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Development of an Early Warning System for Higher Education Institutions by Predicting First-Year Student Academic Performance
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Cem Recai Çirak; Hakan Akilli; Yeliz Ekinci – Higher Education Quarterly, 2024
In this study, an early warning system predicting first-year undergraduate student academic performance is developed for higher education institutions. The significant factors that affect first-year student success are derived and discussed such that they can be used for policy developments by related bodies. The dataset used in experimental…
Descriptors: Program Development, At Risk Students, Identification, College Freshmen
An Exploration of Gifted Hispanic/Latino Students' Educational Capital at One Title I Elementary School
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Jasmin Solorzano Churchill – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Gifted programs, designed to enhance engagement and rigor for students exhibiting talent or potential beyond their peers in the general education classroom, are not equitably identifying and serving Hispanic/Latino students. This qualitative study explored gifted programming at a Title I elementary school located in a largely Hispanic/Latino…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Hispanic American Students, Social Capital, Disadvantaged Schools
Perceptions of School Leaders on Inclusion and Their Role in the Successful Development of an Inclusion Program for Preschoolers with Disabilities
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Cheryl A. Myrie – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act is the administrative law that governs special education services and how students with disabilities should be educated. When students are found eligible for special education and related services, the law states that the general education classroom should be the first placement considered where…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Inclusion, Sociocultural Patterns, Preschool Children
"My Friend Travis Says…": A Look at Enrollment Trends in Language Classes in the United States
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Morgan, William Justin; Thompson, Amy S. – Foreign Language Annals, 2023
The present study uses data from 1147 university language students from lower-division and upper-division courses from eight different languages. The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of course placement, first course enrollment, and personal/professional relationships had on university learners' intentions to minor or major…
Descriptors: Language Enrollment, Enrollment Trends, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Individualized Education Program Development in Early Childhood Education: A Disabled Children's Childhood Studies Perspective
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Eilers, Nicole – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2023
This article describes the results of a disabled children's childhood studies analysis of Section 1414 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (2004), which outlines definitions and procedures related to evaluations, eligibility determinations, individualized education programs (IEP), and educational placements for disabled children in…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Individualized Education Programs, Program Development, Disabilities
Historical and Legal Considerations in Development of a For-Credit Internship Program
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Zumbach Harken, Nichole; Price-Williams, Shelley – Journal of Experiential Education, 2022
Background: This research outlines important factors in the development of a for-credit internship program by providing a historical context of internship work dating back to the original case of "Walling v. Portland Terminal" (1947), which outlined acceptable non-paid work of trainees, to more current applications of these labor laws in…
Descriptors: Program Development, Internship Programs, Educational History, Court Litigation