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The Impact of Participation in STEM Outreach on Persistence of Diverse Students in Physics, Math, and Engineering
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Joey Shapiro Key; Linda Simonsen; Cara Margherio – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2024
The STEM Public Outreach Team (SPOT) at the University of Washington Bothell (UWB) provides training and community building opportunities for diverse STEM students that impact their persistence in STEM majors and careers. The University of Washington Center for Evaluation and Research for STEM Equity (CERSE) evaluated the experiences of SPOT…
Descriptors: STEM Education, STEM Careers, Outreach Programs, College Students
Curriculum Mapping: A Before-and-After Look at Faculty Perceptions of Their Courses and the Mapping Process
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Joyner, Helen S. – Journal of Food Science Education, 2016
The increased interest in program- and university-level assessment over the past few decades has led to increased faculty involvement in developing program learning outcomes and performing program assessment activities. Depending on the level of support and encouragement faculty receive from administration and other entities, they may support or…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Curriculum Evaluation, Concept Mapping
Regionalization of the Washington State University Extension 4-H Youth Development Program: Employee Awareness, Buy-In, and Communication
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White, Alison J.; Teuteberg, Dan – Journal of Extension, 2015
Washington's 4-H program is transitioning from a predominately single-county faculty model to a regional system. This article highlights survey results regarding the level of awareness and buy-in that Extension administration, faculty, and staff have concerning the regional model and how communication about the model took place. While most…
Descriptors: Regional Programs, Youth Programs, Youth Opportunities, Extension Education
Outcomes-Based Funding and Stakeholder Engagement. Lumina Issue Papers
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Kadlec, Alison; Shelton, Susan – Lumina Foundation for Education, 2015
This paper examines the key aspects of stakeholder engagement that can strengthen the design, implementation and sustainability of outcomes-based funding policies. We seek to help policymakers understand the prevailing starting-point attitudes of institutional stakeholders, primarily college and university administrators, faculty and staff, and…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Outcome Based Education, Stakeholders, Private Financial Support
Integrating Basic Skills and Career-Technical Instruction: Findings from a Field Study of Washington State's I-BEST Model
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Wachen, John; Jenkins, Davis; Van Noy, Michelle – Community College Review, 2011
The federal government and private foundations for education have established postsecondary credential completion as a national imperative. Washington State's Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training (I-BEST) model was developed to increase the rate at which basic skills students advance to and succeed in college-level occupational programs,…
Descriptors: Evidence, Technical Education, Basic Skills, Career Education
Formative Evaluation of the Student Achievement Initiative "Learning Year"
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Jenkins, Davis; Ellwein, Todd; Boswell, Katherine – Community College Research Center, Columbia University, 2009
In September 2007, the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC) officially launched the Student Achievement Initiative, a system-wide policy to reward colleges for improvements in student achievement. Developed by a task force comprised of State Board members, college trustees, presidents, and faculty representatives,…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Program Evaluation, Academic Achievement, Student Improvement