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Boucher, Kathryn; Murphy, Mary; Bartell, Denise; Smail, John; Logel, Christine; Danek, Jennifer – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2021
Equity gaps in students' experiences and academic outcomes often exist in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) college courses, particularly early prerequisite courses. The Student Experience Project (SEP) is a collaboration between college instructors, university leaders, and national education and improvement organizations to…
Descriptors: Student Experience, Equal Education, STEM Education, Achievement Gap
McKay, Heather A.; Douglas, Daniel – Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, 2020
This brief is part of a broad landscape analysis focused on policy and practice issues related to the recognition of prior learning. The landscape analysis focuses on issues arising in the practice of the recognition of prior learning, policies that encourage or limit its adoption, and key research needs and future directions for the field. This…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Community Colleges, Recognition (Achievement), College Credits
Rogers, Sally J.; Stahmer, Aubyn; Talbott, Meagan; Young, Gregory; Fuller, Elizabeth; Pellecchia, Melanie; Barber, Angela; Griffith, Elizabeth – Grantee Submission, 2022
Background: This implementation feasibility study was conducted to determine whether an evidence-based parent-implemented distance-learning intervention model for young children at high likelihood of having ASD could be implemented at fidelity by Part C community providers and by parents in low-resource communities. Methods: The study used a…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Distance Education
Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center, 2022
This briefing paper explores Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health (IECMH) policies and practices that state early intervention (Part C) programs may consider implementing to meet the social-emotional and mental health needs of infants and toddlers in the context of relationships with their parents and other caregivers.
Descriptors: Mental Health, Social Development, Emotional Development, Infants
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Hallett, Geneva; Strain, Phillip S.; Smith, Barbara J.; Barton, Erin E.; Steed, Elizabeth A.; Kranski, Tessa A. – Young Exceptional Children, 2019
The Pyramid Model for Supporting Social Emotional Competence in Infants and Young Children (Hemmeter, Fox, & Snyder, 2013), or the Pyramid Model, is a conceptual framework focused on systemic and sustained implementation of evidence-based practices (EBP) related to promoting social emotional competence and preventing challenging behaviors in…
Descriptors: Positive Behavior Supports, Evidence Based Practice, Models, Social Development
Nowicki, Jacqueline M. – US Government Accountability Office, 2019
About 13 percent of children aged 3 through 21 enrolled in public schools received special education services in school year 2015-16, and about 3 percent of children from birth through age 2 received special education services. Concerns about the difficulties identifying and evaluating children for special education have been raised by the media,…
Descriptors: Special Education, Preschool Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Disability Identification
Mendelsberg, Scott – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) is a federal program aimed at equalizing access to higher education for low-income students. GEAR UP, created in 1998, attempts to provide information and support about higher education to students beginning no later than the seventh grade while promoting lasting…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Equal Education, Low Income Groups, Undergraduate Students
Davis, Kathleen S. – 1997
The Foothills City Youth Club (Colorado) is a nonprofit organization in an urban community at the base of the Rocky Mountains. Most of the children it serves are disadvantaged, and the club's membership is racially and ethnically diverse. The present youth club was formed when two youth organizations, viewed as similar in mission and practice, but…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Disadvantaged Youth, Economic Factors, Elementary Secondary Education
Goggans, E. Patricia; Lawrence, Dorothy – 1980
This document is one of three publications designed to establish guidelines for the elimination of sex bias and sex stereotyping and the establishment of sex fairness in vocational education programs in Colorado. Intended as a general reference, it provides background information about the problem and supplies a rationale for the institution of…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Affirmative Action, Definitions, Employed Women