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Direct linkCarmen L. Araoz, Editor – ITHAKA S+R, 2025
The American Talent Initiative's Student Success Research Grant Program supported research studies aimed at deepening our understanding of the institutional practices and strategies that can improve student success at high-graduation-rate institutions. The findings will offer actionable recommendations for supporting lower-income students, while…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Educational Practices, Educational Strategies
Peer reviewedIfenthaler, Dirk, Ed.; Isaías, Pedro, Ed.; Sampson, Demetrios G., Ed. – Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age, 2022
This volume focuses on the implications of digital technologies for educators and educational decision makers that are not widely represented in the literature. The chapters contained in the volume are based on the presentations at the 2020 edition of the CELDA conference and cover multiple developments in the field such as deploying learning…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Electronic Learning, Technology Integration, Teaching Methods
Baca, Isabel, Ed.; Hinojosa, Yndalecio Isaac, Ed.; Murphy, Susan Wolff, Ed. – SUNY Press, 2019
"Bordered Writers" explores how writing program administrators and faculty at Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) are transforming the teaching of writing to be more inclusive and foster Latinx student success. Like its 2007 predecessor, "Teaching Writing with Latino/a Students", this collection contributes to ongoing…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, College Students, Racial Composition, Culturally Relevant Education
Download full textKolvitz, Marcia, Ed. – 1996
These four conference papers from the Biennial Conference on Postsecondary Education for Persons who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing focus on transitioning from high school to college. The first paper, "Transitioning Collaboration with Schools and Vocational Rehabilitation" (Catherine Wilson and Wayne Giese), describes the North Carolina…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, College School Cooperation, College Students, Deafness
National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL), Harvard University, 2004
"Focus on Basics" is the quarterly publication of the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy. It presents best practices, current research on adult learning and literacy, and how research is used by adult basic education teachers, counselors, program administrators, and policymakers. "Focus on Basics" is dedicated to…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Skills, Transitional Programs, Adult Basic Education, Academic Discourse
Hale, Frank W., Jr., Ed. – Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2006
To their disadvantage, few Americans--and few in higher education--know much about the successes of historically Black colleges and universities. How is it that historically Black colleges graduate so many low-income and academically poorly prepared students? How do they manage to do so well with students "as they are", even when…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, African American Students, College Students, Academic Achievement
Kolvitz, Marcia, Ed. – 1996
These six conference papers from the Biennial Conference on Postsecondary Education for Persons who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing focus on serving nontraditional students with deafness or hard of hearing. The first paper, "Helping Minority Individuals Navigate through Successful School and Work Transitions" (Glenn B. Anderson and Susan K. McGee),…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Career Development, College Students, Cultural Differences
National Center for the Study of Postsecondary Educational Supports, Honolulu, HI. – 2001
This document collects 23 study proposal briefs presented to the National Center for the Study of Postsecondary Educational Supports. The proposals address the following topics concerned with postsecondary services for students with disabilities: cultural empowerment, longitudinal analysis of postsecondary students' experience, effective models of…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, College Students, Delivery Systems, Disabilities
Walling, Linda Lucas, Ed. – 1996
This monograph presents 11 papers which bring together information to help administrators, faculty, and staff in institutions of higher education better understand the needs of college freshmen and other new students with disabilities, including ways to meet those needs and the legal requirements which affect decision-making about service…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Education, Assistive Devices (for Disabled), College Freshmen
Patton, James R., Ed.; Polloway, Edward A., Ed. – 1996
This collection of 13 essays focuses on the many challenges that adults with learning disabilities face in educational, work, and social settings. The essays are: (1) "Adults with Learning Disabilities: An Emerging Area of Professional Interest and Public Attention" (James R. Patton and Edward A. Polloway); (2) "Adult Development Theories: An…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Adult Development, Adults
Lundell, Dana B., Ed.; Higbee, Jeanne L., Ed.; Duranczyk, Irene M., Ed.; Goff, Emily, Ed. – Center for Research on Developmental Education and Urban Literacy, University of Minnesota, 2007
This monograph consists of 13 chapters featuring a diverse range of perspectives centralizing student standpoints about their experiences in higher education and access programs. Chapter 1, "Student Perspectives on College Readiness" (Jeanne L. Higbee), provides the results of a survey of developmental education students regarding college…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Higher Education, Writing (Composition), Academic Achievement
Gerber, Paul J., Ed.; Brown, Dale S., Ed. – 1997
This book provides information on preparing individuals with learning disabilities for the challenges of employment and outlines the rights of those with learning disabilities in the workplace. Introductory chapters in Part 1 include: "Life after School: Challenges in the Workplace" (Paul J. Gerber); "The New Economy in the 21st…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Adjustment (to Environment), Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Attitudes toward Disabilities
Kolvitz, Marcia, Ed. – 1996
This collection of conference papers centers on eight major subjects: (1) different perspectives of change; (2) transitioning from high school to college; (3) academic issues; (4) enhancing support services; (5) student life issues; (6) nontraditional and underserved students; (7) career planning and placement strategies; and (8) staff development…
Descriptors: Career Development, Civil Rights Legislation, College Environment, College Students
