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Completion Grants: A Multi-Method Examination of Institutional Practice
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Goldrick-Rab, Sara; York, Travis; Cady, Clare; Baker-Smith, Christy – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 2021
Public universities are intent on increasing degree completion for many reasons. A stronger policy focus on completion and interest in removing students' financial hurdles has led to a rapid proliferation of completion grant programs. This paper reports on a mixed-method implementation study of completion grant programs at seven broad- and…
Descriptors: Public Colleges, Graduation, Grants, Student Financial Aid
Completion Grants: A Multi-Method Examination of Institutional Practice
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Goldrick-Rab, Sara; York, Travis; Cady, Clare; Baker-Smith, E. Christine – Grantee Submission, 2020
Purpose: Public universities are intent on increasing degree completion for many reasons. A stronger policy focus on completion and interest in removing students' financial hurdles has led to a rapid proliferation of completion grant programs. This paper reports on a mixed method implementation study of completion grant programs at seven broad-…
Descriptors: Public Colleges, Graduation, Grants, Student Financial Aid
Including an Exam P/1 Prep Course in a Growing Actuarial Science Program
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Wakefield, Thomas P. – PRIMUS, 2014
The purpose of this article is to describe the actuarial science program at our university and the development of a course to enhance students' problem solving skills while preparing them for Exam P/1 of the Society of Actuaries (SOA) and the Casualty Actuary Society (CAS). The Exam P/1 prep course, formally titled Mathematical Foundations of…
Descriptors: Science Curriculum, Curriculum Enrichment, Test Preparation, Risk Assessment
Preparing University Students to Lead K-12 Engineering Outreach Programmes: A Design Experiment
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Anthony, Anika B.; Greene, Howard; Post, Paul E.; Parkhurst, Andrew; Zhan, Xi – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2016
This paper describes an engineering outreach programme designed to increase the interest of under-represented youth in engineering and to disseminate pre-engineering design challenge materials to K-12 educators and volunteers. Given university students' critical role as facilitators of the outreach programme, researchers conducted a two-year…
Descriptors: College Students, Outreach Programs, Program Descriptions, Engineering Education
Franco-American Teachers-in-Training: A Study of Best Practices in Teaching and Studying Abroad
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Colville-Hall, Susan; Adamowicz-Hariasz, Maria; Sidorova, Vladislava; Engelking, Tama – Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 2011
Study abroad is generally recognized as a transformational experience for university students to help prepare them to be what many in higher education are now calling "global citizens." Responding to the need to prepare citizens for the interconnected global world of the 21st century, K-12 educators recently established new standards and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cultural Pluralism, Student Teaching, Teaching Experience
Taking Reading/Writing Workshops to New Heights.
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Fuller, Mary; Pettitt, Ruth – Middle School Journal, 2003
Describes an online exchange project between middle school students and college English Education majors being introduced to middle school language arts teaching. Specifically details: (1) preparation for an online exchange; (2) goals for the project; (3) the exchange going online; (4) questions college students asked; (5) what all the students…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, College Students, Computer Uses in Education, Computers