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Boston Foundation, 2022
Prepared for the Boston Foundation and signed onto by nearly two dozen representatives from across the political spectrum, "Unlocking College: Strengthening Massachusetts' Commitment to College in Prison" explores the landscape of educational opportunities in Massachusetts prisons. The report finds that despite evidence that educational…
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions, Race
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Short, Kristin J.; Goetz, Joseph W.; Cude, Brenda J.; Sperling, Lisa; Welch-Devine, Meredith; Chatterjee, Swarn – College Student Journal, 2019
Graduate students represent a unique demographic within higher education, facing challenges that are distinct from those faced by traditional undergraduate students. Research investigating the pressures associated with graduate study reveal that stress takes a detrimental toll on the mental and emotional well-being of graduate students, leading to…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Money Management, Stress Variables, Financial Problems
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Downey, Laura H.; Buys, David; Fountain, Brent; Ball, Tom; Hilbun, Anne Howard; Threadgill, Paula – Journal of Extension, 2018
Stakeholders in Mississippi perceived that Extension could lead volunteer management and donations management after a natural disaster. In response, Mississippi State University Extension professionals developed a training on volunteer management and donations management to supplement the existing Incident Management System/Incident Command System…
Descriptors: Natural Disasters, Volunteer Training, Management Development, Fund Raising
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Lown, Jean M. – Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning, 2011
This study developed a 6-item Financial Self-Efficacy Scale for use by researchers, educators, counselors, and advisors. Bandura's concept of self-efficacy and Prochaska's Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change provided the theoretical framework. Scale items were adapted from Schwarzer and Jerusalem's (1995) General Self-Efficacy Scale.…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Money Management, Measures (Individuals), Factor Analysis
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Grable, John E. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2011
Innovation in doctoral degree program development and delivery provides an effective counterpoint to the expert-apprentice model established in the Middle Ages. The author outlines the importance of innovation in reaching adult learners and describes an innovative hybrid PhD program designed to allow aspiring doctoral adult-age students to pursue…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Doctoral Degrees
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Manaf, Nor Aziah Abdul; Ishak, Zuaini; Hussin, Wan Nordin Wan – Malaysian Journal of Learning and Instruction, 2011
Purpose: This paper aims to share experiences in teaching a Financial Accounting Principles course using a hybrid problem based learning (PBL) method. The three specific objectives of this paper are to document how the PBL project for this course was developed and managed in class, to compare the academic performance of PBL students with non-PBL…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Money Management, Accounting, Educational Principles