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Gary R. Pike; Kirsten Robbins – Journal for STEM Education Research, 2019
Meeting the current demand for STEM graduates requires significantly increasing the number of students majoring in STEM fields. One program designed to increase the number of STEM majors is Project Lead The Way (PLTW). Using statewide data from Indiana, this research examined the effects of PLTW participation in high school on the likelihood of…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Majors (Students), Program Descriptions, High School Students
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Witkowsky, Patty; Obregon, Victoria; Bruner, Brett; Alanis, Jennifer – Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 2020
Considering the collectivist culture and strong family connections in Latinx families, engaging parents and family members of new Latinx students in higher education is important to promote students' persistence and completion of their degrees. Parent and family member orientation (PFMO) programs offered in Spanish provide a bridge between…
Descriptors: Collectivism, Family Relationship, Cultural Awareness, Hispanic American Students
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Aittola, Helena; Ursin, Jani – Higher Education Research and Development, 2019
We investigated how students in Finland perceive short-cycle higher education programmes. In line with the European trend, Finland has piloted short-cycle study programmes in order to attract adult students into higher education. We found that the students were mainly satisfied with their studies, and that their orientations to studies and…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Adult Students, Higher Education, Program Descriptions
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Goncalves, Zan; Bennett, Thomas; Murray-Chandler, Lynn; Hall, Caroline – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2018
This article describes a multi-institution collaboration to improve student skills in information literacy and inquiry and analysis (as described by the American Association of Colleges & Universities' VALUE rubrics). The project is unique in that it captures the student voice in all phases of the process--from choosing the kind of inquiry…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Information Skills, Skill Development, Inquiry
Brick, Michael Scott; Ajinkya, Julie – Institute for Higher Education Policy, 2020
Recognizing the transformative potential of higher education for people involved in the justice system, the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) with an advisory council of experienced higher education in prison (HEP) practitioners, data experts, and dedicated advocates, with input from students who are incarcerated, developed guidance to…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Higher Education, Educational Policy, Advisory Committees
Guarasci, Richard – Liberal Education, 2018
American colleges and universities are facing a civic imperative. The nation is floundering, if not unwinding. Democracies are vulnerable social constructions. They flourish in eras of social consensus and economic prosperity, when citizens believe in the prospect of brighter futures. They stumble, if not decay, during times of harsh economic…
Descriptors: Democracy, Civics, Higher Education, Conflict
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Pottick, Kathleen J.; Giordano, Stephanie; Chirico, Danielle E. – Journal of Social Work Education, 2015
Concerns about the cost of higher education and student loan debt have resulted in increasing efforts by policymakers and university administrators to find alternative ways to support the financing of higher education for students. The authors present a case study of a student-led philanthropy campaign to generate funding for social work student…
Descriptors: Universities, Fund Raising, Private Financial Support, Higher Education
Shevack, Sanford – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The State of New Jersey's inmate population totals almost 22,000 men and women. Nearly 53% of released inmates are re-arrested while 31.1% return to prison within 3 years. The stigma of being an ex-convict has multiple effects for former prisoners who seek to fully participate in society, and inmates re-entering society find their convictions can…
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Correctional Education, Institutionalized Persons, Transformative Learning
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Kaufman, Cynthia – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2016
This chapter describes fears that may lead to faculty resistance to civic engagement and suggests approaches to conquering these fears in order to further develop the civic capacities of our students and institutions.
Descriptors: Higher Education, Role of Education, Institutional Mission, Citizen Participation
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Perna, Laura W.; Orosz, Kata; Jumakulov, Zakir; Kishkentayeva, Marina; Ashirbekov, Adil – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2015
Although prior research establishes the forces that "push" and "pull" students to participate in foreign study, the transferability of findings from earlier studies is limited by the absence of theoretical grounding. In addition, relatively little is known about how a government-sponsored student mobility program promotes…
Descriptors: Student Mobility, Higher Education, Student Participation, Cultural Influences
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Goldner, Limor; Golan, Daphna – Studies in Higher Education, 2019
The current study identified factors contributing to the long-term perception of meaningful civic engagement in a sample of Israelis involved in extra-curricular civic-engagement programs as students. Using a qualitative research method supported by quantitative analyses, we found that five to 10 years after completing higher education, most…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Jews, Extracurricular Activities, Individual Development
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Plater, William M. – Higher Learning Research Communications, 2017
Higher education serves as an agent of social change that plays a significant role in the development of socially conscious and engaged students. The duty higher education has toward society, the role for-profit educational institutions play in enhancing the public good, and the prospect of making social change an element of these providers'…
Descriptors: Social Change, Civics, Higher Education, Private Colleges
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Stoppa, Tara M. – Christian Higher Education, 2015
This article explores civic development and its roles in the lives of emerging adults, and the ways in which college contexts--particularly Christian colleges and universities--may foster adaptive civic development. First, the article presents an argument for the importance of fostering civic development as rooted in historic truths of the…
Descriptors: Christianity, Young Adults, Higher Education, Citizen Participation
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Villar, Feliciano; Celdran, Montserrat – Educational Gerontology, 2012
This paper discusses the ways in which university programs for older people should change to cater to the interests and concerns of generative older people. We describe university programs offered at present, underlining their emphasis on personal growth and on learning for the sake of learning. We argue that these programs are not entirely…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Needs, Older Adults, Higher Education
Arthur, Charika L. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Black males complete college at a lower rate than do all ethnic minority groups in the United States. Many universities have developed programs to improve educational outcomes for Black males, yet graduation rates remain low. The purpose of this study was to explore the engagement experiences of Black male college graduates who participated in the…
Descriptors: African American Students, Intervention, Males, Educational Attainment
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