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Massey, Jennifer; Gouthro, Karla – Assessment Update, 2011
The Community Outreach Centre (COC) is part of the Community Development portfolio in the Division of Student Affairs at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. It opened in fall 2007 as a resource and support centre for students who live off campus. The overarching goal of the centre is to cultivate community among off-campus students…
Descriptors: Outreach Programs, Focus Groups, Community Involvement, Program Effectiveness
Miller, Abby; Smith, Chandra Taylor – Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education, 2009
In 2004 ECMC Foundation published a guide called "Realizing the College Dream" (RTCD) which is designed for educators and staff to help low-income, first-generation college, middle and high school students increase their expectations of attending postsecondary education, and take steps to realize this goal. While ECMC Foundation trainings and…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Use Studies, Program Evaluation, First Generation College Students
Thompson, A. P.; And Others – Canadian Counsellor, 1978
Faculties within the university community are ideal settings for preventative, outreach counseling. Efforts by a university counseling center to provide psychological services to a faculty of education are described. Difficulties of program evaluation and psychological consultation are also discussed. (Author)
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Guidance Programs, Higher Education, Human Services
Torres, Celina; Marquez, Amalia – Tomas Rivera Policy Institute, 2005
In this follow-up study to "College Knowledge: What Latino Parents Need to Know and Why They Don't Know It," [see ED469295], the Tomas Rivera Policy Institute examines how postsecondary institutions are mobilizing to address the need for college information among Latino parents. The primary objective of "Reaching Higher Ground" is to profile in…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Outreach Programs, Followup Studies, Hispanic Americans
Pasnik, Shelley – Education Development Center, Inc., 2006
Thirteen/WNET commissioned the Center for Children and Technology to conduct an external evaluation of The Story in History initiative. The evaluation, which is the focus of this report, assessed the extent to which local partnerships between Thirteen, local stations and individual chapters of Boys & Girls Clubs fostered youth participation in…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Public Television, After School Programs, Youth Programs
Miller, Ronald C.; And Others – 1987
This report evaluates the special education component of the 1986-87 Attendance Improvement/Dropout Prevention program of the New York City Board of Education. The program was designed to provide intensive services to special education students at risk of dropping out of school. The report presents characteristics of students in the program,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Behavior Problems, Counseling Services