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Veronica Casillas – ProQuest LLC, 2021
While food insecurity exists in the United States, research has shown it is felt at larger rates among the undergraduate student population. Those colleges with higher numbers of enrolled students of color also have larger numbers of students who are facing food insecurity. The California community college (CCC) system serves a diverse population…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Community Colleges, Hispanic American Students, Food
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Werner-Fraczek, Joanna – Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research, 2020
Moreno Valley College, a two-year community college in Southern California, experiences an annual migration of cliff swallows. The presence of these birds inspired the development of the undergraduate research program Flying with Swallows. The assessment of the project indicated significant increases in qualitative student outcomes such as…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Undergraduate Students, Student Research, Ornithology
Michal Kurlaender; Jacob Jackson; Eric Grodsky; Jessica Howell – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2019
In this paper we investigate the impact of a statewide program aimed at better aligning K-12 to higher education and improving college readiness. We replicate an earlier study focused on the effects of this program at one campus by employing detailed administrative data on the census of California students that enroll at all twenty-three campuses…
Descriptors: High School Students, Undergraduate Students, College Readiness, School Transition
Association of American Universities, 2017
In September 2011, the Association of American Universities launched a major initiative to improve undergraduate STEM education. The overall objective was to influence the culture of STEM departments at AAU institutions so that faculty members are encouraged and supported to use teaching practices proven by research to be effective in engaging…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Undergraduate Students, STEM Education, Educational Change
Business-Higher Education Forum, 2013
This is the first in a series of Business-Higher Education Forum (BHEF) playbooks intended to assist companies, higher education institutions, private philanthropies, membership associations, professional societies, government agencies, and other stakeholders seeking to understand the potential value of investing in coordinated strategic,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Labor Force Development, Partnerships in Education, Academic Persistence
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Allen, Mahalley D.; Parker, Sally A.; DeLorenzo, Teodora C. – Journal of Political Science Education, 2012
The Community Legal Information Center (CLIC) of California State University, Chico, provides a unique civic engagement program designed to serve the legal service needs of Northern California. Founded in 1969, CLIC is now a 12-program, on-campus law clinic staffed by up to 125 undergraduate students each semester and is the most extensive…
Descriptors: Legal Education (Professions), Undergraduate Students, Law Schools, Legal Aid