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Direct linkLamb, Michael; Brant, Jonathan; Brooks, Edward – Journal of Character Education, 2021
Despite renewed academic interest in virtue ethics and character education, institutions of higher education have largely neglected the character education of university students. This article seeks to make two contributions to the theory and practice of character education within the university, with a particular focus on postgraduate students.…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Ethics, Literacy, Educational Philosophy
Murray, Donell Cochran – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Peer mentoring is a way to help guide and form valuable relationships between two or more students and plays an important role in the success, both academically and socially, of students. At Morehead State University (MSU), the International Peer Mentoring Program (IPMP) was designed and implemented in the Fall of 2016 to assist in the academic…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Program Design, Peer Groups, Mentors
Download full textBrick, Michael Scott; Ajinkya, Julie – Institute for Higher Education Policy, 2020
Recognizing the transformative potential of higher education for people involved in the justice system, the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) with an advisory council of experienced higher education in prison (HEP) practitioners, data experts, and dedicated advocates, with input from students who are incarcerated, developed guidance to…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Higher Education, Educational Policy, Advisory Committees
Palanac, Aleks – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2018
This report outlines how individuals at the University of Leicester's English Language Teaching Unit (ELTU) re-evaluated their role as Gatekeepers to the University by implementing new measures to facilitate the admission of a group for whom the gates would typically be shut: refugees and asylum seekers (RASs). It describes how, incrementally and…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English for Academic Purposes
Ruediger, Dylan; Cooper, Danielle Miriam – ITHAKA S+R, 2022
Quantitative literacy is an essential twenty-first century skill that universities are heavily invested in teaching to students. The social sciences play an important role in these efforts because they attract students who might otherwise avoid data and mathematically oriented courses and because they ground quantitative reasoning in political and…
Descriptors: Statistics Education, Undergraduate Students, Social Sciences, Teaching Methods
Gijbels, David; Kyndt, Eva; Peeters, Lore; Schelfhout, Wouter – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2017
The current study investigates the learning of student teachers in alternative programmes in which they combine a teaching job with an in-service teacher-training program at the university. The aim of this paper is to explore which work-related and training-programme related factors facilitate the learning of these teachers-in-training in the…
Descriptors: Inservice Teacher Education, Social Support Groups, Workplace Learning, Student Teachers
Simon, Alexandra – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2014
In Europe there is no common quality assurance framework for the delivery of guidance in higher education. Using a case study approach in four university career guidance services in England, France and Spain, this article aims to study how quality is implemented in university career guidance services in terms of strategy, standards and models,…
Descriptors: Quality Assurance, Universities, Guidance Programs, Delivery Systems
Shannon, Patrick – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2019
Online programs are often viewed as a cost-efficient strategy for increasing revenue for shrinking university budgets but this may not be an accurate assessment. Responsibility Centered Management (RCM) is a budgeting model that is purported to increase efficient delivery of academic programs. As RCM budgeting models have been embraced, many…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Social Work, Cost Effectiveness, Budgeting
Merrill, Lisa – Research Alliance for New York City Schools, 2020
Earning a college degree is widely recognized as the most reliable pathway to economic stability (Carnevale, Smith, & Strohl, 2013). But it is known from a wide range of research that access to college is neither easy nor equitable, and that traditionally underrepresented students (including low-income students and Black and Latino students)…
Descriptors: Mentors, Social Emotional Learning, College Attendance, Access to Education
Gumaelius, Lena; Almqvist, Monica; Árnadóttir, Anna; Axelsson, Anders; Conejero, J. Alberto; García-Sabater, José P.; Klitgaard, Lene; Kozma, Cecilia; Maheut, Julien; Marin-Garcia, Juan; Mickos, Henrik; Nilsson, Per-Olof; Norén, Agneta; Pinho-Lopes, Margarida; Prenzel, Manfred; Ray, Johanna; Roxå, Torgny; Voss, Mirjam – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2016
Since the 1990s, the low number of students choosing to study science and technology in higher education has been on the societal agenda and many initiatives have been launched to promote awareness regarding career options. The initiatives particularly focus on increasing enrolment in the engineering programmes. This article describes and compares…
Descriptors: Outreach Programs, Universities, Science Interests, College Programs
Hewitt, Kimberly Kappler; Scalzo, Mary Jo – Principal Leadership, 2012
This article describes Oakwood City School District's College Connection Study, which is now in its eighth year. The purpose of the study is to help the educators in the district learn how to effectively prepare students for success in the colleges of their choice. Teachers, administrators, and other staff members travel to colleges to conduct…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Developmental Studies Programs, Transitional Programs, Articulation (Education)
Linley, Jodi L.; George-Jackson, Casey E. – New Directions for Student Services, 2013
This chapter provides an overview of undergraduate STEM initiatives for underrepresented minorities and women, as well as a description and critical analysis of one comprehensive federally funded initiative at a research-intensive university.
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Intervention, STEM Education, Disproportionate Representation
Sampson, James P., Jr.; McClain, Mary-Catherine; Musch, Elisabeth; Reardon, Robert C. – Career Development Quarterly, 2013
This article identifies and briefly describes the broad range of variables that may influence clients' readiness to benefit from career interventions. The article also discusses consequences of low readiness for effective use of career interventions and addresses implications for practice as well as for future research. Variables contributing to…
Descriptors: Career Development, Performance Factors, Predictor Variables, Readiness
Asidao, Christine; Sevig, Todd – Journal of College Student Psychotherapy, 2014
Counseling centers need to be engaged and connected on their campuses, both to individuals and to multiple systems of students, faculty, and staff. Building a campus-wide "community of caring" or "web of caring" is essential to a strong, healthy, and vibrant counseling center. This article describes one university counseling…
Descriptors: Outreach Programs, Guidance Centers, Change Strategies, Campuses
Piazza, Roberta – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2013
In Italy, accreditation of prior learning is a sensitive issue. Despite the lack of laws or qualification frameworks regulating the recognition of non-formal and informal learning, most Italian universities proceed with caution, allowing only a restricted number of credits in the university curriculum related to practical activities or to external…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Prior Learning, Informal Education, Professional Education
