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Andrews, Hans A. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2019
There are national, state, and institutional efforts to increase the completion rates of students enrolled in higher education institutions across the United States. This manuscript describes how one community college developed a total institutional commitment approach that became very successful in terms of significant Associate Degree and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Graduation, College Administration, Holistic Approach
Hundley, Stephen P. – Assessment Update, 2019
This issue of "Assessment Update" presents the following articles: (1) Organizing for Learning Improvement: What It Takes (Andrea M. Pope and Keston H. Fulcher); (2) Editor's Notes: The Leadership Imperatives for Assessment Excellence -- Imperative #2, Attracting and Retaining Talent to Support Assessment Excellence (Stephen P. Hundley);…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Improvement Programs, Program Effectiveness, Academic Achievement
What Works Clearinghouse, 2019
Large numbers of qualified students do not apply to and enroll in college. Yet, earning a college degree is one of the primary pathways for economic success and is increasingly required for good jobs and high wages. A number of programs and practices aim to improve college readiness and enrollment, including "Take Stock in Children's®…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Graduation, Higher Education, Middle School Students
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 2017
The Carnegie Foundation launched its Math Pathways initiative nearly six years ago at 29 colleges across the country with the aim of improving success rates in developmental math. Tens of thousands of students a year, who need additional preparation for college-level math, are shut out of earning degrees and fulfilling careers due to the huge…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, College Mathematics, Educational Improvement
John Armstrong; Alice Sullivan – British Educational Research Journal, 2025
Athena Swan was established in 2005 with the goal of advancing the careers of women in STEMM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Medicine) subjects in higher education. Since then, it has expanded its remit in various ways and has generated some controversy. This paper explains how Athena Swan operates as a policy-scoring scheme,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, STEM Education, STEM Careers, Higher Education
Fulcher, Keston H.; Smith, Kristen L.; Sanchez, Elizabeth R. H.; Ames, Allison J.; Meixner, Cara – Research & Practice in Assessment, 2017
Higher education has made impressive progress concerning student learning outcomes assessment practices. Yet--despite the assumption that better assessment would lead to better student learning--few examples of demonstrable student learning improvement exist at the academic degree or university levels. In 2014 Fulcher, Good, Coleman, and Smith…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Educational Improvement, Best Practices, Student Evaluation
Chang Liu; Charles Downing – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2024
This teaching tip describes using Microsoft Power BI Desktop in a class to analyze unstructured data from an exit survey of prior students from a Master of Science in Management Information Systems program. Results from a short survey administered to these students showed that the students, using the no-code Power BI, were able to accomplish their…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Program Effectiveness, Information Science, Management Information Systems
Carolina Llorente-Portillo; John Alver Dobson; Niyan Kwame Omari Fraser; Laura Gómez-Urquijo – Tuning Journal for Higher Education, 2024
Entrepreneurship Education (EE) programming is being developed at tertiary-level academic institutions, to develop the next generation of entrepreneurs. We collected data from undergraduate students from the Western region of Tecnológico de Monterrey in Mexico (N=25). The aim was to measure entrepreneurial intention by exposing the sample to a new…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Entrepreneurship, Student Attitudes, Process Education
Taiwana Monique Johnson – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to describe how first-year college students describe the academic benefits and effectiveness of participating in a developmental education program in preparing them for academic success. The theoretical frameworks supporting this study were Bandura's theory of self-efficacy and Tinto's theory…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Freshmen, Developmental Studies Programs, Academic Achievement
Hussey, Ian; Bain, Andrew M. – Teaching Theology & Religion, 2020
The uptake in one-year theological programs by students in the Australian College of Theology (ACT) has heightened interest in the question of whether these short qualifications meet the expectations of students and equip them for their ministry, whether that be in their local church, parachurch organizations or other vocations. This article…
Descriptors: Graduates, Theological Education, Program Length, Program Effectiveness
Binbin Jiang; Jeffrey Robinson; Nicholas Clegorne; Tak Cheung Chan – Educational Planning, 2025
This article explores the unique structure and challenges faced by Southeast State University's Educational Specialist (Ed.S.) and Tier II Leadership Certification programs. It highlights the effective strategies implemented to address these challenges and their positive effects on program quality and student success. The findings indicate…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Educational Administration, Certification, Educational Change
Audrey Amrein-Beardsley; Clarin Collins; Dawn Demps; B. G. Gong; Chukwu(emeka) Ikegwuonu; Sarah M. Salinas; Stephen Santa-Ramirez – Teaching Education, 2024
In this study, researchers conducted an examination of the consequences, both positive and in need of improvement, of a large college of education's student support process (SSP). The SSP was put in place by college of education leaders in order to better support the teacher education students enrolled throughout its teacher education program,…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Technology Uses in Education, Preservice Teachers, Student Teaching
Sagarra, Marti; Mar-Molinero, Cecilio; Rodríguez-Regordosa, Herberto – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2015
State support in higher education (HE) is often justified on the grounds that HE is important for the development of the country. However, little analysis is normally done in order to assess the impact of education quality initiatives. The Mexican government has been engaging in a policy of HE quality improvement that can be traced to 1989. In…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Success, Higher Education, Program Effectiveness
Kimbark, Kris; Peters, Michelle L.; Richardson, Tim – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2017
Despite a great increase in the numbers of students enrolling in higher education, specifically at community colleges, the successful completion rates for these students has remained static since the 1970s. When reviewing strategies to increase student retention and successful completion, the Student Success Course (SSC) has emerged as a promising…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Two Year College Students, Academic Persistence, School Holding Power
Frankfort, Jill; Maslin, Adrienne; O'Hara, Ross – New England Journal of Higher Education, 2015
Across the U.S., an estimated 60% of incoming community college students require developmental courses to be ready for college-level work, according to estimates by experts. As these courses act as a gateway to further studies, those who fail are most often lost to higher education: Less than a quarter will earn a degree or certificate within…
Descriptors: Success, Interviews, Opinions, Community Colleges