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Seana Chaves; Valerie Lee; Sarah Morris; Ann Reinecke; Austin Tome – Learning Assistance Review, 2023
In response to the COVID-19 crisis, embedded tutoring became a popular model to address the need for additional student support in higher education. Four U.S. community colleges collaborated to develop a successful embedded tutoring model that provides a framework and definition for embedded tutoring and training for tutors and participating…
Descriptors: Tutoring, Models, Community Colleges, Training
Howard, Martine K. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Many community college students do not finish their 2-year degree on time, and there are several institutional barriers that prevent students from taking 15 college credits per semester. Students are not aware of the academic and economic benefits of taking 15 college credits per semester. A 15 to Finish communication campaign, which has been…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, College Credits, Program Evaluation
Marisela Cervantes – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Calls for greater equity are ubiquitous in higher education policy, both at the state and institutional level. The California College Promise and the local programs through which its benefit of tuition-free community college is accessed, are part of this trend, making it critically important to understand how equity is framed, understood, and…
Descriptors: College Programs, Leadership Role, Equal Education, Community Colleges
Vasquez, Andrea; Scrivener, Susan – MDRC, 2020
Colleges support students with advising, counseling, or coaching in academics and other skills they need to succeed in school. Some colleges enhance those services through reduced adviser caseloads and more comprehensive, frequent guidance, which can improve students' semester-to-semester retention and average credits earned. This overview…
Descriptors: Program Design, Academic Advising, Academic Support Services, Community Colleges
Sanchez, Gema E. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Although there is no federal mandate that prohibits unauthorized students from enrolling in postsecondary institutions in the United States, the rising cost of attendance and inconsistent admissions policies have served as barriers for unauthorized students (Gonzalez, 2007, 2009; Perez, 2010). For this reason, states with large concentrations of…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, State Legislation
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Poluyanov, Valery B.; Pyankova, Zhanna A.; Chukalkina, Marina I.; Smolina, Ekaterina S. – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2016
The topicality of the investigated problem is stipulated by the social need for training competitive engineers with a high level of graphical literacy; especially geometric and graphic training of students and its projected results in a competence-based approach; individual characteristics and interests of the students, as well as methodological…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Technical Institutes, Geometry, Geography Instruction
National Council for Geographic Education (NJ1), 2006
This report examines the outcomes of a workshop held at the National Science Foundation on August 15-16, 2005. Forty-six participants, representing academia, industry, government agencies, professional associations, and special projects met to: (1) discuss how geospatial technology training at two-year colleges can address workforce needs; and…
Descriptors: Training, Needs Assessment, Workshops, On the Job Training