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Design: What Is Design, and Why Is It Important for Career Pathways Implementation? Pathways to Implementation: Building and Sustaining Effective Career Pathways. #2 in the Series
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Christine Dickason; Sharmila Mann; Nick Lee – Bellwether, 2024
"Pathways to Implementation" highlights innovative strategies and effective models in career pathways policy, implementation, and programming, as well as challenges states encounter in this work. This seven-part series addresses the key elements of Bellwether's framework for career pathways policy implementation. Each brief defines the…
Descriptors: Career Pathways, Educational Cooperation, State Programs, Program Implementation
The Efficacy of a Developmental Education Redesign at Delaware Technical Community College
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Justina M. Thomas – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this study was to implement a redesign of developmental education at Delaware Technical Community College and to evaluate its effectiveness in improving overall First Time Ever in College (FTEIC) student success through gateway English and math completion, fall-to-fall persistence, and narrowing or closing of opportunity gaps…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Community Colleges, Technical Institutes, Academic Achievement
The Case of Delaware's SEED Scholarship: A Well-Established but Lesser-Known Promise Program. Affordability, Access, and Student Success in Statewide College Promise Programs
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Burkander, Kri; Ballerini, Victoria; Kent, Daniel C.; Callahan, M. Kate – Research for Action, 2019
Research for Action has studied statewide Promise programs since 2017, with in-depth analysis in four states--Delaware, Nevada, Oregon, and Tennessee. Our research in these states includes an extensive review of legislative and policy documents; 146 interviews with policymakers, institutional leaders, and high school staff; site visits to 8…
Descriptors: State Programs, College Programs, State Policy, Case Studies
Designing an Extension Climate Stewards Volunteer Program: Incorporating Sense of Community, Social Practice, and Self-Efficacy Theories
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Eiseman, Danielle L.; Armstrong, Anne K.; Chatrchyan, Allison M. – Environmental Education Research, 2020
This paper examines the feasibility of developing a new Master Volunteer training program to help communities adapt to and mitigate the impacts of climate change. Traditional models of volunteer training programs, such as the Cooperative Extension Master Volunteer peer-to-peer learning model, are based in part on Diffusion Theory. The existing…
Descriptors: Climate, Program Design, Volunteers, Environmental Education
A Feasibility Study and Development of an A.A.S. Degree in Data Analytics
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Thompson, Brad – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This Educational Leadership Portfolio (ELP) documents my exploratory study of the feasibility of developing a new associate level (A.A.S) degree program. While this study and plan is designed to serve as a guide for any two-year or community college thinking of developing such a program, many of the artifacts in this study are written specifically…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Associate Degrees, Feasibility Studies, Program Development
Education Savings Accounts: Key Provisions and State Variations. Education Trends
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Railey, Hunter – Education Commission of the States, 2016
In 2011, the Arizona State Legislature adopted a law creating the first education savings account (ESA) in the United States. Following Arizona's lead, several other states, including Florida Tennessee,Mississippi and Nevada, have implemented ESA policies. Typical eligibility requirements include conditions such as a pupil's diagnosed disability,…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Money Management, Investment, Student Financial Aid