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Amaro-Jimenez, Carla; Hungerford-Kresser, Holly – Current Issues in Education, 2013
In this article we draw on the experiences of a diverse group of 34 first-generation college students, collected over a year, who served as peer mentors to minority and Latina/o high school students enrolled in four Title I (low-income) high schools in the Southwest U.S. The article identifies the successes and challenges of implementing an…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Demography, Access to Education, Higher Education
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Zimmerman, Wade W.; Wickersham, Leah E. – Current Issues in Education, 2012
This study was conducted to determine the success for the diffusion of the Coalition on Intercollegiate Athletics (COIA) white paper Framing the Future: Reforming Intercollegiate Athletics. The Stages of Concern Questionnaire (SoCQ) and personal interviews were utilized to collect data and purposeful sampling was used to identify one NCAA Division…
Descriptors: Evidence, Physical Activities, College Athletics, Program Proposals
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Dykes, Frank O'Neil; Gilliam, Brenda K.; Neel, Joanna; Everling, Kathleen – Current Issues in Education, 2012
In the last two decades, there have been various calls for reform in teacher education programs to address the needs of students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and students with disabilities. Consequently, many teacher education preparation programs are reviewing and redesigning their programs to meet the needs of the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Educational Change
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Kyridis, Argyris; Fotopoulos, Nikos; Chronopoulou, Ageliki; Papadakis, Nikos; Zagkos, Christos – Current Issues in Education, 2011
The Greek educational system during last 50 years recounts among numerous reformations and counterreformations. All the continuous changes seem not to be characterized by a clearly defined operational aim and rational continuity. Currently, educators, pupils, university students, parents, politicians and citizens criticize various structural and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Implementation, Delivery Systems, Performance Factors
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Stockard, Jean – Current Issues in Education, 2010
A large body of literature documents the central importance of fidelity of program implementation in creating an internally valid research design and considering such fidelity in judgments of research quality. The What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) provides web-based summary ratings of educational innovations and is the only rating group that is…
Descriptors: Research Design, Educational Innovation, Program Implementation, Program Effectiveness
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Shereeza Mohammed; John Pisapia; David A. Walker – Current Issues in Education, 2009
A hypothesized model of state implementation of federal policy was extracted from empirical studies to discover the strategies states can use to gain compliance more cost effectively. Sixteen factors were identified and applied to the implementation of the Scientific Based Research provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act. Data collected from…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Educational Policy, Compliance (Legal)