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Brandi S. McGilberry – ProQuest LLC, 2024
A significant teacher shortage exists across the United States due to factors ranging from accountability policies for the performance growth of students, the overwhelming workload due to teacher shortages, and the lack of competitive salaries that other professions offer. Consequently, state officials have introduced and implemented changes to…
Descriptors: Teacher Recruitment, Teacher Persistence, Teacher Shortage, School Districts
Jessica Grant DiVenuti Whitten – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Great Expectations is a Virginia Community College System program for youth who were in foster care after the age of 13. Foster youth enter college with multiple disadvantages, including being less academically prepared compared to their peers and often lacking social support for their education. A program evaluation was conducted at a specific…
Descriptors: Foster Care, Community Colleges, Program Implementation, Fidelity
Victoria E. B. Bethley – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The problem addressed in this study is the high dropout and poor graduation rates among at-risk students attending Title I high schools in Virginia. The purpose of this causal comparative study was to (a) assess current levels of school connectedness, achievement focus, student persistence, grades, and attendance of at-risk high school students in…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, High School Students, Low Income Students, Disadvantaged Youth
Nancy J. Daniels – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The purpose of this qualitative, multiple case study research project was to explore the structures of different beginning teacher mentoring models and their effectiveness at retaining new teachers into the next school year. The focus is on the perspective of the program administrators, not on the perspectives of the teachers involved. The cases…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Beginning Teacher Induction, Mentors, Program Effectiveness
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Rebecca M. Jones; Mary Emenike – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2024
Beginning in 2016 and with funding from the National Science Foundation, the Rural and Diverse Student Scholars Program at George Mason University supported two cohorts of diverse undergraduate students from rural Virginia in their pursuit of a STEM degree. A holistic program design and individual components aimed to combine to support student…
Descriptors: School Holding Power, Student Diversity, Undergraduate Students, STEM Education
Brian Heseung Kim; Katharine Meyer; Alice Choe – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2022
Interactive, text message-based advising programs have become an increasingly common strategy to support college access and success for underrepresented student populations. Despite the proliferation of these programs, we know relatively little about how students engage in these text-based advising opportunities and whether that relates to…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Telecommunications, Written Language, Academic Advising
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Scott, LaRon A.; Bruno, Lauren P.; Willis, Cassandra B. – Journal of the National Association for Alternative Certification, 2019
Special education teachers enrolled in a Virginia-based alternate route certification program were surveyed to determine if they perceived the program was valuable for creating effective special educators, and the focus of the study was on the effectiveness of alternative route programs for teacher preparation. The literature review showed scant…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Alternative Teacher Certification, Program Effectiveness, Teacher Attitudes
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Dwyer, Lori J.; Williams, Mitchell R.; Pribesh, Shana – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2019
Early alert systems have promised to be an integral component of a student success solution. The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine the relationship between the use of the early alert system and persistence for students taking developmental education courses and students taking college-level courses in the Virginia Community College…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Academic Persistence, Prompting
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Morgan, Kristin L.; Crenshaw, Jasmine D.; Martin, Marcus L. – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2021
The proportion of underrepresented minority (URM) students graduating with Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) degrees, matriculating to graduate programs, and entering the STEM workforce continues to be significantly low. The Virginia-North Carolina Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (the VA-NC Alliance)…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Student Recruitment, Academic Persistence, Enrichment Activities
Soricone, Lisa; Endel, Barbara – Jobs for the Future, 2019
The purpose of this implementation report is to help community college leaders, foundations, and public education policymakers understand the impact that nudges have on student success, especially for students from populations that typically have low rates of college completion. The promising results of the NTSS [Nudging to STEM Success]…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Program Effectiveness
Fein, David; Maynard, Rebecca; Baelen, Rebecca; Shivji, Azim; Souvanna, Phomdaen – Abt Associates, 2020
Year Up's Professional Training Corps (PTC) adapted its successful workforce program for low-income young adults to operate in college settings to reduce costs and enhance scalability. The one-year program provides six months of training in basic academic, professional, and occupational skills, extensive supports, a behavior contract, and a…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Job Training, Low Income Groups, Access to Education
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Hunter R. Boylan; Barbara J. Calderwood; Barbara S. Bonham – Journal of College Academic Support Programs, 2019
This paper contends that, although there is much to commend in the remediation reform movement, it is unlikely to attain its goals. These goals include the Lumina Foundation's target of having 60% of Americans attain a degree or certificate, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's goal of doubling the number of low income students who earn a…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Community College Students, Minority Group Students, Low Income Students
Dwyer, Lori Jean – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Student attrition has been a significant challenge facing higher education for decades and is particularly pronounced within community colleges. Specifically, first-time postsecondary students only experienced a 59.3 percent retention rate between Fall 2013 and Fall 2014; at two-year colleges, less than half (46.9 percent) of students were…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Early Intervention, Program Effectiveness
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Ericksen, Kirsten S.; Walker, Jonathan; Laws, Page; Fitzgerald, Faith; Burwell, Cynthia – Learning Communities: Research & Practice, 2015
Living-Learning Communities (LLCs) have proven to be a successful high impact practice at institutions across the nation. Norfolk State University (NSU), a Historically Black University, recently established a formal LLC program as a part of the University's Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP). Through a strong partnership with Academic and Student…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Black Colleges, Partnerships in Education, Cooperation
Theodos, Brett; Pergamit, Michael R.; Hanson, Devlin; Edelstein, Sara; Daniels, Rebecca; Srini, Tanaya – Urban Institute, 2017
Senior year of high school can be a pivotal time in a young person's life. For some, it is the last step on the path to college and work. For others, finding stable employment or attending university after high school is far from guaranteed. Urban Alliance, headquartered in Washington, DC, helps students at risk of becoming disconnected from work…
Descriptors: High School Seniors, Internship Programs, Mentors, College Readiness
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