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Sport for Development (S4D) as "Core University Business"? Modelling University Participation in Sport-Based Social Development
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Rosso, Edoardo G. F.; McGrath, Richard; Immink, Maarten A.; May, Esther – Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education, 2016
Among the recognised strengths of the "Sport for Development" (S4D) framework there is the capacity of sport to contribute to positive community networks, education and community participation. However, its relevance to tertiary education institutions is often under-appreciated. In this framework, the Football United® program was…
Descriptors: Athletics, Social Development, Higher Education, School Community Relationship
Equity and Excellence in Higher Education: The Decline of a Liberal Educational Reform. American University Studies. Series XIV. Education Vol. 35.
Sadovnik, Alan R. – 1994
This book provides a sociological and historical analysis of the evolution and demise of a state college's educational opportunity program, the goal of which was to compensate for unequal pre-college education and provide equal opportunities for economically and educationally disadvantaged students. The program was an example of a special…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Educationally Disadvantaged, Higher Education, Labeling (of Persons)
An Evaluation of the SEEK Prefreshman Summer Program at Baruch College, 1984.
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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
Individual Library Research Clinics for College Freshmen.
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Becker, Karen A. – Research Strategies, 1993
Describes a program of Library Research Clinics developed at Northern Illinois University to teach bibliographic instruction (BI) to one or two students at a time as an alternative to teaching BI in large first-year English classes. Implementation of the clinics with educationally disadvantaged students and with honor students is reviewed.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Academically Gifted, College Freshmen, Educationally Disadvantaged
National Study of Student Support Services Third-Year Longitudinal Study Results and Program Implementation Study Update: Executive Summary.
Journal of Educational Opportunity, 1997
A study reported the status of approximately 2,900 participants in the student-support-services program for disadvantaged college students, and of 2,900 comparable nonparticipating students three years after college entry, looking at grades received, number of credits accumulated, and retention rates. The study also collected information on how…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, College Credits, College Students
Education for the Disadvantaged: The Higher Education Opportunity Program in New York State.
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Glazer, Judith S. – Rockefeller Institute Reprints, 1985
The article examines the impact of New York State's Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP) after 13 years of implementation at 70 institutions, focusing on the effects of participation by underprepared, low-income students. Considered also are college admission and enrollment policies, academic support services, and budgets. The study…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, College Admission, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged