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Timothy G. Harrison; Shirin Alexander; Nick Barron; Jessica Bonham; Marisol Correa Ascencio; Andrew Chapman; Ben Cheesman; Matthew England; Jane Fletcher; Stephanie Flynn; Phyllis Fiadzomor; James Fothergill; Claudio Greco; Ash Griffith; Kate Hanford; Preeti Kaur; M. Anwar H. Khan; Rebecca Ingle; Gordon Inglis; Adele Laurain; Emma Liddle; Marcus I. Medley; Ikenna Ndukwe; Alison Rivett; Rebecca Sage; Zoe Schnepp; Linda Sellou; Katherine E. Shaw; Steve Street; Godiraone Tatolo; Rachel Wellington; Dudley E. Shallcross – Journal of Chemical Education, 2023
Postgraduate engagement in delivering outreach activities is more commonplace than it once was. However, the impact on postgraduate students (typically studying for a Ph.D. degree) of participating in the delivery of these outreach activities has rarely, if ever, been recorded. The Bristol ChemLabS Outreach program has been running for ca. 17…
Descriptors: Graduate Study, Outreach Programs, Skill Development, Employment Potential
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Christian Clark; Alice Steimle; Bethany LaValley – Connected Science Learning, 2024
Solar eclipses are a rare phenomenon that everyone should have the opportunity to explore in depth. This article describes two programs developed by a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) outreach center with the goal of bringing the excitement of eclipses to all learners. The STEM outreach center collaborated with local…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Elementary Secondary Education, College School Cooperation, School Community Relationship
Darreth R. Rice – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Caregivers play an integral role in a child's academic development, including their literacy development (Compton-Lilly et al., 2019; Cunningham, 2021; Edwards, 2004; Edwards, 2016; Smith, 2020; Volk, 2021). One way caregivers have supported their children's literacy development is by assisting them with school activities at home. While some…
Descriptors: Caregiver Attitudes, Family School Relationship, Caregiver Role, Partnerships in Education
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Garrett, Erin M.; Belle, Ashley J. – Journal of Extension, 2022
Through a combination of internal and external collaborations, consumer-based energy education designed for hard-to-reach audiences was successfully delivered statewide by an interdisciplinary Extension team. Program participants representing rural residents, senior citizens, and low-income audiences demonstrated improvements in knowledge and…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Program Effectiveness, Access to Education
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Rose, Anthea; Mallinson, Lucy – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2022
The role secondary schools play in raising student aspirations for, and encouraging progression into, Higher Education through supported outreach is important but often overlooked by both colleges and universities alike. This article reports on our work within Uni Connect's 'Raising Higher Education Aspirations' programme in Lincolnshire which…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Secondary School Students, Disadvantaged Youth, Higher Education
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Kaggwa, Ruth J.; Blevins, Allison; Wester, Emma; Arango-Caro, Sandra; Woodford-Thomas, Terry; Callis-Duehl, Kristine – Journal of STEM Outreach, 2023
Diverse backgrounds, viewpoints and experiences in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) are vital for innovation and creativity in STEM; and yet, racially minoritized groups, such as African Americans and Hispanics, remain underrepresented in the STEM K-12 and career pipeline. Studies show that exposure and access to STEM experiences…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Disadvantaged Schools, STEM Education, STEM Careers
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Holt, Jerry – Distance Learning, 2018
This article briefly describes a grant-funded collaboration between a university and public school districts in Florida, aimed at providing greater opportunities for ethnic minority students. Florida A&M University (FAMU) is a historically Black university, the only public HBCU in Florida. In order to provide an outreach to high school…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Grants, College School Cooperation, Outreach Programs
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Godfrey, Gabrielle; LaPlaca, Stephanie B.; Heintz, Melissa M. – American Biology Teacher, 2022
What's in Our Waters Jr. (WOW Jr.) is an environmental outreach program designed to teach fourth grade elementary students about watershed protection. This program is unique because of the partnership that brings together students, teachers, scientists, and water resource professionals to promote science education and environmental stewardship in…
Descriptors: Biology, Science Instruction, Environmental Education, Outreach Programs
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O'Farrell, Paige; Liu, Hung-Ling – Education Sciences, 2020
The purpose of the study is to understand the challenges and opportunities of urban outdoor education centers in partnership and programming. The context for this study involves efforts by all-season outdoor education centers, Outdoor Campus (OC), in two urban areas in South Dakota (SD). Outdoor education scope and social-ecological framework were…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Partnerships in Education, Outreach Programs, Community Involvement
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Knutson, Karen; Crowley, Kevin – Afterschool Matters, 2022
The William Penn Foundation launched Philadelphia's Informal Learning Initiative (ILI) to support the development of literacy-rich programming for families with children aged 3 to 9. The initiative was designed as a network of partnerships in which a cultural organization--usually a museum--paired with one or more, community-based organizations…
Descriptors: Museums, Communities of Practice, Informal Education, Literacy Education
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Norris, Katherine E. L.; Martin, Gerardina L. – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2021
Higher education institutions are in a great position to create authentic programming to support local underfunded or underperforming public school districts. This article gives an overview of an education outreach collaborative between a 4-year public university, local schools, and a community institution and highlights lessons learned from the…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, School Community Relationship, Mentors, High School Students
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Douglas, J.; Kilpatrick, S.; Katersky Barnes, R.; Alderson, R.; Flittner, N. – Studies in Continuing Education, 2020
Pathways to higher education can appear opaque and unattainable to rural adults, despite the affordances provided by modern broadband and increasing provision of university online learning options. This paper describes an innovative partnership model that connects rural adults to university and technical and further education pathways through…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Population, Postsecondary Education, Vocational Education
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Garber, Mel; Adams, Katherine R. – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2017
Collective impact is a model for achieving tangible change and improvement in communities through a series of well-defined parameters of collaboration. This article provides a 10-year reflection on the University of Georgia Archway Partnership, a university-community collaboration, in the context of the parameters of collective impact. Emphasis is…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, School Community Relationship, Models, Outreach Programs
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Brown, Brittany; Avitaia, Samantha; Austin, Kylie; Facchin, Jaimey – Australian and International Journal of Rural Education, 2020
The University of Wollongong's (UOW) Outreach program was established in 2011. In 2017, through a National Priority Pool Grant, UOW piloted the regional and rural outreach program, "Rural In2Uni." The "Rural In2Uni" program enabled university students to "pay it forward" through a pedagogical model which places rural…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Outreach Programs, Rural Schools, Student Experience
Person, Ann E.; Bruch, Julie; Goble, Lisbeth – Mathematica, 2019
There is a growing movement across the country to get more adults to enroll in college and complete higher education programs. Fewer than half of the nearly 170 million U.S. residents between the ages of 25 and 64 have obtained a postsecondary degree or certificate. The statistics for adult students of color who have attained higher education are…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Students, Adult Students, Higher Education, Postsecondary Education
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