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Dmochowski, Jane Ellen; Garofalo, Dan; Fisher, Sarah; Greene, Ann; Gambogi, Danielle – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2016
Purpose: Colleges and universities increasingly have the mandate and motivation to integrate sustainability into their curricula. The purpose of this paper is to share the strategy used at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) and provide an evaluation of its success and guidance to others creating similar programs. Design/methodology/approach:…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Integrated Curriculum, Undergraduate Students, Course Content
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Oest, Jess; McGinty, Jacqueline – American Association for Adult and Continuing Education, 2021
Social isolation and loneliness are important issues for older adults. This paper discusses a program called NeverTechLate (NTL) that was created to combat these issues by providing digital literacy education and by promoting the use of tablets and video conferencing technology to empower older adults. This program involved using the feedback from…
Descriptors: Social Isolation, Technological Literacy, Older Adults, Videoconferencing
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Frohlich, Dennis Owen; Magolis, David – Journal of Media Literacy Education, 2020
The field of mass communication is constantly undergoing change and development, and the pace has accelerated with the advent of digital technologies. One challenge educators face is: how do we educate college students not just for today's careers, but also for lifelong competencies with media? Against this backdrop, the Department of Media and…
Descriptors: Media Literacy, Curriculum Development, Departments, Universities
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Morgan, Steve – Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 2015
The fall 2014 entering honors class as Westminster College was drawn from the largest applicant pool in the program's almost three-decade history. Far from focusing on perks, 68% of these entering students claimed it was the interesting honors curriculum that caused them to submit an application. As for the larger applicant pool itself, the top…
Descriptors: Honors Curriculum, Program Descriptions, Educational Opportunities, College Programs
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Taylor, Paul T. – PRIMUS, 2014
Many institutions wish to offer a path for students pursuing actuarial careers but lack the student demand to offer new courses or hire additional faculty. Fortunately, a program training students to enter the profession can often be constructed using existing courses and well-informed advising.
Descriptors: Educational Resources, Program Development, Program Descriptions, Risk Assessment
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Fillebrown, Sandra – PRIMUS, 2013
Saint Joseph's University, a small comprehensive university, implemented a one-credit capstone project for the mathematics major beginning in 2002. After expansion to three credits in 2007, the capstone, although successful, had unintended consequences. In 2010, for both programmatic and practical reasons, the department decided to remove the…
Descriptors: Mathematics Curriculum, Mathematics Education, Majors (Students), College Programs
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Gray, Simon; Coates, Lee; Fraser, Ann; Pierce, Pam – New Directions for Higher Education, 2015
This chapter describes consortial efforts within the Great Lakes Colleges Association to share expertise and programming to build research skills throughout the undergraduate curriculum. Strategies to scaffold research skill development are provided from Allegheny College, Kalamazoo College, and The College of Wooster.
Descriptors: Research Skills, Undergraduate Study, College Curriculum, Skill Development
Forbes, Leighann S. – Metropolitan Universities, 2010
Gannon University, located in downtown Erie, Pennsylvania, created a middle level teacher preparation curriculum focused on sustainability. After reviewing the literature about learning, teacher preparation, and barriers to campus greening, the article describes how Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) was integrated into the middle level…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Sustainable Development, Middle Schools, Teacher Education Curriculum
Schmidt, Lauren Chism, Ed.; Graziano, Janine, Ed. – National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, 2016
Over the years, a number of interventions aimed at increasing student engagement and performance have been implemented in higher education. Some of these, labeled high-impact practices (HIPs), when done well, have led to documented evidence of student success. Two approaches that have been identified as HIPs--first-year seminars and learning…
Descriptors: First Year Seminars, Communities of Practice, Universities, Two Year Colleges
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Dean, Kevin W.; Jendzurski, Michael B. – Honors in Practice, 2013
Many study abroad experiences offer opportunities for a broadened global perspective gleaned from interpersonal engagement with cultural others in an international setting. Unfortunately, and far too often, the campus majority who do not have this firsthand travel experience remain disengaged and might feel excluded. This article contends that…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Intercultural Communication, Cultural Awareness, Partnerships in Education
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Donnay, Victor J. – PRIMUS, 2013
We describe a college math course and summer research project in which students used their math skills to analyze sustainability issues on campus and in the wider community and how these projects contributed to bringing about change in the community. Staff members at the college played an important role in developing and supervising the student…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Service Learning, Mathematics Education, Campuses
Rust, Frances; Bergey, NancyLee – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2014
In this article, the authors' intent is to focus in on one elementary teacher education program and, specifically, on the ways in which that program has grappled with and continues to grapple with the questions of whether and how teacher education works relative to the claim that this is a program committed to social justice and designed to…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs, Educational Practices
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Herz, Lori; Russo, M. Jean; Ou-Yang, H. Daniel; El-Aasser, Mohamed; Jagota, Anand; Tatic-Lucic, Svetlana; Ochs, John – Advances in Engineering Education, 2011
The undergraduate Bioengineering Program at Lehigh University was established as part of the university's Bioscience and Biotechnology Initiative with support from the National Science Foundation through a grant from its Division of Engineering Education and Centers (EEC). The objective here is to describe the program development and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Engineering Education, Biotechnology, Program Descriptions
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D'Angelo, Frank; Zemanick, Robert – Preventing School Failure, 2009
Today's adolescent learners are more diverse than ever in terms of their backgrounds, interests, learning styles, and motivations. Thus, school officials must address these differences by thinking outside of the box and creating alternative education settings that acknowledge the fact that not everyone can learn in the traditional classroom…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Nontraditional Education, Teaching Methods, Adolescents
Cohen, Mary Riggs – Brookes Publishing Company, 2011
All adults need strong social skills to find and keep a job, establish relationships, and participate fully in adult life--but building these skills can be a special challenge for people with autism, Asperger syndrome, nonverbal learning disorder, social anxiety, and other disorders affecting social learning. Give them the essential support they…
Descriptors: Socialization, Seminars, Autism, Asperger Syndrome
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