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Weisbrod, Jonathan – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Many institutions of higher education offer research opportunities for undergraduates, but community college students often do not get to benefit from this high-impact educational practice. There are several reasons for this problem, including that community college faculty and students have limited time availability for research and the mission…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Undergraduate Students, Student Research, Community Colleges
Keith G. Berryman – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The current study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of leadership training as it is perceived by churches participating in the Immerse program, an example of context-based theological education. Seven churches that participated in the Immerse program took part in the current qualitative, multiple-case study. Each participating church…
Descriptors: Theological Education, Leadership Training, Churches, Leadership Effectiveness
Corey Rosso – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This study sought to better understand present-day relationships between institutional and programmatic characteristics and their impact on student outcomes at postsecondary career and technical schools. This is critical given: (a) the existence of a significant middle-skills gap impacting the U.S. economy; (b) a lack of research and guidance for…
Descriptors: Institutional Characteristics, Outcomes of Education, Academic Achievement, Vocational Education
Joseph E. Evans – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The math intervention program, Assessment and Learning in Knowledge Spaces (ALEKS), at a Public Middle School (pseudonym) in the Northeast United States, was implemented for eighth grade middle school math students, but researchers have not measured its effectiveness. Grounded in the cultural relevance pedagogy, the purpose of this quantitative…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Mathematics Education, Intervention, Mathematics Tests
Jennifer L. H. Hewitt – ProQuest LLC, 2021
College degree attainment benefits both private citizens and society. Historically, degree attainment rates have differed based on students' race, income, and parental education. Along with differences in degree attainment rates, time to degree has been increasing for all students nationally. Increased time to degree has adverse effects for…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Time to Degree, Academic Degrees, Educational Attainment
Leah Anderson – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The use of credit recovery as a high school dropout prevention strategy has rapidly increased within the last twenty years. The majority of public schools within the United States of America utilize at least one form of credit recovery. Credit recovery programs include a range of instructional delivery methods and may include various curricula and…
Descriptors: High School Students, High Schools, School Holding Power, Credits
Anne Thompson Heller – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Background: Collegiate recovery programs (CRPs) aim to support the unique needs of students in recovery, promote academic success, and facilitate psychosocial development (i.e. coping, self-efficacy, differentiation of self, self-acceptance, and quality of life). Strategies used to achieve these goals vary considerably based on the culture of the…
Descriptors: Student Adjustment, Correlation, Learner Engagement, Individual Development
DeArmas, Michael – ProQuest LLC, 2019
With the increase in school violence on campuses all over the country and the increased media attention that these incidents receive. The amount of pressure on school leaders to develop and implement interventions for students is mounting from all angles. Politicians, parents, students, advocates and others have been extremely vocal in their…
Descriptors: Attendance, Suspension, Mentors, School Districts
Barrow, Elizabeth Cynthia – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This dissertation explores how four pre-service teachers (PSTs) came to define and understand intercultural competence (ICC) during a short-term student teaching abroad program. In this exploratory, collective case study I highlight the participants' voice by analyzing their definitions of ICC before, during, and after their experience in Germany…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Cultural Awareness, Teacher Competencies, Study Abroad
Paternostro, Jennifer K. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
In the current educational system students who require additional classroom support must demonstrate prolonged academic failure in order to receive services. This "wait-to-fail" model poses significant problems for youth with academic, behavioral, and emotional challenges. Once a student experiences academic failure, they are at an…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, Dropout Rate, Student Characteristics, Program Effectiveness
Runge, Amy L. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
This evaluation case study explores the impact of the An Achievable Dream social, academic, and moral program on college student's performance in college. Through this study, the researcher was able to provide insight on college student and college student advocates perceptions of An Achievable Dream's social, academic, and moral program's impact…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Development, Academic Achievement, Social Development
Regan, Lisa Michelle – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The study utilizes an inductive, qualitative approach to program evaluation to understand the nature of an afterschool literacy tutoring program for students with Down syndrome. Two research questions guide this study: (a) What are the curricular and instructional elements of the Let's Read Now (LRN) literacy tutoring program for students…
Descriptors: Down Syndrome, Qualitative Research, Program Evaluation, After School Programs
Hrabak, Michael R. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study examined the initially intended outcomes of the 2001 Florida Senate Bill 1162, a Florida law that established an educational policy granting community colleges the ability to confer baccalaureate degrees in teacher education programs. The intended outcomes included teachers filling growing vacancies statewide. This study found that 69%…
Descriptors: State Policy, State Regulation, Educational Policy, Community Colleges
Portis, Dennis L., III – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this historical case study was to gain an understanding of dropout recovery programs from an interpretive historical perspective. Dropout Recovery is an Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education initiative that provides high school dropouts an opportunity to re-enroll in school, gain academic credit, and participate in…
Descriptors: Educational History, Case Studies, Dropout Prevention, Dropouts
Nemoto, Tomoko – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Program evaluation in the fields of second language acquisition (SLA) and teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL) has a history dating from the 1960's. The focus of previous program evaluations has been on language achievement at the end of the program of study (Lynch, 1996). However, to improve or maintain program quality, teacher…
Descriptors: Graduate Study, Applied Linguistics, Program Evaluation, Foreign Countries
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