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Parson, Trinee D. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This study examined the impact of a newly created Academic Advising Professional Development (AAPD) online program focused on the three major components of the "Concept of Academic Advising" for new and experienced advisors. The four-unit training, created in Blackboard, was designed to educate advisors on the meaning and application of…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Professional Development, Online Courses, Program Effectiveness
Amy Hankins – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Feedback in higher education can have powerful effects on improving students' learning (Carless & Boud, 2018; Hattie & Timperley, 2007; Hattie & Yates, 2014; Jonsson, 2012). However, opportunities for students to learn from feedback are lacking (Robinson et al., 2013). The current study was a mixed-method single case design exploring…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Communities of Practice, Feedback (Response), Program Evaluation
Marci Rockey; Colvin T. Georges; Jewel A. Bourne; Nicole Delmastro-Jeffrey – Office of Community College Research and Leadership, 2022
This brief describes the participatory action research by the Office of Community College Research and Leadership (OCCRL)--built on the findings of an initial evaluation study of the Illinois Community College Board (ICCB) program review process--toward the development of an equity-centered rubric to advance learning and support for the state's…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Vocational Education, Program Evaluation, Equal Education
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Howard, Martine; Harrington, Christine – Impacting Education: Journal on Transforming Professional Practice, 2022
The "on-time" degree completion crisis within the community college system is alarming. Only 5% of students graduate in two years (Complete College America [CCA], n.d.-a). Many community college students are low-income and racially and ethnically minoritized, and their graduation rates are low (CCA, n.d.-a). Community colleges around the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Time to Degree, Achievement Gap
Wheelus, Angela – ProQuest LLC, 2019
In 2012, more than five percent of all postsecondary students were veterans or currently serving in the military, and 43% attended a public 2-year institution (Ahern, Foster, & Head, 2012). The Collegiate Veteran Affairs Program, at a public 2-year college in the southeastern part of the United States, serves as the point of contact for…
Descriptors: College Students, Veterans, Veterans Education, Program Evaluation
Asera, Rose – RP Group, 2016
The Research and Planning Group for California Community Colleges (RP Group) launched Leading from the Middle (LFM) Academy in 2013 as a professional development experience for community college educators--faculty, administrators, and staff--who have formal or informal leadership responsibilities. Over the first three years, close to 150…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Middle Management, Professional Development, Leadership Training
Asera, Rose – RP Group, 2016
The Research and Planning Group for California Community Colleges (RP Group) launched Leading from the Middle (LFM) Academy in 2013 as a professional development experience for community college educators--faculty, administrators, and staff--who have formal or informal leadership responsibilities. Based on a commitment to learning from experience,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Middle Management, Professional Development, Leadership Training
Academic Senate for California Community Colleges, 2018
The purpose of this paper is to address the need for guidance on professional standards for educational practices in online education. Since 1995, the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges (ASCCC) has provided leadership in the introduction and successful implementation of distance education. During this time, the ASCCC has played a…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Distance Education
Roohani, Behnam – ProQuest LLC, 2014
This study focused on exploring Illinois community college faculty development coordinators' perceptions about how they are implementing faculty technology professional development programs and providing technical support for part-time faculty in the Illinois community college systems. Also examined were part-time faculty perceptions of the degree…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Two Year Colleges
Taylor, Franklyn – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study examined the application and perceived effectiveness of the Council for the Advancement of Standards (CAS) in a community college Student Affairs Division. The two research questions were as follows: (1) How does a Community College apply CAS standards? (2) What is the perceived effectiveness of applying those standards? A case study…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Standards, Case Studies, Stakeholders
Quint, Janet C.; Jaggars, Shanna S.; Byndloss, D. Crystal; Magazinnik, Asya – MDRC, 2013
There is wide agreement that the well-paying jobs of the future will require postsecondary credentials. But for many students attending community college, developmental (or remedial) classes in reading, composition, and/or mathematics--the courses that students often must complete before they can enroll in courses that confer credit toward a…
Descriptors: Credentials, Developmental Studies Programs, Evidence, Measures (Individuals)
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Robison, Greg; Sugar, William; Miller, Brian – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2010
The study reported in this paper identifies leadership development practices within community colleges by surveying North Carolina community college presidents and evaluating an individual North Carolina community college's leadership institute. The results of the study indicate these community colleges indeed have an interest in leadership…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Leadership, Leadership Training, Program Evaluation
Carcioppolo, Joann – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this participatory action research study was to develop a plan to improve a professional development program to change faculty members' andragogical instructional practices when teaching students enrolled in online courses at a community college. A quantitative and qualitative mixed method approach to data analysis was used in…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Andragogy, Teacher Effectiveness, Web Based Instruction
Wingate, Lori; Smith, Corey; Westine, Carl; Gullickson, Arlen – Evaluation Resource Center for Advanced Technological Education, 2012
This fact sheet summarizes data gathered in the 2012 survey of National Science Foundation (NSF) Advanced Technological Education (ATE) grant recipients. Conducted by EvaluATE, the evaluation resource center for the ATE program located at The Evaluation Center at Western Michigan University, this was the thirteenth annual survey of ATE projects…
Descriptors: Technology Education, Grants, Surveys, Research Projects
California Community Colleges, Chancellor's Office, 2013
California's education system--the largest in the United States--is an essential resource for ensuring strong economic growth in the state. The Career Technical Education Pathways Initiative (referred to as the Initiative in this report), which became law in 2005, brings together community colleges, K-12 school districts, employers, organized…
Descriptors: Career Education, Technical Education, Community Colleges, Career Development
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