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Fong, Kelley; Visher, Mary G. – MDRC, 2013
For the past decade, MDRC has evaluated a number of interventions designed to improve the outcomes of community college students, including enhanced counseling, learning communities, and financial incentives. Encouragingly, many of these strategies have produced positive effects, affirming that changes in institutional practices and policies can…
Descriptors: Developmental Programs, Case Method (Teaching Technique), Community Colleges, College Programs
North Carolina Univ., Chapel Hill. Mathematics and Science Education Network. – 1989
More than 1,325 students from 34 secondary schools have participated in the University of North Carolina Mathematics and Science Network's MSEN Pre-College Program. By September 1990, more than 1,840 students from 48 schools will be involved. This program is aimed at increasing the academic preparation of minority and female students in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Improvement, Females, Formative Evaluation
Corcoran, Thomas B. – Consortium for Policy Research in Education, 2008
This is the first report on the evaluation of the Inquiry Based Science and Technology Education Program (IN-STEP), an innovative and ambitious science education initiative for lower secondary schools being undertaken by a public-private partnership in Thailand funded by MSD-Thailand, an affiliate of Merck & Co. IN-STEP is a public-private…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Schools of Education, Evaluators, Science Interests