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Direct linkBrittany S. Reid-Phillips – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This study investigates the influence of K-12 STEM education on the retention rates of Black women pursuing STEM majors in higher education institutions in Texas. The problem addressed in this study is the unknown influence of K-12 STEM education on Black women majoring in STEM in Texas higher education institutions. This research aims to describe…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, STEM Education, School Holding Power, Academic Persistence
Download full textPearson, Juliana; Leeds, Daniel – CNA Corporation, 2017
Southwest Tennessee Community College (Southwest) received a Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training (TAACCCT) grant from the U.S. Department of Labor in 2013 to fund the Southwest Solutions program (Solutions). The goal of Solutions is to prepare, credential, and place veterans, dislocated workers, and unemployed or…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Grants, Manufacturing Industry, Job Training
Peer reviewedHigashi, Ross M.; Schunn, Christian D.; Flot, Jesse B. – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2017
Free online courses, including Massively Open Online Courses, have great potential to increase the inclusiveness of education, but suffer from very high course dropout rates. A study of 172 K-12 students and 114 K-12 teachers taking the same free, online, summertime programming course finds that student and teacher populations have different…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Large Group Instruction, Dropout Rate, Academic Persistence
Carreker, Suzanne; Boulware-Gooden, Regina – Center on Innovations in Learning, Temple University, 2015
Students bring attitudes, aptitudes, and behaviors to the learning experience. Personal competencies--cognitive, metacognitive, motivational, social/emotional--help students coordinate and manage new learning. These competencies are enhanced by the teacher. However, the ability of a teacher to enhance these competencies cannot be assumed. The…
Descriptors: Teacher Competencies, Interpersonal Competence, Cognitive Processes, Metacognition
Levitz, Randi S.; Noel, Lee – 1980
Results of a national survey, "Attracting and Retaining Adult Learners" (ARAL), by the American College Testing Program are summarized. Attention is focused on programs and services that have been successful with adult learners. ARAL respondents were from three types of institutions: (1) those for whom adult learners represent a primary thrust of…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Academic Persistence, Adult Students, Ancillary School Services
