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What Works Clearinghouse, 2015
Developmental summer bridge programs are designed to reduce the need for developmental education in college by providing students with accelerated instruction in areas where additional knowledge and skills are needed to help them succeed in higher education. The WWC identified one study of developmental summer bridge programs that meets WWC…
Descriptors: Developmental Programs, Summer Programs, Higher Education, Acceleration (Education)
Smith, Patricia Joanne; Mrozek, Lawrence J. – Honors in Practice, 2016
A search through the 2015 annual conference program of the National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC) turned up a dozen sessions focusing on the topic of study abroad, demonstrating that a growing number of honors programs and colleges are encouraging or requiring study abroad. Many programs now offer and support honors semesters abroad or…
Descriptors: Honors Curriculum, Study Abroad, Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness
Wathington, Heather D.; Barnett, Elisabeth A.; Weissman, Evan; Teres, Jedediah; Pretlow, Joshua; Nakanishi, Aki – National Center for Postsecondary Research, 2011
In 2007, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) funded 22 colleges to establish developmental summer bridge programs. Aimed at providing an alternative to traditional developmental education, these programs involve intensive remedial instruction in math, reading, and/or writing and college preparation content for students entering…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Summer Programs, College Preparation, Program Effectiveness

Kemph, John P.; And Others – Journal of Medical Education, 1984
A voluntary summer research program, implemented at the Medical College of Ohio at Toledo, is described. Publications and presentations by medical students and responses of students and faculty members to a questionnaire were used to evaluate it. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Medical Research, Medical Students, Program Descriptions

Sakalys, Jurate A.; And Others – Journal of Professional Nursing, 1995
An intensive summer doctoral program in nursing was assessed using data from 20 summer students and 10 faculty, as well as 34 regular students and 11 faculty. Summer students found the program satisfying but stressful; program interventions did not affect stress levels. Regular and summer students differed in long-term goals. (SK)
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Flexible Scheduling, Higher Education, Nontraditional Education

Milleret, Margo – Modern Language Journal, 1990
Discusses and proposes the best ways to evaluate foreign language students' readiness for study abroad and the effectiveness of such study, focusing on screening and pre- and posttesting, evaluation of course content, evaluation of cultural perceptions, and problems with evaluating foreign study. (CB)
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Language Enrichment
Carton, Aaron S.; Carroll, John B. – 1960
Findings of the testing project carried out in the course of the 1959 Summer Russian Language Learning Program at Harvard University (Massachusetts) are presented. A number of students were selected for training at the Russian School at Middlebury College (Vermont) and the Summer Workshop in Russian at Indiana University. After a 6-week summer…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education, Language Proficiency
Pechmann, Connie A.; Pichert, James W. – 1982
The Vanderbilt Summer Research Program in diabetes, which was designed to interest medical students in research careers and diabetes care, was evaluated. The program provides stipends to 20 sophomore and junior medical students for 12 weeks of preceptor-supervised laboratory research work, clinical experience, and classroom instruction. The…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Clinical Experience, Diabetes, Higher Education
COHEN, SAUL B. – 1965
AN EVALUATION WAS CONDUCTED OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE FIRST SUMMER'S ADVANCED INSTITUTES IN GEOGRAPHY PROGRAMS, WHICH WILL SERVE AS A GUIDE TO THE DESIGN AND OPERATION OF FUTURE INSTITUTES. A TEAM OF NINE EVALUATORS VISITED 20 OF THE 40 INSTITUTES AND FOCUSED THEIR EVALUATION ON (1) EFFECTIVENESS OF COMMITMENT, PERSONNEL, AND GEOGRAPHICAL…
Descriptors: Geography, Higher Education, Inservice Education, Institutes (Training Programs)
Harty, Harold; And Others – Alternative Higher Education, 1983
Student perceptions, observations, and evaluations concerning formal and informal instruction, other academic concerns, and related socialization dimensions of a first-time-functioning external doctoral program are examined. The unidentified institution's program sequence and faculty background are briefly described. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Doctoral Programs, External Degree Programs, Higher Education

Simons, Harriet – Music Educators Journal, 1982
Describes the opportunities available in summer workshops and graduate programs for music teachers. The impact of the workshops and programs on improving teacher effectiveness is evaluated. Criteria are included for evaluating program offerings for their usefulness to teachers. The author offers suggestions to workshop planners to improve the…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Graduate Study, Higher Education, Music Education
Bakalian, Anny; Der-Karabetian, Aghop – Migration World Magazine, 2001
Describes two summer internship programs for college students designed to groom the next generation of leaders for the Armenian American community, pointing out that these programs are prototypes for providing young adults the chance to jumpstart their careers while intensifying their ethnic identity and involvement. Discusses interns'…
Descriptors: Community Leaders, Community Programs, Culturally Relevant Education, Ethnicity
Tan, Norma – 1984
This report evaluates the 1984 Search for Elevation, Education & Knowledge (SEEK) prefreshman summer program at Baruch College, City University of New York (CUNY), and describes its curriculum, staffing, recruitment of students, and objectives. Ninety-four students were enrolled: 73.4% were 18 or 19 years old; 73.0% were women; 90.4% were…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance Patterns, Educationally Disadvantaged, Higher Education
Bureau of Social Science Research, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1956
Forty-one high school and college science and mathematics teachers who attended National Science Foundation Summer Institutes in 1955 were interviewed one year later. The interviews were intended to get information about what attracted the participants to the institutes, how they financed their participation, their opinion of the organization of…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Higher Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Institutes (Training Programs)

Mozlin, Rochelle; Suchoff, Irwin B. – Journal of Optometric Education, 1987
The State University of New York's innovative summer internship program bringing together 18 students between their third and fourth years to study functional vision care and vision therapy is described. Its history, program structure, recruitment and selection, and evaluation are highlighted. (MSE)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Educational History, Higher Education, Internship Programs