat or reviving them from dormancy. However, at other schools the results are often less fruitful. "The Meter" at Tennessee State was an award-winning weekly just three years ago with a website that was updated frequently for…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Scholastic Journalism, School Publications, Printed Materials
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Watkins, Marley W.; Hall, Tracey E.; Worrell, Frank C. – Journal of Educational & Psychological Consultation, 2014
In this article, we report on a multiyear consultation project between a consulting team based in the United States and the Ministry of Education in Trinidad and Tobago. The project was initiated with a request for training in counseling for secondary school students but ended with the training of personnel from the Ministry of Education in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Consultation Programs, Guidance Programs, Student Personnel Services
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Eddy, Rebecca M.; Berry, Tiffany – American Journal of Evaluation, 2009
Evaluators face challenges when programs consistently fail to meet expectations for performance or improvement and consequently, evaluators may recommend that closing a program is the most prudent course of action. However, the evaluation literature provides little guidance regarding when an evaluator might recommend program closure. Given…
Descriptors: Community Needs, Evaluators, Lobbying, Heuristics
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Mangan, John; Trendle, Bernard – Education Economics, 2010
The vocational education and training (VET) sector is a major pathway to post-school education for indigenous students, yet questions are being raised about the capacity of the VET system to provide successful outcomes for the indigenous apprentices and trainees it attracts. Within a system plagued by high cancellation rates in general, indigenous…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Vocational Education, Indigenous Populations, Census Figures
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Rovai, Alfred P.; Downey, James R. – Internet and Higher Education, 2010
Many universities increase their recruiting efforts to reach a larger and more diverse audience. Some universities also extend their reach with cross-border initiatives and seek international students in order to promote enrollment growth and global learning. The economic potential of distance education and academic globalization has attracted…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Online Courses, Global Approach, Quality Control
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Abou-Sayf, Frank K. – Community College Review, 2008
The impact of an experimental, one-semester suspension of mathematics and English prerequisites from 12 courses is investigated. Data on enrollment, student performance, and instructor opinions are analyzed for the total group, and results concerning English versus mathematics prerequisites are compared. Implications for further research on the…
Descriptors: Prerequisites, Mathematics Instruction, English Instruction, Experimental Programs
Manzo, Kathleen Kennedy – Education Week, 2005
Little solid evidence is available to gauge whether the federal government's multibillion-dollar Reading First initiative is having an effect on student achievement, but many states are reporting anecdotally that they are seeing benefits for their schools. Among those benefits are extensive professional development in practices deemed to be…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Standardized Tests, Program Effectiveness, Program Termination
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