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Download full textHouser, Chris; Cavallo-Medved, Dora; Bondy, Michelle – Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2023
The transition from high school to university can be difficult and stressful for many students who are not sure of how to be successful in their courses and become engaged in extracurricular activities beyond the classroom. This paper describes the design and outcomes of the Preparation for Academic Success in Science (PASS) transition program in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Graduates, College Freshmen, Transitional Programs
Gonzales, Sandra M.; Baier, Stefanie T.; Brammer, Ethriam C. – Student Success, 2022
This report shares practices from a successful Latinx Studies learning community model at an urban research-intensive university in the Midwestern United States. The learning community model offers a tiered developmental curriculum to support the three different stages of a student's journey, from enrollment to graduation. The three distinct…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Urban Schools, Research Universities, Communities of Practice
Direct linkBennett, Jeffrey V.; Alsbury, Thomas L.; Fan, Jingjing – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2016
This study explores participant experiences at two contrasting high schools in a large, urban school district in crisis who implemented mandatory community-based learning (CBL) (e.g. community service, work-based internships) as a policy of reform. Rawls' theory of justice as fairness is used to examine capacity of the district formal policy to…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, High Schools, Educational Change, Equal Education
Cease-Cook, Jennifer; Fowler, Catherine; Test, David W. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2015
Nationally, the recent focus has been on adopting state-developed standards in English language arts (ELA) and mathematics that build toward college and career readiness. Of the states that have elected to adopt the Common Core State Standards (CCSS; National Governors Association, Council of Chief State School Officers, 2012), states either (a)…
Descriptors: State Standards, Academic Standards, High School Students, Disabilities
Philadelphia Youth Network, 2009
WorkReady programs offer young Philadelphians not only their first job, but skills for success. Young people who work during high school often master valuable skills that can help them do better in high school and college; learn new things that open their eyes to career possibilities; and earn more money later in life. When young people learn how…
Descriptors: Academic Support Services, Employment Opportunities, Work Experience, Service Learning
Swail, Watson Scott; Kampits, Eva – Online Submission, 2004
The Higher Education -- Students Speak II survey was developed by the New England Association of Schools & Colleges (NEASC) and the Educational Policy Institute to identify the types and breadth of work-based learning activities that four-year college students experienced during high school, and to determine the correlation of these activities on…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Learning Activities, Grade Point Average, Credits
