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European Commission, 2025
This document presents a summary of effective policy design measures and practices identified at a workshop of the European Commission's Working Group Schools: Learning for Sustainability that took place at the World Environmental Education Congress (WEEC) in Prague on 16 March 2022. The hybrid event was open to members of the working group (who…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Policy Formation, Foreign Countries, Meetings
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Dunn, Morgan Cari; Saks, Norma Susswein – Rural Educator, 2020
The United States is experiencing a physician shortage and rural areas are especially impacted. Programs exist to recruit college and medical students to work in rural areas, but few programs are focused on the high school "pipeline." Medical students, residents and physicians who have lived in rural areas are more likely to practice in…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, High School Students, Career Choice, Health Occupations
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Greer, Tomika W.; Shirmohammadi, Melika; Johnson, Olivia D.; Stewart, Barbara L. – American Association for Adult and Continuing Education, 2022
ResearchYOU! is a co-curricular research experience designed to improve undergraduate student research skills at a Hispanic-serving institution and provide research mentoring for undergraduate students who may not typically have access to social science research experiences. This multi-faculty capacity-building research experience is composed of…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Research, Research Training, Mentors
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Adrian Wierzchowski; Donald J. Wink; Hongyang Zhang; Kristy Kambanis; Jacqueline O. Rojas Robles; Avia Rosenhouse-Dantsker – Journal of Chemical Education, 2022
The goal of undergraduate chemistry laboratories is to allow students to learn about chemical systems and key laboratory skills. They should then apply this knowledge to solve problems and connect macroscopic observations in the laboratory with those occurring at the submicroscopic level. Unfortunately, these needs are not met through traditional…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, College Science, Student Research, Scientific Research
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Jianjun Wang – Grantee Submission, 2025
California State University, Bakersfield (CSUB) is continuing its five-year grant, "An Equitable Pathway to In-Demand STEM Careers," which began in Fall 2021 to facilitate Hispanic students' degree completion and career preparation in STEM fields. In its third year, the grant team followed the original proposal to: 1. Offer effective…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Higher Education, Career Pathways
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Fahmy, Sarah; Osnes, Beth – Research in Drama Education, 2023
Recognising young women's authorship as a powerful force for civic change, we developed a creative framework for applied theatre that cultivates a space for young women to co-author "little words, BIG ISSUES": a diversity and inclusion workshop facilitated in cooperation with U.S middle school students. Activating girl-led activism…
Descriptors: Drama, Females, Diversity, Inclusion
Miller, Emily R.; King, Tara – Association of American Universities, 2019
During a 2019 workshop, the American Association of Universities (AAU) convened experts involved in leading, researching, evaluating and funding efforts to transform undergraduate STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) teaching across all sectors of higher education. The goal was to synthesize essential issues and challenges in…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, STEM Education, Educational Change, Workshops
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Chandran, Dinu S.; Muthukrishnan, Suriya Prakash; Barman, Susan M.; Peltonen, Liisa M.; Ghosh, Sarmishtha; Sharma, Renuka; Bhattacharjee, Manasi; Rathore, Bharti Bhandari; Carroll, Robert G.; Sengupta, Jayasree; Chan, Julie Y. H.; Ghosh, Debabrata – Advances in Physiology Education, 2021
Active learning promotes the capacity of problem solving and decision making among learners. Teachers who apply instructional processes toward active participation of learners help their students develop higher order thinking skills. Due to the recent paradigm shift toward adopting competency-based curricula in the education of healthcare…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physiology, Workshops, Active Learning
Hildreth, Jeanine; Butler, Alisha – Policy Studies Associates, Inc., 2019
The Parent Leadership Institute (PLI) of Children's Aid (CA), funded via a 2013 Investing in Innovation (i3) development grant operated between the 2014-15 through 2018-19 school years. Key goals of the PLI included: (1) improving the capacity of parents to effectively engage in the school community in support of their child; and (2) increasing…
Descriptors: Parent Role, Leadership Training, Parent School Relationship, Parent Participation
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Reinicke, Bryan; Baker, Elizabeth; Toothman, Callie – Information Systems Education Journal, 2018
Professors teaching cyber security classes often face challenges when developing workshops for their students: How does one quickly and efficiently configure and deploy an operating system for a temporary learning/testing environment? Faculty teaching these classes spend countless hours installing, configuring and deploying multiple system…
Descriptors: Computer Security, Information Security, Computer Simulation, Workshops
Hildreth, Jeanine L.; Butler, Alisha N. – Policy Studies Associates, Inc., 2018
The 2016-17 school year marked the third full school year of operation of the Parent Leadership Institute (PLI) of Children's Aid (CA). The PLI is funded via a 2013 Investing in Innovation (i3) development grant. Key goals of the PLI include: (1) improving the capacity of parents to effectively engage in the school community in support of their…
Descriptors: Parent Role, Family School Relationship, Parent Participation, Adult Education
Wasserman, Kyla; Walter, Johanna; Luczywek, Beata; Wagner, Hannah; Redcross, Cindy – Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, 2019
This report presents findings from a feasibility evaluation of the Bridges to Pathways (Bridges) program. Bridges was a program for young men in Chicago between the ages of 17 and 21 years who were involved with the criminal or juvenile justice system and lacked a high school credential. The program offered intensive mentoring and case management,…
Descriptors: Males, Young Adults, Adolescents, Juvenile Justice
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Olejniczak, Karol – American Journal of Evaluation, 2017
Knowledge brokering is a promising practice for addressing the challenge of using research evidence, including evaluation findings, in policy implementation. For public policy practitioners, it means playing the role of an intermediary who steers the flow of knowledge between producers (researchers) and users (decision makers). It requires a set…
Descriptors: Evaluation Utilization, Program Improvement, Program Implementation, Public Policy
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Back, Susan Malone; Rogers, Steven; Li, Jiaqi – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2014
A model is presented for coordinated community planning to address multiple service needs in two countries. Two communities, one in western Texas and one in the United Kingdom, found that despite the considerable efforts of multiple organizations, the local social, educational, and health services remained uncoordinated. Furthermore, there was no…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Services, Health Services, Participatory Research
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Bisset, Mariana; Gödeke, Barbara – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2015
The Language Centre at the University of Padova provides language courses for students of all disciplines and with a wide range of needs. Over the years, the number of students having to deal with a language requirement has increased exponentially, while the teaching personnel and general resources have struggled to keep up. Catering to all of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Academic Advising, Second Language Learning
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