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Wynveen, Christopher J.; Kyle, Gerard T.; Tarrant, Michael A. – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2012
Short-term study abroad programs currently account for more than 50% of students who study overseas. Using an adaptation of the Value-Belief-Norm theory of proenvironmental behavior (Stern, 2000), we hypothesized that study abroad nurtures global citizenship related to ecologically conscious behaviors by strengthening core relations among…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Citizenship, Statistical Data, Foreign Countries
Rogers, Michael E. – Journal of Industrial Teacher Education, 2004
Modular technology education (MTE) has grown considerably since the middle of the 1980s. MTE is defined as a curriculum provided by a commercial vendor in which students learn about an area of technology by: (1) participating in interactive media presentations; (2) following instructions in workbooks; (3) writing responses in student journals; and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Research, College Outcomes Assessment, Statistical Data, Pretests Posttests
Clery, Sue; Topper, Amy – Achieving the Dream, 2007
Using data from Achieving the Dream: Community Colleges Count, this issue looks at changes in cohort composition. The analysis addresses the changing composition of the Achieving the Dream student cohorts from 2002 to 2005. The data show that at Achieving the Dream colleges, the percentage of Hispanic students increased over the four cohorts…
Descriptors: Intervention, Grants, Educational Trends, Hispanic American Students
Peng, Samuel S.; Lantz, Lynne R. – 1979
Volume II of a study of program management procedures in the campus-based and Basic Educational Opportunity Grant (BEOG) programs examines the overall pattern of program funding levels, the distribution of these funds to students and institutions, as well as variations in student participation in postsecondary education and loan-work burdens in…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Eligibility
Kirst, Michael W., Ed.; Venezia, Andrea, Ed. – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2004
This book reveals why so many students are entering college unprepared for college level work and often unable to complete a degree. This important book presents the findings of the Bridge Project, a major national research study conducted by Stanford University and funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts and the U.S. Department of Education. The…
Descriptors: Research Design, Educational Change, Graduation Rate, College Admission