University supervisors perform a variety of roles and functions as they support teacher candidate growth. However, supervisors receive little training, resulting in misunderstandings about assessment expectations, perceived position roles, and teacher candidate coaching or feedback inconsistencies. This study was an examination of how…

Many students who enter college do not finish, reflecting numerous academic, financial, and social barriers to postsecondary completion. Success Boston Coaching (SBC) provides students in the Greater Boston area with coaching during their first 2 years of college to help them overcome barriers to postsecondary completion and connect them to…

We design a commitment device for college students, "Study More Tomorrow," conduct a randomized controlled trial testing a model of its takeup, and measure its effect on tutoring attendance and grades. The device commits students to attend tutoring if their midterm grade falls below a prespecified threshold. Unlike other commitment…

Academics in Higher Education are often expected both to teach and to research; this is a particular challenge for women both structurally and individually. Initiatives to address structural issues include AdvanceHE. Here, we focus on individual issues and report on the Programme for Women Achieving Excellence in Research, a theory-based…

Detroit students who obtain a college degree overcome many obstacles to do so. This article reports the results of a randomized evaluation of a program meant to provide support to low-income community college students. The Detroit Promise Path program was designed to complement an existing College Promise scholarship, providing students with…

Our study examines transformative learning outcomes of a group coaching format in a postgraduate program of a German University that is based on the cognitive-developmental approach to coaching. We administered a survey based on Kirkpatrick's 4-Level Evaluation Model and its advancement by Alliger et al. that includes items from the Transformative…

Current studies on academic coaching programs highlight their positive effects on undergraduate student success, particularly among students with disabilities. However, there remains a gap in understanding how these programs achieve success for students without disabilities. This research seeks to assess the impact of academic coaching on…

The Tactical Games Model (TGM) is summarized as a physical education model where the emphasis is on developing the underlying core components of games and sports to develop the tactical and performance skills of participants, known as game performance (Metzler, 2011). The Sport Education Model (SEM) is a physical education model structured and…

This research investigates whether performance-based research funding brings increased performance among the funding non-recipient when compared with the recipients. In addition, this study analyzes whether there are changes in publication patterns among academics to comply with new funding systems. This study analyzes the Brain Korea 21 project…

Mentoring and coaching are established best practices across the corporate world. These are designed to support leadership development, career progression and engaging select employees with a view to enhancing performance and achievement at the individual, group and organization level. However, such practices have not found wide adoption across…

Purpose: There is a need to support midcareer faculty who have demonstrated scholarly success but require additional development. The purpose of this study was to explore the effects of an initiative for "star faculty" at midcareer, with an emphasis on the role of exceptional others in their professional growth.…

The purpose of this mixed-methods research was to understand the benefits of a professional coaching program in higher education and its impact on faculty resilience and well-being. Participants in this study included faculty members who had been enrolled in a higher education faculty coaching program for two years, for one year, and faculty who…

The purpose of this mixed-methods research was to understand the benefits of a professional coaching program in higher education and its impact on faculty resilience and well-being. Participants in this study included faculty members who had been enrolled in a higher education faculty coaching program for two years, for one year, and faculty who…

The purpose of this mixed-methods research was to understand the benefits of a professional coaching program in higher education and its impact on faculty resilience and well-being. Participants in this study included faculty members who had been enrolled in a higher education faculty coaching program for two years, for one year, and faculty who…

The earned value management (EVM) is a project management method for monitoring and controlling project expenditure and progress. Teaching EVM is challenging as the method may appear theoretical, mathematical, and disconnected from the uncertainty of real-life projects. Educational games have been suggested as one method to influence students'…