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Ashley M. Hernandez-Hall; Kimberly H. Zemel – Journal of Youth Development, 2022
Camp remains a powerful experience for youth of any age, but special care must be taken to ensure camps are supportive of diverse audiences. This article describes the process by which 4-H camp organizers created a welcoming and affirming camp for teen dependents of active duty, retired, or veteran military personnel, especially those campers who…
Descriptors: Camps, Youth Clubs, Diversity, LGBTQ People
Williams, Aeryel – About Campus, 2021
Alternative Spring Break (ASB) is a program hosted by college campuses in which students use their traditional vacation to serve the community locally, domestically, or internationally. There are 101 recognized and accredited Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) across the United States (National Center for Education Statistics,…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, College Students, Service Learning, Volunteers
Hay, John; Laguerre, Fabrice; Moore, Eric; Reedy, Katherine; Rose, Scott; Vickers, Jerome – Journal for Leadership and Instruction, 2015
The Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate (CPED) encourages doctoral candidates volunteering in order to give back and continue their relationship with the university after completing their dissertation. Volunteering can take on many forms, from acting as doctoral assistants to performing the role of critical friends on future doctoral…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Graduate Students, Teaching Assistants, Volunteers
Shelstad, Nancy – Journal of Extension, 2018
University of Idaho Extension 4-H professionals have learned to work with volunteers in new ways to expand capacity and continue to build the quality of the 4-H program in Idaho. This article identifies how defining new position descriptions for volunteer facilitation coaches addressed two program needs, expanded capacity, and provided a higher…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Extension Agents, Volunteers, Program Development
Barton, Georgina; Ryan, Mary – Journal of International Students, 2020
Reflection, reflective thinking and reflexivity have received significant attention in the scholarly literature on higher education yet there is limited research that explores these concepts in relation to international students. This paper consequently explores what reflection and reflective thinking might look and feel like for international…
Descriptors: Reflection, Foreign Students, College Students, Employment Potential
Garcia, Ivonne; Price, Madeline; Avila, Osvaldo; Somers, Marie-Andrée – MDRC, 2019
Children's school readiness as they enter kindergarten is an important predictor of their academic success and ultimately their long-term health and economic outcomes. Research shows that participation in high-quality early childhood education helps preschoolers gain the foundational language and literacy skills as well as the social-emotional…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, School Readiness, Grandparents, Older Adults
Arnold, William W. – American Journal of Business Education, 2017
A commitment to voluntary service that benefits others was reinforced for students who authored an e-book on service as a class project in a senior business course. The immersive experience of writing short essays that focused on service shifted students' motivations toward service and solidified their intentions to continue with service after…
Descriptors: Electronic Publishing, Service Learning, Business Administration Education, Generational Differences
Roy, Achinto; Newman, Alexander; Ellenberger, Tori; Pyman, Amanda – Studies in Higher Education, 2019
Scholarly studies of international student mobility programs have increased during the last two decades, particularly following the Bologna Declaration. Nevertheless, a systematic review of international student mobility programs and the outcomes and benefits derived from participation in such programs has not been undertaken. This paper provides…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Student Mobility, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Students
Naish, Paul D. – Journal of Public Scholarship in Higher Education, 2015
Community Days, an innovative initiative to foster community service and civic engagement at the City University of New York's new Guttman Community College, encourages students to perform volunteer work around the city. What makes the program unique are opportunities for students to take self-directed excursions and enjoy free resources in the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Citizen Participation, Student Participation
Garcia, Jodan D.; Frank, Rachael A. – Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education, 2017
Interdisciplinary service learning opportunities are recognized as valuable educational tools for health care students. The Farm Worker Family Health Program, based on a community academic partnership model, enables health care students to treat migrant workers in rural Georgia during the annual farmworker migration. The present article describes…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Interprofessional Relationship, Service Learning, School Community Programs
Angle, Julie M.; Colston, Nicole M.; French, Donald P.; Gustafson, John E.; O'Hara, Steven E.; Shaw, Edward I. – Science Educator, 2016
With the economic competitiveness of the United States dependent on an adequate supply of high-quality workers in the STEM fields, President Obama outlined a broad agenda to reinvigorate our country's interest in STEM. Responding to this call, organizations such as the National Lab Network and the STEM Education Coalition began efforts to raise…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Career Development, Career Awareness, High School Students
Looby, Karen – Online Submission, 2021
This report includes results for Austin Partners in Education (APIE) programs in 2019-2020 including math classroom coaching, GEAR UP tutoring, college readiness, and mentoring. It highlights continued academic programs serving students in middle and high school and describes APIE support provided to teachers' instruction. As classroom instruction…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Middle School Students, Coaching (Performance), Mathematics Instruction
Hammer, Patricia Cahape; Whisman, Andy – West Virginia Department of Education Office of Research, Accountability, and Data Governance, 2017
This evaluation study provides information about the implementation and outcomes of the 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) program in West Virginia, from September 2015 through May 2016, in which 12,388 students participated overall. The report draws on information from online surveys of directors of thirty six 21st CCLC programs…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Program Effectiveness, Standardized Tests
Bonazzo, Claude; Looby, Karen – Online Submission, 2018
This evaluation report describes program outcomes for students in APIE's Middle School Math and College Readiness Coaching Programs in the 2017-2018 school year. [For the executive summary, see ED626456.]
Descriptors: Grade 8, Middle School Students, Coaching (Performance), Mathematics Instruction
Looby, Karen; Bonazzo, Claude – Online Submission, 2017
This evaluation report describes program outcomes for students in APIE's Middle School Math and College Readiness Coaching Programs in the 2016-2017 school years. A separate executive summary also was published. [For the executive summary, see ED626454.]
Descriptors: Grade 8, Middle School Students, Coaching (Performance), Mathematics Instruction