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Jackson, Robyn – Educational Leadership, 2022
School improvement plans based on a year-long cycle are problematic; this approach often leads to efforts toward improvement being frustrated and goals not being met. Jackson explains why creating a 90-day plan focused on attacking one root problem at a time leads to greater improvement, giving an example of a struggling school she helped improve…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Educational Planning, Program Length, Goal Orientation
Waters, Johanna L. – British Educational Research Journal, 2023
This paper reflects on the importance of 'time spent' in understanding the international student experience. Short-term mobility programmes (involving stays of between 1 week and 2 months) attracting less privileged students, such as the relatively new Turing Scheme in the United Kingdom, have been hailed as a potential 'solution' to the fact…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Undergraduate Students, Foreign Countries, Educational Experience
Hadden, M. Kyle; Zaino, Angela M. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2020
The Pre-College Summer Program at the University of Connecticut is designed to introduce upper-level high school students (rising juniors and seniors) to college life by allowing them to live on campus for a week while taking a college-level course. Within the context of this program, we developed a class designed to introduce high school students…
Descriptors: High School Students, Program Length, Organic Chemistry, Pharmacology
Jones, Irma S.; Blankenship, Dianna – Research in Higher Education Journal, 2020
This paper will describe the reflections of doctoral students as they complete their first experience of formal mentoring and examine what they discovered about the process and rigors of mentoring adults. Goals and objectives were negotiated and a formal written agreement describing trust, communication, time expectations and constraints,…
Descriptors: Mentors, Doctoral Students, Professional Development, Career Development
West, Justin J. – General Music Today, 2019
Short-term or "one shot" professional development experiences are sometimes deemed less effective because they lack mechanisms for deep and ongoing engagement. Using the music conference as an example, I outline a simple framework on how music teachers might nevertheless use short-term professional development experiences as an impetus…
Descriptors: Music Teachers, Faculty Development, Program Length, Lifelong Learning
Page, Brian; Wee, Bryan; Chen, Yi-Chia; Schmit, Ayn – Geography Teacher, 2021
In 2011, the authors developed a new study abroad course in China as part of the University of Colorado Denver Global Study program. The program focused on short-term, intensive, international field study conducted during the three-week break period between the spring and summer semesters. The course, "Sustainability Along the Yangtze,"…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Environmental Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Water Pollution
Rose, John – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2020
The Short-Term Programs department at the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired (TSBVI) offers week-long and weekend classes during the school year for students with visual impairments who are on or close to grade level. Students primarily come to these programs for direct instruction in specific areas of the expanded core curriculum…
Descriptors: Videoconferencing, Delivery Systems, Visual Impairments, Distance Education
Turner, Jennifer – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2019
In spring of 2019, the author traveled to Kolkata, India, to work with the staff of the Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation, academic and public librarians, and library and information science students under a Fulbright Specialist grant. This article describes the Fulbright Specialist Program, provides information about the application process,…
Descriptors: Librarians, Program Length, Foreign Countries, Grants
Boehm, Rodney – Advances in Engineering Education, 2020
Entrepreneurial skills are being sought by companies as they consider college graduates, particularly engineers, for future employment. Technical skills have become the baseline while the ability to apply these skills in a business environment has become a key differentiator in the value of employees in corporate environments. To address this need…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Entrepreneurship, Design, Extracurricular Activities
Tovar, Lynn Atkinson; Misischia, Cynthia – Research in Higher Education Journal, 2020
In developing college short term travel programs whether domestic or abroad it is essential for faculty to recognize the obstacles and challenges to ensure an enriching experience for students. Experiential learning was the guiding principle to teaching the curriculum; however, civility and respect became a lens in which to examine the qualitative…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Program Length, Travel, Faculty Development
Ryder, Elizabeth F.; Morgan, William R.; Sierk, Michael; Donovan, Samuel S.; Robertson, Sabrina D.; Orndorf, Hayley C.; Rosenwald, Anne G.; Triplett, Eric W.; Dinsdale, Elizabeth; Pauley, Mark A.; Tapprich, William E. – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2020
While it is essential for life science students to be trained in modern techniques and approaches, rapidly developing, interdisciplinary fields such as bioinformatics present distinct challenges to undergraduate educators. In particular, many educators lack training in new fields, and high-quality teaching and learning materials may be sparse. To…
Descriptors: Information Science, Open Educational Resources, Science Education, Biological Sciences
Landry-Meyer, Laura; Bae, Su Yun; Zibbel, John; Peet, Susan; Wooldridge, Deborah G. – International Journal of Adult Vocational Education and Technology, 2019
The aim of this article is to connect transformative learning theory with the practice of teaching in higher education. Connecting theory to effective active learning pedagogy is good practice in teaching adults, andragogy. Using transformative learning theory as a guide, this article describes the historical evolution of transformative learning…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Theory Practice Relationship, Educational Practices, Active Learning
Walker, Karla – COABE Journal: The Resource for Adult Education, 2019
In this article Karla Walker describes how her division developed new curriculum to help adults earn their High School Equivalency Diplomas (HSEDs). The division's goals were to: (1) shorten the time students took to complete the program; (2) develop transition to college or employment; (3) allow for poverty-informed decisions within the program;…
Descriptors: Team Teaching, High School Equivalency Programs, Spiral Curriculum, Program Development
DiSalvio, Philip – New England Journal of Higher Education, 2014
In this article, Philip DiSalvio, dean of the College of Advancing and Professional Studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston, interviews Stephen Trachtenberg, president emeritus and University Professor of Public Service at George Washington University. Trachtenberg shares his views on the traditional four-year undergraduate degree, the…
Descriptors: Program Length, Undergraduate Study, Bachelors Degrees, Time to Degree
Lightfoot, Elizabeth; Lee, Hee Yun – International Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives, 2015
Graduate and professional schools are increasingly using short-term international study abroad courses as one way for internationalizing their curriculum. While international service learning can be a means for improving students' engagement in international learning experiences and providing a structure for learning, it is difficult to design…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Graduate Students, Professional Education, Program Length