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Self-Authorship Developed through Student Affairs-Led Mentorship Programs
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Maureen D. Brown – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2024
Current American college administration has been charged with the development of the whole student, producing well-rounded, intelligent graduates ready to enter the workforce. Presently, mentorship and tutoring programs exist in many environments but have no cohesive aim to develop self-authorship. Untapped potential for promotion of college…
Descriptors: Student Personnel Services, Student Personnel Workers, Mentors, Tutorial Programs
The Chemistry Tutorial Program: Looking Backward to Move Forward
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Middlecamp, Catherine Hurt; Kean, Elizabeth – Journal of Chemical Education, 2022
Issues of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect have a history at colleges and universities in the United States. Over 40 years ago, to address these issues at a large public university, the authors created a "tutorial program" (equivalent to a parallel educational system) that enabled a diverse cohort of students to succeed in their…
Descriptors: College Students, Science Instruction, Inclusion, Equal Education
Postsecondary Physics Curricula and Universal Design for Learning: Planning for Diverse Learners
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Scanlon, Erin; Schreffler, Jillian; James, Westley; Vasquez, Eleazar; Chini, Jacquelyn J. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2018
Federal legislation specifies equitable access to education for all students at all levels of education, including postsecondary. To explore how well the physics education research (PER) community is currently serving students who inherently vary in needs, abilities, and interests, four research-based curricula (Tutorials in Introductory Physics,…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Access to Education, Curriculum Development
Students Teaching Students: A Model for Service and Study.
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Dillon, Peter W.; Van Riper, Robyn – Equity and Excellence in Education, 1993
Describes the community service learning (CSL) activities of the Students Teaching Students program at LEAD USA in Williamstown (Massachusetts), a program that lets students set their own learning goals and receive college credit for CSL. The Berkshire Energy Project through Williams College, one model of this program, is described. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Faculty, College Students, Equal Education
Needs Assessment of Sensory Handicapped Students at CEGEPS in Quebec.
Young, Bill; Leslie, Sharon – 1979
Findings and recommendations are presented in this report of a research project conducted by Dawson College to assess the educational needs of the sensorially handicapped at the college level, especially as they relate to Quebec's Colleges of General and Professional Education (CEGEP). Chapter I presents the objectives of the study, places the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Ancillary School Services, College Admission, College Libraries
Black Students in Higher Education: Conditions and Experience in the 1970s.
Thomas, Gail E., Ed. – 1981
The conditions and experiences of black students in higher education in the 1970s are addressed in 27 essays. The essays are categorized in terms of: history and profile; admissions and access; enrollment, academic experience, and career choice; black higher educational survival; recruitment and retention; and structural policies. Among the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Academic Persistence, Access to Education