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Soito, Laura; Jankowski, Amy – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2023
The abundance of library associations provides many choices to academic librarians about where and how to belong. This exploratory article identifies and compares benefits of library professional organizations through content analysis of the groups' websites. Examination of the benefits described on the websites of 76 organizations indicates that…
Descriptors: Sense of Community, Comparative Analysis, Professional Associations, Group Membership
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Saxon, D. Patrick – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2017
Developmental education is often criticized for its expense. Some believe that it represents a failure of secondary education and is, therefore, a redundant expense. Others believe that developmental education serves a vital role in preparing students for college and is, therefore, a necessary expense. This article provides a review of the…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Cost Effectiveness, Developmental Programs, Input Output Analysis
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Prest, Anita – Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education, 2016
In recent years, an increasing number of researchers have chosen to examine various sociological dimensions of music education (e.g., inclusion, civic engagement) through the lens of social capital. Yet, there has been no systematic discussion of the capacity and limitations of this conceptual framework to shed light on these sociological…
Descriptors: Social Capital, Music Education, Educational Research, Literature Reviews