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Katherine K. Ellins; Lucas J. Legendre; Adam S. Papendieck; Julia A. Clarke – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2025
A recurrent theme in the geosciences is the persistent need for more student demographic diversity, especially in academic programs. A strategy to make the geosciences inclusive and motivating for one marginalized group may not succeed with another, requiring the search for new approaches. The Geoscience Ambassadors, an extracurricular program for…
Descriptors: Earth Science, Extracurricular Activities, College Programs, Undergraduate Students
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Hamilton-Hinch, Barbara-Ann; Stilwell, Christie; Manuel, Cassandra; Hutchinson, Susan; Woodford, Kimberley; Ellis, Allison – Schole: A Journal of Leisure Studies and Recreation Education, 2023
In a university context, peer assisted learning (PAL) refers to students supporting the learning of other students. While PAL is used extensively in health and medical sciences fields to enhance student learning, there are few examples of how it has been incorporated within recreation education contexts. The purpose of this study was to examine…
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Foreign Countries, Program Effectiveness, Recreation
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Hsiao-Shen Wang; Min Tseng; Shih-Hsuan Wei – Psychology in the Schools, 2024
The proportion of students studying in higher education institutions who are experiencing mental health needs is increasing and becoming a serious concern. Using participatory arts projects may be key to enabling students to maintain well-being despite the pressures inherent in their student role. Therefore, this study aimed to ascertain whether…
Descriptors: College Students, Art, Art Activities, Fine Arts
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Chiang, Tom, Jr. – Penn GSE Perspectives on Urban Education, 2022
Obtaining a college degree is positively correlated with gains in socioeconomic mobility. However, college is expensive. Given the importance of college in increasing social mobility, lawmakers have proposed eliminating student debt. Joe Biden, for example, has incorporated eliminating student debt into his presidential campaign promise. While…
Descriptors: College Programs, Student Loan Programs, Loan Repayment, Debt (Financial)
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Castedo, Sierra; Salmeri, Patrice M.; Steiker, Lori K. Holleran – New Directions for Student Services, 2020
This chapter describes two exemplary collegiate recovery programs in order to illustrate the range of variation between programs, while highlighting the common essential elements.
Descriptors: College Programs, Rehabilitation Programs, Substance Abuse, Program Effectiveness
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Deus, Newsoul – College and University, 2023
This article looks at the effects of culture on the success of disadvantaged students in higher education, and in turn, the success or effectiveness of college bridge programs. McBay (1995) contends that there is no program that completely addresses the needs of disadvantaged students, but there are lessons to be learned. With this in mind, one…
Descriptors: Integrity, College Programs, Transitional Programs, Program Effectiveness
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Watkins, Jessica – Cognition and Instruction, 2023
Teachers can play critical roles in challenging or reinscribing dominant narratives about what counts as STEM, who is seen within STEM disciplines, and how these disciplines should be taught. However, teachers have often experienced STEM in limited ways in their own education and are thereby provided with few resources for re-imagining these…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Engineering Education, Elementary School Teachers, Design
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David Powers Corwin; Casey Klemmer; Victoria Westermeyer – Journal of Women and Gender in Higher Education, 2023
This program description provides an overview of the peer-to-peer student staff model used by the Women and Gender Studies Program and Center at George Mason University. The program description lays out the unique structure of the unit, the need for this type of model, and how its structure is feminist in nature while also catering to student…
Descriptors: Womens Studies, Feminism, Gender Issues, School Personnel
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Binbin Jiang; Jeffrey Robinson; Nicholas Clegorne; Tak Cheung Chan – Educational Planning, 2025
This article explores the unique structure and challenges faced by Southeast State University's Educational Specialist (Ed.S.) and Tier II Leadership Certification programs. It highlights the effective strategies implemented to address these challenges and their positive effects on program quality and student success. The findings indicate…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Educational Administration, Certification, Educational Change
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Joseph Brobst; Elizabeth Litzler; Sura Alqudah; Jill Davishahl; Andrew G. Klein – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2025
The Engaged Engineering Program (EEP) project at ABC University is a five-year Track 2 NSF S-STEM that responds to challenges in recruiting and retaining academically talented, low-socioeconomic status students from diverse backgrounds into undergraduate engineering programs. The EEP project has successfully recruited four cohorts of Scholars and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Engineering Education, Academic Persistence, Student Diversity
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Laura E. Swann; Jonathan L. Hall; Katie Vaccaro-Garska; Samantha R. Seals; Pamela P. Benz – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2023
Undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) experiences have academic, psychological, and social challenges that require additional support to navigate. This article explains the implementation of a STEM peer coaching program designed to provide such support. Through this program, undergraduate STEM students served as…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, STEM Education, Coaching (Performance), Peer Relationship
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Yuri Lorene Hernández Fernández; Sandra Milena Palacio López; Dora Luz Delgado Gómez; Javier A. Sánchez-Torres – Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability, 2023
Environmental education has an important role in higher education institutions as it leads to understanding the importance of sustainability, thus creating a positive impact on students. This impact extends beyond the classroom, inspiring them to actively engage in environmentally responsible behaviors and become conscientious stewards of our…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Environmental Education, Sustainability, College Students
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Ni, Yongmei; Rorrer, Andrea K.; Xia, Jiangang; Pounder, Diana G.; Young, Michelle D. – Journal of Research on Leadership Education, 2023
Leadership preparation is essential in developing critical skills of effective school leaders. Educational leadership preparation programs vary greatly in terms of program features, it is important to identify which specific elements are likely associated with program quality. Using multiple years of Initiative for Systemic Program Improvement…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Leadership Training, Principals, Administrator Education
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Mihyeon Kim; Conor Dibble; Ashley Morris – Gifted Child Today, 2025
From its inception, the Center for Gifted Education at William & Mary has been committed to the education of gifted students. Dr. Joyce VanTassel-Baska, founder of the CFGE, created a learning environment to work directly with gifted students and parents by providing diverse university-based pre-collegiate programs in both residential and…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Gifted Education, Enrichment Activities, High School Students
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Ivkovic, Shabnam Surjitsingh; McRae, Norah – International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning, 2021
There is growing focus on graduating global citizens who can advocate for and operationalize sustainable futures by advancing the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). With the high volume of internships the University of Waterloo facilitates, there was need to better understand how these internships might be contributing to the…
Descriptors: Internship Programs, Foreign Countries, Employers, Sustainable Development
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