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Lubicz-Nawrocka, Tanya; Bovill, Catherine – Teaching in Higher Education, 2023
Many studies highlight positive outcomes from curriculum co-creation including its transformational potential for students. In this paper, we explore how curriculum co-creation transforms students, drawing on Johansson and Felten's (2014. "Transforming Students: Fulfilling the Promise of Higher Education." Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins…
Descriptors: College Students, Transformative Learning, Foreign Countries, Curriculum Development
Louise Lexis; Brianna Julien; Birgit Loch; Mark Civitella; Brianne Keogh; Marc Boffa; Tessa Jelley; Fiona Sawyer; Selin Ramadan; Pranita Pokhriyal; Jarrod Carpenter – International Journal for Students as Partners, 2023
Few studies have explored student perceptions of participating in STEM multidisciplinary students-as-partners (SaP) projects integrated into the curriculum. We conducted content analysis on focus groups to determine partner perceptions of a STEM and liberal arts SaP project and used a mixed methods concurrent triangulation design to explore the…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, STEM Education, Liberal Arts, Group Instruction
Sharon C. VanWright – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Research on first-generation college students' (FGCS) is centered around cultural, demographic, and personal characteristics and structural barriers that adversely impact their persistence and graduation from postsecondary institutions. Literature is limited in its examination of how FGCS' utilize their personal strengths and assets, institutional…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Academic Support Services, Federal Programs, Success
Pugh, Kevin J.; Phillips, Michael M.; Sexton, Julie M.; Bergstrom, Cassendra M.; Riggs, Eric M. – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2019
Women are underrepresented in many undergraduate geoscience programs. Some departments are more successful at recruiting and retaining female students than others. To understand why, we investigated potential differences between more and less successful geoscience departments in terms of social support, institutional supports, institutional…
Descriptors: Females, Undergraduate Students, Student Recruitment, Earth Science
Michalsky, Tova; Schechter, Chen – Teacher Educator, 2018
Teachers' design of a lesson is critical for helping their students develop academically effective forms of self-regulating learning (SRL) in classrooms. Using a quasi-experimental design, the researchers integrated systematic collaborative learning from problematic and successful experiences into teachers' preparatory programs and examined how…
Descriptors: Lesson Plans, Integrated Activities, Barriers, Success
Reid, Anna; Rowley, Jennifer; Bennett, Dawn – Music Education Research, 2019
The employability of graduates is of concern across further and higher education, but it is particularly problematic in the Creative and Performing Arts disciplines. Understanding the journey to work for arts graduates requires collaborative action from multiple agencies, particularly the collection and reporting of nuanced statistics on higher…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Novices, Specialists, Employment Potential
Biermeier, Chadwick – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This study was an examination of the minority student retention rate in a year-long bridge program. The retention rate of these students is 25%. University administration was concerned about the retention rate and its impact on future enrollment. Using Jack Mezirow's transformative learning as a framework of understanding, the purpose of this…
Descriptors: Minority Group Students, Academic Persistence, Success, Barriers
Benson, Robyn; Heagney, Margaret; Hewitt, Lesley; Crosling, Glenda; Devos, Anita – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2014
This paper reports on a longitudinal project examining how a group of students from diverse backgrounds succeeded in higher education. The project explored participants' pathways into higher education, how they managed their studies, and their reflections at course completion. In this paper, the concept of perspective transformation is used to…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Success, Transformative Learning, Longitudinal Studies
Keys to Succeeding in a Master's Program: Advice from Technology Education Graduate Advisors/Faculty
Lazaros, Edward; Flowers, Jim – Technology and Engineering Teacher, 2014
Many prospective graduate students wish they could hear directly from graduate advisors at different universities that offer a master's degree in the field they are seeking. They could speak from experience to help prospective students decide if this is the best time for them to start graduate study. They could help prospective students…
Descriptors: Masters Programs, Success, Technology Education, Graduate Students
Halkovic, Alexis; Fine, Michelle; Bae, John; Campbell, Leslie; Evans, Desheen; Gary, Chaka; Greene, Andrew; Ramirez, Marc; Riggs, Robert; Taylor, Michael; Tebout, Ray; Tejawi, Aenora – Prisoner Reentry Institute, 2013
Virtually every study of the impact of college on incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people demonstrates a positive effect on income, civic engagement, family, and personal health, as well as dramatically reduced recidivism rates. College in and after prison offers a singularly effective strategy for redeveloping individuals, families and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Reentry Students, Institutionalized Persons, Participatory Research
Avoseh, Mejai B. M., Ed. – Commission for International Adult Education, 2018
These "Proceedings" derived from the Commission for International Adult Education's (CIAE) 2018 International Pre-Conference. They contain 23 papers from 32 authors. Eight of the lead authors are graduate students -- four are rounding up their Master's degrees while four are on their doctoral programs. The rest are a mix of seasoned and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Role of Education, Innovation, Technology Uses in Education
Kazmi, Auroosa – College Quarterly, 2010
The university seems a buzz of activity; there are long line ups at the student center for food, students are outside hanging out with friends, and some students are in lecture halls daydreaming about the moment their classes will end. This buzz can be deceiving. It implies that students are awake, active and alert when, in this author's opinion,…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Participation, Student Motivation, Student Attitudes
Rafferty, Anna N., Ed.; Whitehill, Jacob, Ed.; Romero, Cristobal, Ed.; Cavalli-Sforza, Violetta, Ed. – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2020
The 13th iteration of the International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM 2020) was originally arranged to take place in Ifrane, Morocco. Due to the SARS-CoV-2 (coronavirus) epidemic, EDM 2020, as well as most other academic conferences in 2020, had to be changed to a purely online format. To facilitate efficient transmission of…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Teaching Methods, Information Retrieval, Data Processing
Hu, Xiangen, Ed.; Barnes, Tiffany, Ed.; Hershkovitz, Arnon, Ed.; Paquette, Luc, Ed. – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2017
The 10th International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM 2017) is held under the auspices of the International Educational Data Mining Society at the Optics Velley Kingdom Plaza Hotel, Wuhan, Hubei Province, in China. This years conference features two invited talks by: Dr. Jie Tang, Associate Professor with the Department of Computer…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Graphs, Data Use
Lee, Shawna J.; Oyserman, Daphna – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2007
This chapter describes the educational possible selves of low-income mothers as they make the transition from welfare to work.
Descriptors: Mothers, Welfare Recipients, Aspiration, Self Actualization