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Institute for Women's Policy Research, 2021
Head Start, the largest early learning program in the United States, provides free federally funded, high-quality early learning for children alongside wraparound supports for parents. Its mission includes helping families achieve self-sufficiency and economic security, such as by helping parents access and succeed in college and workforce…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Preschool Education, Disadvantaged Youth, College School Cooperation
Cruse, Lindsey Reichlin; Holtzman, Tessa – Institute for Women's Policy Research, 2020
Head Start provides access to high-quality, affordable early learning opportunities for children alongside wraparound supports for parents which can help families achieve economic security by helping to facilitate parents' attainment of college credentials. Head Start-college collaboration can also bring important benefits to colleges and…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Preschool Education, Disadvantaged Youth, College School Cooperation
Achieving the Dream, 2018
Helping more students achieve their dreams involves identifying a wider set of student needs--including financial challenges and family responsibilities--and offering redesigned support services to meet them holistically. This holistic student supports approach emphasizes the need for colleges to redefine the way they understand, design, integrate…
Descriptors: Holistic Approach, Program Design, College Programs, Academic Support Services
Welbeck, Rashida; Ware, Michelle; Cerna, Oscar; Valenzuela, Ireri – MDRC, 2014
Difficulties in paying for college and in maintaining good academic performance are two major hurdles to college graduation for low-income students. In recent years, state and federal budgets for postsecondary education have been cut significantly, limiting the options policymakers, education leaders, and communities have to improve rates of…
Descriptors: Technical Assistance, Guidelines, Guides, Performance Contracts
Todd, Barbara Tipsord, Ed. – 1993
This volume discusses the ways to get college students involved in helping advance their college both before and after graduation. The book's five sections contain papers on student advancement programs, their focus and structure, advising student advancement programs, programs and events, and preparing for the future. Paper titles are: (1)…
Descriptors: Alumni, College Administration, College Students, Higher Education
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Hutchinson, Bruce – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 1984
Suggestions for developing an intramural triathlon consisting of a 1000-yard swim, 15-mile bike ride, and 5-mile run are presented in this article. Topics to consider when organizing this event include course selection, publicity, personnel, equipment, and awards. (DF)
Descriptors: Bicycling, College Faculty, College Students, Higher Education
Fisher, Vicki Domina; Sartorelli, Mary Beth – Campus Activities Programming, 1992
A proposed model for college student leadership training, based on the emergent paradigm, accommodates the diversity of both traditional and nontraditional student populations while meeting various student needs. The model builds involvement, sense of belonging, and self-esteem. It can also be applied in the planning of other programs. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Extracurricular Activities, Higher Education
Floerchinger, Debra S.; Ward, Teresa J. – 1988
Women's drinking patterns continue to change in society and on campus. Recent studies have indicated that heavy drinking has more than doubled among female college students in the last decade. The number of female drinkers closely resembles the number of male drinkers during the college years. Women who drink heavily face special social and…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Alcoholic Beverages, Behavior Patterns, College Students
Rogers-Stephen, Judy – 1984
This manual, developed for college counseling services, outlines the design and administration of the Academic Probation Program at the University of Arkansas. An overview of the individualized program, which focuses on academic coping skills, and guidelines for the seven stages of implementation are given, including orientation, the initial…
Descriptors: Academic Probation, College Students, Coping, Counseling Services
Whitham, Michele; Erdynast, Albert – 1982
The application of structural-developmental theory to experiential education practice is discussed. The theory is based on the concept of stages, which are structurally whole, internally consistent systems of thought that organize the individual's understanding of, feelings toward, and actions on the world. Stage theory presents the image of an…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, College Students, Developmental Stages, Experiential Learning
Meabon, David L., Ed.; Otto, Ann M., Ed. – 1981
This training manual for educational counselors, administrators, and faculty involved with placement services (assistance to school graduates or leavers in obtaining employment or further education) and follow-up studies (examination of the performance of former students in the areas in which they received training) is part of a Florida Department…
Descriptors: Administrators, College Students, Communication Skills, Community Colleges
Pollack, Rachel H. – Currents, 1998
Ideas are offered for targeting groups in college and university fund raising, including reunion class giving, using volunteers, soliciting parent giving, asking faculty and staff to give, and helping students establish an early giving habit. Specific solicitation strategies are provided for each group. (MSE)
Descriptors: Alumni, College Administration, College Faculty, College Students
Arminio, Jan – Campus Activities Programming, 1993
Theories of cognitive, racial identity, affective, psychological, and moral development can be helpful in designing college student leadership training programs. Course design must take a variety of learning styles into consideration so as many students as possible can successfully understand the material and integrate it into their leadership…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Style, College Students, Extracurricular Activities
White, Deborah H. – Campus Activities Programming, 1994
Ways in which colleges can involve their students in voluntary community service programs are outlined, and development of campus service programs is discussed. The program at East Tennessee State University is offered as illustration. A list of community service resource organizations, with addresses, is included. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Students, Extracurricular Activities, Higher Education, Organizations (Groups)
Wilson, Lizabeth A. – 1985
This paper opens with a brief description of three administrative options for implementing bibliographic instruction programs for college level students: (1) composition instructors teach their students research methods without working with librarians; (2) librarians offer separate library skills courses to the general student body; and (3)…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Students, Higher Education, Library Administration
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