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Sara E. North – American Journal of Evaluation, 2024
A method called multi-attribute utility analysis (MAUA) provides a decision-making framework that facilitates comparative analysis of multiple real-world decision alternatives with unique complex attributes. Utility analysis as a measure of effectiveness has been minimally used by educational researchers to date, despite clear relevance in complex…
Descriptors: Urban Universities, Suburban Schools, Nontraditional Students, Higher Education
Kamen, Emma; Leri, Alessandra – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2019
At our small liberal arts college, we recently introduced a field trip-based course as a requirement for all first-year science majors. This course, entitled "The Urban Ecosystem," explores various aspects of science and technology using our city (New York) as a case study. Beyond its curricular content, the Urban Ecosystem course has…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, STEM Education, Academic Persistence, Field Trips
Birney, Lauren; McNamara, Denise; Evans, Brian; Woods, Nancy; Hill, Jonathan – Journal of Curriculum and Teaching, 2019
This paper identifies the complex interactions of a multi-member partnership and outlines the synergetic opportunities and challenges within the model. At the core of the partnership model is the restoration of the waterways surrounding New York City through the reestablishment of the oyster into New York Harbor. The overarching goal was to…
Descriptors: Earth Science, Conservation (Environment), Municipalities, Cooperative Programs
Thompson, Amy; Jordan, Timothy R.; Brookins-Fisher, Jodi; Karmaker, Monita; Evans, Natasha – Health Educator, 2018
The increase of chronic disease in the United States has created a strong demand for health education specialists (HESs) who are trained to facilitate behavioral, environmental and policy changes through program implementation and evaluation. However, it is difficult for colleges and universities to prepare future health educators to be competent…
Descriptors: Urban Universities, Chronic Illness, Health Education, Teaching Methods
Cattle, Stephen R.; Bloomfield, Dianne M.; Klineberg, Iven J. – Metropolitan Universities, 2013
The University of Sydney has a long-standing record of commitment to social inclusion in tertiary education. The Australian government agenda has brought into sharp focus the importance of universities engaging with rural and remote communities. The University of Sydney provides placement opportunities and pathways to attract more undergraduate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Urban Universities, Program Descriptions, Program Effectiveness
Brabant, Margaret; Braid, Donald; Carriere, Armand – Metropolitan Universities, 2013
Respondents to our 2011 survey on the impact of Community Outreach Partnership Centers (COPC) grants administered by HUD between 1994 and 2005 reported deep and lasting impacts on their respective institutions. These grants affected institutional structures, embedded community engagement within institutional cultures and academic curricula, and…
Descriptors: Grants, School Community Relationship, Outreach Programs, Outcome Measures
Hoyt, Lorlene – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2010
This article tells a story of practice, a story of theory, and how each informs and transforms the other through a two-way flow of people and knowledge from a city to a campus and back again. By reflecting with fellow participants on the events and outcomes of a sustained city campus partnership, the author introduces a theory of engagement from…
Descriptors: Theory Practice Relationship, Urban Education, Partnerships in Education, Community Development
Academy for Educational Development, 2012
The Academy for Educational Development (AED) sent a research team to New York University (NYU) on December 8-9, 2008 to conduct interviews with individuals who play important roles in the university's teacher preparation program. These interviews, along with additional documentation provided by NYU and identified by the AED research team, provide…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Preservice Teacher Education, Student Teachers, Student Teacher Evaluation
Gaston, Paul L. – Metropolitan Universities, 2008
Leaders in an effectively engaged metropolitan university understand, agree on, and invest in thoughtfully chosen outreach commitments. The effective pursuit of such commitments requires also a balance among expectations, behaviors, and practices not always compatible. While outreach thrives on initiative, coordination is critical. Individuals…
Descriptors: Outreach Programs, Institutional Mission, College Environment, Educational Policy
Jones, Leigh A. – Composition Studies, 2010
This article points composition scholars toward two bodies of theory that are gaining attention in our discipline, performance studies and multimodal discourse theory. Each raises important questions about the ways we teach writing, the kinds of composition processes we value, and the means by which students construct authority in the university.…
Descriptors: Research Papers (Students), Writing Processes, Program Effectiveness, Writing Instruction
Gabbert, Ann; Peschka, Corrine; Spradley, Jackie – Metropolitan Universities, 2008
The University of Texas at El Paso offers over seventy learning communities to first-year students from extremely diverse socioeconomic and educational backgrounds. Ninety percent are Hispanic, 54 percent are first-generation college students, and 59 percent must participate in developmental classes before moving forward with college-level…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Hispanic American Students, First Generation College Students, Remedial Instruction
Peck, Jacqueline K.; Zachariah, Sajit; Bozeka, Jennifer – Metropolitan Universities, 2008
A long-running university-school partnership is the foundation on which LEAP UP, the Literacy Enrichment and Active Participation University Partnership, is built. Services learners from a variety of The University of Akron programs provide one-on-one support for struggling readers at Leggett Elementary School. Key to the program's success is high…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Partnerships in Education, Service Learning, Literacy Education
Academy for Educational Development, 2012
The Academy for Educational Development (AED) sent a research team to the University of Dayton (UD) on November 5-7, 2008, to conduct interviews with individuals who played significant roles in the university's teacher preparation program (see Appendix A). These interviews, along with additional materials provided by UD and identified by the AED…
Descriptors: Measurement, Measures (Individuals), Cooperating Teachers, Field Experience Programs
Miller, Jerry; Rowe, William; Rapp-Paglicci, Lisa; Ersing, Robin – Metropolitan Universities, 2008
Prodigy is an example of a program that is successful due to its being a program that is community engaged. Prodigy is a community arts program, crime prevention and diversion program, serving ten thousand people in seven counties. This article discusses the roles, challenges, and successes of the partnerships with the School of Social Work at the…
Descriptors: Fine Arts, Crime Prevention, Counties, Public Agencies
Chou, Victoria – Education Canada, 2005
The "raison d'etre" for traditional schools of education has radically shifted in recent years. Research demonstrates that schools have been remarkably unsuccessful at reducing the unacceptable achievement gap between black and Latino students, on the one hand, and white students, on the other, and some have laid the blame at the feet of…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Change Strategies, Teacher Placement, Urban Universities
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