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Out-of-School Time Learning: Practice to Policy
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UnidosUS, 2024
This Practice to Policy brief, based on insights from UnidosUS's Affiliate Network of community-based organizations and public charter schools in Illinois, Florida, Texas, Arizona, and California, highlights the critical role of Out-of-School Time (OST) programs in supporting the Latino community, particularly in the aftermath of the COVID-19…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, After School Programs, Extracurricular Activities, School Community Programs
Striving for Global Competence: Community Colleges Must Be Globally as Well as Locally Focused. Here's How to Do It Efficiently
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Pierce, Dennis – Community College Journal, 2020
There tends to be a belief that community colleges are focused on the needs of their immediate communities. However, employers everywhere are looking for a more globally competent workforce. Even if that means to be an informed citizen who can help solve complex problems is changing, with challenges such as climate change or the coronavirus…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Global Approach, College Faculty, Partnerships in Education
Organizing a Ground Crew for Today's Helicopter Parents
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Coburn, Karen Levin – About Campus, 2006
The relationship between college students and their parents is far closer than it was when most of today's educators were in school. Tapping into the upside and managing the potential drawbacks of highly involved parents is taking on great importance on an increasing number of campuses. Whether people call them "helicopter parents" or…
Descriptors: Parents, Baby Boomers, Parent Participation, High Achievement
A Survey of Alumni, Class of 1981, Arizona's Universities Outcomes and Opinions.
Church, Kathleen – 1988
The results of a survey of the alumni of the class of 1981 of Arizona's three public universities are presented as part of the final report of the Arizona Board of Regents' Task Force on Excellence, Efficiency and Competitiveness. A letter and survey form were sent to all alumni in this class, and the response rate was good to excellent. Findings…
Descriptors: Alumni, College Graduates, College Role, Competition
Report to Arizona 1999.
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Arizona State Board of Directors for Community Colleges, Phoenix. – 1999
This is the first of what is expected to be a regular series of reports from Arizona's community colleges to the citizens of Arizona regarding the effectiveness with which community colleges are achieving their goals. Initially the Task Force on Institutional Effectiveness Measures worked for most of an academic year and recommended the measures…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Community Colleges, Community Development, Educational Assessment
Barriers to Minority Access and Persistence in Arizona's Universities: Perceptions of Students, Faculty, Staff and Administrators.
Wood, John J. – 1988
One of the working papers in the final report of the Arizona Board of Regents' Task Force on Excellence, Efficiency and Competitiveness, this study considers issues of minority access and persistence in Arizona's universities. Themes abstracted from personal interviews with minority students, faculty, and staff and minority and nonminority…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Access to Education, College Administration, College Faculty