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Cathia Alves; Maria Manuel Baptista; Hélder Ferreira Isayama – Schole: A Journal of Leisure Studies and Recreation Education, 2024
This paper aims to relate how university educators act with leisure and analyze the relationship between the context of education and manifestations of leisure in the studied Programme. The research investigated university students who actuate in schools through the Programme "Escola da Família" on the weekends. They carry out workshops,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Community Relationship, Federal Programs, Student Teachers
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Randy L. Collins; Rosemary M. Karr – Journal of College Academic Support Programs, 2020
During the Fall of 2015, faculty and staff at a large community college district with an enrollment of 55,000 in the Southwest United States were encouraged to apply for Innovation Challenge Grants. The goal of these grants was to allow faculty and staff an opportunity to create, innovate, and share ideas, so that the college could strive to be…
Descriptors: Developmental Studies Programs, Remedial Mathematics, College Mathematics, Community College Students
Wang, Jia; La Torre, Deborah; Adreani, Linda F.; Kinnard, Lauren; Leon, Seth; Kikoler, David; Rosales, Elaine – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2022
COVID-19 changed the experiences of K-12 students and teachers in ways that are not yet well-documented. This report provides initial insights into teaching and learning during the pandemic from the perspectives of teachers and students at 31 public schools in three states. The analyses indicate that about two thirds of the teachers surveyed…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Elementary Secondary Education, Public Schools
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Friedel, Janice Nahra – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2012
This article examines national employment and program trends in the nursing profession, the nursing shortage in Iowa, and state policy and community college responses in Iowa. During the seven-year period 2001-2008, two Iowa governors convened special task forces to study the nursing shortage and to make recommendations. The policy responses dealt…
Descriptors: Nursing Students, Nursing Education, Weekend Programs, Community Colleges
Falk, Lisa; Powers, Stephen – Online Submission, 2008
Background: The Arizona State Museum, Tucson, received a grant for the school year 2007-08 from the Institute of Museums and Library Services, Museum for America Programs. The goals of this grant were (1) to continue a vibrant, monthly offering of family programs at the Arizona State Museum (ASM) around the topic of museum exhibitions, (2) to…
Descriptors: Museums, Weekend Programs, Family Programs, At Risk Persons
Castellano, Marisa; Overman, Laura T. – National Research Center for Career and Technical Education, 2009
The purpose of this study was to examine what types of initiatives exist to increase access to and affordability of postsecondary education, especially in community college programs that lead to occupational advancement. We reviewed community college agency and state legislative Web sites to discover what initiatives or policies are currently…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Paying for College, Cost Effectiveness, Community Colleges
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McCarthy, John; Silliker, S. Alan – Australian Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 2006
Various course and program formats have been developed to better meet the needs of graduate students. One of them is the development of weekend-only courses and programs. This article examines one weekend counsellor education format in the United States, the St. Bonaventure University program offered in the Buffalo (New York) area, in detail. This…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Counselor Training, Graduate Students, Weekend Programs