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John Jay College Institute for Justice and Opportunity, 2021
New York has been a leader in education in prison since the 1800s. At its peak in the 1990s, when incarcerated people were eligible for federal Pell and New York State Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) grants, New York had 70 higher education programs operating in state prisons. In the mid-1990s, when legislators revoked Pell and TAP for…
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Colleges, Partnerships in Education, Correctional Education
Gloria Dorcheus – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Given the increasing workforce diversity globally, individuals face constant challenges to perform effectively, driving organizations to develop employees' understanding and awareness of different cultures. This study focused on cultural intelligence (CQ), an individuals' ability to respond to multicultural situations adequately. The study's…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Intelligence, Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness
Andrea J. Gross – ProQuest LLC, 2023
As the looming enrollment cliff approaches and more adult learners return to higher education, understanding the factors that affect their persistence and retention is vital for higher education institutions. Previous studies have shown that external factors influence post-traditional learners' pursuit of higher education. This program evaluation…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Academic Persistence, School Holding Power, Tuition
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Frank, Pascal; Fischer, Daniel; Stanszus, Laura; Grossman, Paul; Schrader, Ulf – Journal of Environmental Education, 2021
Over the past two decades, mindfulness meditation has received increasing attention in academia and various fields of practice. More recently, it has also been introduced into environmental and sustainability education (ESE) settings. This study offers a first exploratory investigation of learner experiences with consumption-specific mindfulness…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Intervention, Program Effectiveness, Environmental Education
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Gauthier, Thomas – Career and Technical Education Research, 2020
This qualitative study explores the efficacy of community college career and technical education programs through employer perspectives. Participants for this study were cultivated from a variety of industries and disciplines. Predominant themes that emerged from this study include education, authentic experience, the value of career and technical…
Descriptors: Employer Attitudes, Community Colleges, Vocational Education, Program Effectiveness
Towns, Atiya Bottom – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Many university leaders lack the knowledge necessary to retain skilled employees and decrease employee turnover. The purpose of this multiple case study was to explore strategies that leaders of colleges/universities in the United States used to retain skilled employees. Research participants included 7 leaders in higher education in central…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Labor Turnover, Employees, Leadership Styles
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Ariail, Donald L.; Quosigk, Benedikt L. – Georgia Journal of College Student Affairs, 2021
The University System of Georgia (USG) has a state-wide initiative aimed at increasing the well-being of faculty and staff by incentivizing a decrease in tobacco product usage by employees covered by a USG healthcare plan. This incentive is positive in that aid in stopping tobacco product usage is offered to each member; and negative in that each…
Descriptors: Well Being, Health Promotion, Incentives, Smoking
Tirres, Christopher D.; Schikore, Melanie C. – Metropolitan Universities, 2020
This article emerges from a collaborative research project between a religious studies professor at DePaul University and the executive director of the Chicago-based non-profit Interfaith Community for Detained Immigrants (ICDI). In 2016, we forged a community partnership to explore and enhance the relationship between pedagogy, faith, and social…
Descriptors: Urban Universities, Religious Colleges, College Faculty, Nonprofit Organizations
Buzzeo, Jonathan; Patel, Rakhee; Byford, Morwenna; Takala, Helena; Gay, Robert – UK Department for Education, 2020
In May 2016, Government funding of £80 million was awarded to establish five employer-led National Colleges in key growth sectors -- Creative and Cultural (NCCI), Digital Skills (Ada), Nuclear (NCfN), High Speed Rail (NCHSR) and Oil and Gas. This was alongside substantial investment from Local Authorities (LAs), Local Enterprise Partnerships…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Finance, Financial Support, Federal Aid
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Ombugus, Danjuma A.; Angbre, Francis Adams – Asian Journal of Education and Training, 2015
The study focused on evolving policy initiatives for effective Vocational Technical Education (VTE) on sustainable development. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design and was carried out in North Central Geopolitical Zone of Nigeria. The population for the study was 450 respondents (VTE teachers/lecturers, government officials,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Vocational Education, Technical Education
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Rudin, Joel; Yang, Yang; Ruane, Sinead; Ross, Linda; Farro, Andrea; Billing, Tejinder – Journal of Management Education, 2016
Transgender employees may suffer from discrimination due to transphobia. This article evaluates a pedagogical intervention designed to reduce the transphobia of North American undergraduate business students. Participants were enrolled in an organizational behavior course. They resolved a simulated dispute between coworkers over accommodating the…
Descriptors: Sexual Identity, Gender Issues, Employees, Social Bias
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Börner, Dirk; Kalz, Marco; Specht, Marcus – Environmental Education Research, 2015
This study reports an intervention to initiate environmental learning and facilitate pro-environmental behaviour. The purpose was to examine the impact of ambient learning displays on energy consumption and conservation at the workplace, more specifically the evaluation of learning outcome and behaviour change. Using a quasi-experimental design,…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Conservation (Environment), Behavior Change, Energy Conservation
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Eisele, Lisa; Grohnert, Therese; Beausaert, Simon; Segers, Mien – European Journal of Training and Development, 2013
Purpose: This article aims to understand conditions under which personal development plans (PDPs) can effectively be implemented for professional learning. Both the organization's manner of supporting the PDP practice as well as the individual employee's motivation is taken into account. Design/ methodology/approach: A questionnaire was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Employees, Motivation, Employee Attitudes
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Menolli, André Luís Andrade; Reinehr, Sheila; Malucelli, Andreia – Informatics in Education, 2013
New technologies, such as social networks, wikis, blogs and other social tools, enable collaborative work and are important facilitators of the social learning process. Many companies are using these types of tools as substitutes for their intranets, especially software development companies. However, the content generated by these tools in many…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Computer Mediated Communication, Resource Units, Computer Software
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Zwerver, Feico; Bonefaas-Groenewoud, Karin; Schellart, Antonius J. M.; Anema, Johannes R.; van der Beek, Allard J. – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2013
Background: We developed an implementation strategy for the insurance medicine guidelines for depression, which we implemented via a post-graduate course for insurance physicians (IPs). In this study we evaluate the physicians' experiences of the implementation strategy by measuring the following aspects: recruitment and reach, dose delivered and…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Guidelines, Health Insurance, Depression (Psychology)
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