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M. Garrett Delavan Ed.; Juan A. Freire Ed.; Kate Menken Ed. – Multilingual Matters, 2024
This volume proposes solutions to the gentrification of dual language, bilingual and immersion education by examining how it operates across diverse school and community contexts. It brings together studies in a number of areas including instruction, curriculum development, classroom interaction, school leadership, parent and community engagement,…
Descriptors: Immersion Programs, Bilingual Education Programs, Curriculum Development, Instructional Leadership
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Badenhausen, Richard, Ed. – National Collegiate Honors Council, 2023
"Honors Colleges in the 21st Century" contains the work of 56 authors representing 45 different institutions, which makes this the largest and most comprehensive group of honors leaders ever to appear in print together discussing honors colleges. Particularly notable is the fact that eleven of the chapters are co-authored by individuals…
Descriptors: Honors Curriculum, College Students, Public Colleges, Private Colleges
Platt, C. Spencer, Ed.; Hilton, Adriel, Ed.; Newman, Christopher, Ed.; Hinnant-Crawford, Brandi, Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2020
As the educational landscape of America continues to evolve and diversify, college faculty and administrators must be cutting edge in their approaches to create a variety of educational experiences with a greater level of multicultural cognizance. Unlike in previous generations, higher education in the 21st Century is no longer a luxury reserved…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Higher Education, Access to Education, Equal Education
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Arday, Jason, Ed.; Mirza, Heidi Safia, Ed. – Palgrave Macmillan, 2018
This book reveals the roots of structural racism that limit social mobility and equality within Britain for Black and ethnicised students and academics in its inherently white Higher Education institutions. It brings together both established and emerging scholars in the fields of Race and Education to explore what institutional racism in British…
Descriptors: Race, Higher Education, Racial Discrimination, Racial Bias
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Malveaux, Gregory F., Ed.; Raby, Rosalind Latiner, Ed. – IGI Global, 2019
Community colleges serve more students than any other institutional type in the United States, and internationalization is an inherent component of community colleges that advances student knowledge, facilitates student success, and serves the needs of local communities. As most community college students do not enroll in four-year institutions,…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Risk Management
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Gasman, Marybeth, Ed.; Samayoa, Andrés Castro, Ed.; Nettles, Michael, Ed. – ETS Research Report Series, 2017
Although minority-serving institutions (MSIs) educate nearly one fifth of the nation's college students, there is to date little research on MSI's return on investment (ROI). To address this, the University of Pennsylvania and Educational Testing Service commissioned four papers focusing on the ROI for MSIs, which were presented originally in…
Descriptors: Minority Group Students, Higher Education, Outcomes of Education, Hispanic American Students
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Perna, Laura W., Ed. – Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research, 2020
Published annually since 1985, the Handbook series provides a compendium of thorough and integrative literature reviews on a diverse array of topics of interest to the higher education scholarly and policy communities. Each annual volume contains chapters that discuss salient dimensions of scholarly and policy inquiries on topics pertaining to…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Research, First Generation College Students, Hispanic American Students
Brown, Thomas, Ed.; King, Margaret C., Ed.; Stanley, Patricia, Ed. – National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, 2011
For the past three decades, American higher education has paid increasing attention to the beginning college experience--to ensuring that entering students make a successful transition to college. Yet, much of the extant research and practice literature focuses on the experience of first-year students entering four-year colleges and universities.…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Community Colleges, Reading Programs, Academic Achievement
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Paulsen, Michael B., Ed. – Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research, 2014
Published annually since 1985, the Handbook series provides a compendium of thorough and integrative literature reviews on a diverse array of topics of interest to the higher education scholarly and policy communities. Each chapter provides a comprehensive review of research findings on a selected topic, critiques the research literature in terms…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Research, College Faculty, Activism
Spikes, W. Franklin, Ed. – 1980
The university and the inner city is examined in this collection of papers. Chapters include: Establishing an Urban Commuter University: The Need for Community (Reynold Feldman and Barbara Hursh); Adult and Community Education: Mobilizing the Resources of the City (Roger Hiemstra); The Arts and Humanities in an Urban Environment (Neil Rudin);…
Descriptors: Adult Education, College Role, Community Education, Community Schools
Texas Association for Community Service and Continuing Education. – 1990
This volume contains papers of interest to Texas Association for Community Service and Continuing Education (TACSCE) members. The editorial, "Planning to Fail" (Silvia Lesko), emphasizes the importance of strategic planning. A perspective paper, titled "Continuing Education as a Vehicle for Economic Development and/or Recovery"…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Community Education, Community Services, Continuing Education
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Leslie, W. Bruce, Ed.; Clark, John B., Ed.; O'Brien, Kenneth P., Ed. – SUNY Press, 2010
The State University of New York is America's largest comprehensive public university system, with sixty-four campuses, including community colleges, colleges of technology, university colleges, research universities, medical schools, academic medical centers, and specialized campuses in fields as diverse as optometry, ceramics, horticulture,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Planning, Equal Education, Research Universities
Dennison, John D., Ed. – 1996
This publication is part of a series that reprints articles on a range of thematic issues published in the "Canadian Journal of Higher Education." This collection focuses on community colleges in Canada. Although the community college sector has been evolving in Canada for almost 40 years, community colleges have received only limited…
Descriptors: College Students, Community Colleges, Cooperation, Educational Change
Florida State Board of Community Colleges, Tallahassee. – 2000
The document is a compilation of Fast Facts on a wide range of issues affecting the Florida Community College System (FCCS) and higher education in general. It uses data extracted from a federal publication entitled "Answers in the Tool Box." Some of the topics that are addressed are as follows: important variables for student…
Descriptors: College Students, Community Colleges, Educational Finance, Educational Trends
Kangas, Jon; Budros, Kathleen; Yoshioka, Joyce – 2000
This document is a collection of one-page summaries that analyze student demographic data and regional trends with respect to their implications for the strategic planning process at San Jose/Evergreen Community College District (California). Issues addressed include survival skills for the 21st century, working students, Silicon Valley 2010,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Planning, Enrollment, Environmental Scanning
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