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Download full textLindín, Carles; Steffens, Karl; Bartolomé, Antonio – Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 2022
In this contribution, we want to share the experiences we had in a project that aimed at helping students select their own learning paths. Learning paths were a specific sequence of "edublocks" (learning activities) first-year students at the University of Barcelona could choose in a course: "Uses, possibilities and limits of…
Descriptors: Student Centered Learning, Course Selection (Students), College Freshmen, Foreign Countries
Direct linkMcDaniel, Anne; Van Jura, Matthew – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2022
Since the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) introduced high-impact practices (HIPs) in 2007, scholars have argued that students' involvement in these programs is associated with a range of positive outcomes. Namely, participation in HIPs is thought to promote student retention and help close achievement gaps between…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, Educational Attainment
Ardoin, Nicole M.; Bowers, Alison W.; Gaillard, Estelle – Environmental Education Research, 2023
Civic engagement is recognized as a critical process to address environmental and other societal issues. To examine the intersection between environmental education and civic engagement, as reported in the peer-reviewed literature, we undertook a systematic mixed studies review to identify environmental education program outcomes related to civic…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Outcomes of Education, Environmental Education, Social Problems
Anna Macedonia; Corlis Snow; Lisa White; Kelly Acosta; Christy Hunt – Journal of Special Education Preparation, 2023
Discussing the topic of special education teacher shortages across the United States has become commonplace. Although more widespread, special education teacher shortages in rural areas have gained less attention. Teachers in these areas face unique challenges such as overcoming geographic barriers to providing high-quality services, the isolation…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Teacher Shortage, Rural Schools, Special Education Teachers
Ustach, Emily – Afterschool Matters, 2020
Founded in 1997 by a small group of high school and college students, New Urban Arts is the largest high school afterschool arts program in Rhode Island. New Urban Arts is an independent nonprofit, not affiliated with any larger institution. The mission is to build a vital community that empowers young people as artists and leaders to develop a…
Descriptors: Program Descriptions, Program Evaluation, Art Education, Studio Art
Lee Pettman, Tahna; Armstrong, Rebecca; Johnson, Shae; Love, Penelope; Gill, Timothy; Coveney, John; Swinburn, Boyd; Allender, Steven – Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice, 2020
Obesity prevention is an urgent public health priority that requires action at multiple levels. Collaboration between academics, policy and practice is necessary to ensure best-practice implementation. A national knowledge translation and exchange (KT) platform, the Collaboration of Community-based Obesity Prevention Sites (CO-OPS), was delivered…
Descriptors: Obesity, Prevention, Program Evaluation, Theory Practice Relationship
California Community Colleges, Chancellor's Office, 2021
The California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office is pleased to present the California Community Colleges report on College and Career Access Pathways. This report is submitted by the California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office to satisfy the requirements of Assembly Bill 288 (AB 288) and Assembly Bill 30 (AB 30). It includes an…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Career Development, State Legislation, Educational Legislation
"BackPack" Food Programs Linked to Higher Test Scores for School Children. National Issue Brief #155
Kurtz, Michael D.; Conway, Karen S.; Mohr, Robert D. – Carsey School of Public Policy, 2021
Nationwide, over half a million children live in households that report very low food security among children, meaning a child is not eating enough, going hungry, skipping a meal, or not eating for a full day because the household can't afford food. School meals fill an important gap in meeting household food demand during the week but cannot meet…
Descriptors: Food, Security (Psychology), Hunger, Economically Disadvantaged
Erickson, Olivia A.; Cole, Rebecca B.; Isaacs, Jared M.; Alvarez-Clare, Silvia; Arnold, Jonathan; Augustus-Wallace, Allison; Ayoob, Joseph C.; Berkowitz, Alan; Branchaw, Janet; Burgio, Kevin R.; Cannon, Charles H.; Ceballos, Ruben Michael; Cohen, C. Sarah; Coller, Hilary; Disney, Jane; Doze, Van A.; Eggers, Margaret J.; Farina, Stacy; Ferguson, Edwin L.; Gray, Jeffrey J.; Greenberg, Jean T.; Hoffmann, Alexander; Jensen-Ryan, Danielle; Kao, Robert M.; Keene, Alex C.; Kowalko, Johanna E.; Lopez, Steven A.; Mathis, Camille; Minkara, Mona; Murren, Courtney J.; Ondrechen, Mary Jo; Ordoñez, Patricia; Osano, Anne; Padilla-Crespo, Elizabeth; Palchoudhury, Soubantika; Qin, Hong; Ramírez-Lugo, Juan; Reithel, Jennifer; Shaw, Colin A.; Smith, Amber; Smith, Rosemary; Summers, Adam P.; Tsien, Fern; Dolan, Erin L. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic shut down undergraduate research programs across the United States. A group of 23 colleges, universities, and research institutes hosted remote undergraduate research programs in the life sciences during Summer 2020. Given the unprecedented offering of remote programs, we carried out a study to describe and evaluate them.…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Distance Education, Undergraduate Students
Rachel Jackson-Gordon; Jacinda K. Dariotis; Bonnie S. Fisher; Victoria Dickman-Burnett – Journal of Youth Development, 2022
Sexual violence prevention programs are important for addressing sexual violence and are often implemented in local community and university settings. However, program implementer perspectives are often missing from academic research literature, limiting access to practical knowledge that can provide insights to improving programs and prevention.…
Descriptors: Violence, Sexual Abuse, Prevention, Community Programs
Ho, Hsiang-Yeh; Good, Kimberly; Donahue, Tara – McREL International, 2018
Evaluation capacity building (ECB) is a critical aspect of continuous program improvement. At community and technical colleges (CTCs), this is particularly important given the many ways in which CTCs must use data to meet reporting requirements. ECB helps CTC staff to use and interpret data that goes beyond reporting to create a system that…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Technical Institutes, Capacity Building, Program Evaluation
Adachi, Eishi; Rolfhus, Eric; Barfield, Don – Texas Education Research Center, 2018
Over the last decade the 21st Century Community Learning Center program (21st CCLC) funded by the U.S. Department of Education has served over 100,000 Texas students annually in after-school centers. Approximately 779 local Texas 21st CCLC programs served students from over 800 schools during the 2012-13, and/or 2013-14 academic years. Statewide…
Descriptors: Community Programs, After School Programs, Program Evaluation, Attendance
Cook, James R. – American Journal of Evaluation, 2015
Program evaluation is generally viewed as a set of mechanisms for collecting and using information to learn about projects, policies and programs, to understand their effects as well as the manner in which they are implemented. AEA has espoused principles for evaluation that place emphasis on competent, honest inquiry that respects the security,…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Social Justice, Community Change, Change Strategies
LaVigna, E. Lisa – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2020
This article reports on the findings of qualitative research which investigated appropriate means for measuring the efficacy of 3 + 1 transfer programs. In a 3 + 1 program, students complete 90 credits at the community college and are awarded a baccalaureate degree after completing their final 30 credits at a four-year college or university.…
Descriptors: Two Year College Students, Community Colleges, College Transfer Students, College Credits
Nelson, Connie; Stroink, Mirella – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2020
Community-campus engagement (CCE) offers transformative opportunities for collaborative knowledge creation. Over the last few decades, thoughtful energy has gone into identifying the parts of a CCE and then developing tools to study these parts, with discrete focus on community groups, students, and faculty. Bringing a complexity science approach…
Descriptors: School Community Relationship, Models, College Students, College Faculty
