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Inman, Johanna – To Improve the Academy, 2021
This article provides a summary of the steps that were taken to launch a new center for teaching and learning (CTL) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Analysis of these steps explain how the inaugural director leveraged the pivot to emergency remote teaching to capitalize on faculty interest for educational development and increase collaboration…
Descriptors: Pandemics, COVID-19, Resource Centers, Distance Education
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Cisneros, Jesus; Valdivia, Diana – Journal of College Student Development, 2020
Operating from Astin's theory of involvement, we analyzed interviews with practitioners from 49 undocumented student resource centers (USRCs). Interview transcripts, shorthand notes, and memos, as well as key documents, provided the context for understanding the emergence, naming, and structure of USRCs at institutions of higher education. Study…
Descriptors: Undocumented Immigrants, Resource Centers, College Students, Program Development
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Stevenson, Cari; Le Buhn, Michael – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 2020
Faculty, administration, and student veterans at a small midwestern community college collaborated to develop a Veterans Resource Center, a physical space in which veterans can congregate to build camaraderie and find resources specific to their needs as veterans. A needs analysis was first conducted to prioritize the needs of the student veteran…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Veterans, Veterans Education
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Rasmitadila; Humaira, Megan Asri; Rachmadtullah, Reza – Journal of Education and e-Learning Research, 2021
The key problem with implementing inclusive education in inclusive elementary schools in Indonesia is that the role of all stakeholders in creating mentoring programs must be continuous and sustainable. The purpose of this study is to explore the opinions of general teachers (GTs) regarding the role of universities in mentoring programs for…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Human Resources, Inclusion, Elementary School Students
Brohawn, Katie; Kretz, Andrew; Nguyen, Alyssa; White, Michelle – RP Group, 2020
The 2017-18 State Budget Act allocated $5M to the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges (CCC) to support a Veterans Resource Center (VRC) grant program designed to help CCC establish or enhance on-campus VRCs. In an effort to better understand the current state of VRCs in the wake of this funding, Irvine Valley College (IVC)…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Veterans, Resource Centers, Educational Finance
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Doyle, Antoinette; Li, Ling – SAGE Open, 2021
Family-focused early learning programs aim to assist parents in supporting their young children language and literacy development. This study examined program access and learning opportunities for diverse families across a wide range of community-based settings in one eastern Canadian province. As well, the study examined practitioners'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Effectiveness, Access to Education, Community Programs
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Whitcher-Skinner, Kendra; Dees, Sharon J.; Watkins, Paul – Learning Communities: Research & Practice, 2017
University housing has the capacity to offer more than comfortable living spaces, and campuses across the U.S., including our own, are exploring models of residential learning communities that provide both academic and social support students while cultivating a strong sense of community. In this article, we describe our campus foray into offering…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, College Housing, Sense of Community, Residential Patterns