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Haensel, Angela Meyer – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This qualitative research focuses on the academic goals of English Language Learners (ELL) enrolled at Cincinnati State College in the summer of 2018. Also, the study examines options the College can take to better serve this student population. The phenomenological approach of this study reveals its major findings, while an ethnographic narrative…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Vocational Education, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Timlin, Kevin – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this study is to determine which factors influence the achievement of program objectives for Kyrgyz Republic alumni of the U.S. governmentally sponsored UGRAD program. The UGRAD program was designed to provide university students from the former Soviet Union an opportunity to study at an institute of higher education in the United…
Descriptors: Exchange Programs, Educational Objectives, Program Descriptions, Alumni
Pierson, Ashley; Hodara, Michelle; Luke, Jonathan – Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest, 2017
Oregon's postsecondary attainment goal for 2025, adopted in 2011, calls for 40 percent of Oregon adults to have a bachelor's degree or higher, 40 percent to have an associate's degree or postsecondary certificate, and the remaining 20 percent to have a high school diploma or equivalent (S. 253, Or. 2011). As in other states a central strategy for…
Descriptors: High School Students, College Credits, Advanced Placement Programs, Program Descriptions
Henderson, Cecial Nicole – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Remediation has become one of the greatest barriers to student success and disproportionately affects the persistence and retention rates of African American community college students. Nearly 70% of the African American students at community colleges required remediation, which results in low persistence and graduation rates for these students.…
Descriptors: African American Students, Phenomenology, Two Year College Students, Student Placement
Gonzalez, Jennifer – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2012
The Tennessee Technology Center system has become something of a darling among college-completion advocates. Comprising 27 locations across the state, the system boasts graduation and job-placement rates that many colleges only dream of: 75 percent and 83 percent, respectively. Such achievements are even more noteworthy given the population the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Environment, Technical Institutes, Community Colleges
Taylor, Gwen; Heflin, David – Adult Learning, 2015
In this article, Gwen Taylor describes the West Kentucky Community and Technical College (WKCTC) groundbreaking program, "Accelerating Opportunity" (AO), which targeted students who are deficient in math, reading, or writing. The program uses the Washington State Board for Community & Technical Colleges' (2013) Integrated Basic…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Community Colleges, Technical Institutes, Acceleration (Education)
McLean, Hilary – Policy Analysis for California Education, PACE (NJ1), 2012
The Early Assessment Program (EAP) has emerged as a national model for states seeking to design policies that increase the number of students who leave high school ready for college and careers. In addition, the two national consortia designing new assessments aligned to the Common Core State Standards have recognized the EAP as a model for the…
Descriptors: State Standards, Program Implementation, Program Effectiveness, Educational Assessment
Sorkin, Sylvia; Gore, Mary Elizabeth; Mento, Barbara; Stanton, Jon – Information Systems Education Journal, 2010
Two Maryland colleges (one a four-year liberal arts college for women, and one a public community college) have worked to increase the number of graduates, especially women and other under-represented groups, in their computer science, computer information systems, engineering, and mathematics programs over a four-year period. In August 2004, they…
Descriptors: Females, Educational Attainment, Mentors, College Faculty
Kim, Eunyoung – Office of Community College Research and Leadership, 2006
This brief describes the Academic Pathways to Access and Student Success (APASS) project, a research initiative that identifies and disseminates information about existing and emerging academic pathways that extend from high school to college. Drawing upon the results of a 50-state survey, an extensive review of literature and consultation with…
Descriptors: Dual Enrollment, Distance Education, Advanced Placement, Tech Prep
Academic Senate for California Community Colleges, 2006
This report responds to some of the key questions raised by educators and legislators about ESL practices, programs and support services across the three California postsecondary systems: the California Community Colleges (CCC), the California State University (CSU), and the University of California (UC). While this report was produced to address…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Statistical Data, English (Second Language), School Surveys
Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1963
This bulletin informs teachers about opportunities to teach overseas under the Educational Exchange program, conducted by the Department of State. These include teacher interchange matchings, one-way teaching assignments for American and foreign teachers here and abroad, and summer seminars for teachers of modern foreign languages, the classics,…
Descriptors: Seminars, International Educational Exchange, Teacher Exchange Programs, Employment Opportunities