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Karp, Melinda; Ackerson, Sara; Cheng, I-Fang; Cocatre-Zilgien, Emma; Costelloe, Sarah; Freeman, Brian; Lemire, Sebastian; Linderman, Donna; McFarlane, Brett; Moulton, Shawn; O'Shea, Joe; Porowski, Allan; Richburg-Hayes, Lashawn – What Works Clearinghouse, 2021
Students enter postsecondary institutions to change their lives in some way, with degree pursuits providing opportunities to grow academically, socially, and professionally. However, significant numbers of students are unable to meet the goals they had set for themselves when they entered college. Developed by the What Works Clearinghouseâ„¢ (WWC)…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Academic Advising, College Students, College Faculty
Bailey, Thomas; Jaggars, Shanna Smith; Jenkins, Davis – Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2015
A growing number of community colleges and four-year universities are seeking to improve student outcomes by redesigning academic programs and student support services following the guided pathways approach. These institutions are mapping out highly structured, educationally coherent program pathways for students to follow by starting with the end…
Descriptors: Case Studies, State Colleges, Student Attrition, College Students
Arendale, David R., Ed.; Lilly, Mary, Ed. – Online Submission, 2014
The Peer Assisted Learning (PAL) program at the University of Minnesota is a primary academic support program for historically difficult, introductory college courses that serve as gatekeepers to academic degree programs. This document is the training manual used for the new PAL facilitators that manage the small study groups. Based upon operating…
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, College Students, Facilitators (Individuals), Cooperative Learning