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Pooja Patel; Madeline Joy Trimble; Emily Tichenor; Alexandra W. Logue – ITHAKA S+R, 2024
The City University of New York (CUNY) and Ithaka S+R developed a supportive credit mobility system to overcome barriers in the student transfer process. Launched in May 2020, the City University of New York (CUNY) Transfer Explorer (CUNY T-Rex) exposes course and credit-for-prior-learning (CPL) transfer rules as well as general education and…
Descriptors: Program Development, College Transfer Students, College Credits, Transfer Policy
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Jeffery Bieber; Samer Jan; Zitsi Mirakhur – Journal of Faculty Development, 2024
From the perspective of role theory and its attendant construct role strain, we examine open-ended survey responses to an online survey from 47 program coordinators at a R1 university conducted during the 2021-2022 academic year. Results suggest that beyond the era-specific challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and satisfactions realized from…
Descriptors: Role Conflict, Program Administration, Administrator Role, Compensation (Remuneration)
Nicole Stelle Garnett; Michael Q. McShane – Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, 2023
Over the last two years, seven states have enacted new universal education savings account (ESA) programs or have expanded existing programs to universal or near-universal eligibility. Parental-choice advocates, who have labored for decades to make incremental inroads toward achieving greater educational freedom for families. However, the authors…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Money Management, Barriers, Parent Role
Wulfsohn, Samantha; Gaubert, Jennifer Miller – MDRC, 2019
Program managers frequently put staff training near the top of their lists of ongoing challenges. The mix of diverse, complex training needs in many programs means managers may be responsible for orienting new staff, implementing new administrative procedures, or facilitating steps toward long-term program improvement. The greatest underlying…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Needs, Program Improvement, Barriers
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Nguyen, Bach Mai Dolly; Nguyen, Thai-Huy; Gutierrez, Rose Ann E.; Kurland, Willa Mei; Lee, Nicolas W. K. S. – Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 2022
Research on Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISIs) has primarily focused on student-level experiences and outcomes. The current study shifts the gaze from the impact of programs on students to the execution of those programs by focusing on practitioners--program directors (PDs)--that manage the…
Descriptors: Grants, Administrator Attitudes, Asian American Students, American Indian Students
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Dickson, Anisah; Perry, Laura B.; Ledger, Susan – Journal of Research in International Education, 2020
While the International Baccalaureate's Middle Years Programme (MYP) is growing in popularity in Australia and across the globe, few studies have examined the benefits and challenges of this IB programme for supporting student learning. Using a qualitative case study design of three Australian schools that formerly offered the MYP, we investigated…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Advanced Placement Programs, Barriers, Educational Benefits