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West, Travis – Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education, 2023
Community engagement programs offer college students an opportunity to impact youth in rural, low-income communities. While in a rural setting where educational training and support is not abundant, college students learn about struggles that rural, low-income youth face in exploring and attending postsecondary education options. The Alternative…
Descriptors: College Students, Service Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Rural Youth
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Jones, Jennifer L.; Gallus, Kami L.; Manning-Ouellette, Amber – Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education, 2022
Positive outcomes for students have motivated educators to identify effective strategies for advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in people with intellectual disability (ID), a minoritized population often excluded from DEI efforts. The current study investigated undergraduate student attitudes toward ID and compared changes in…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Intellectual Disability, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Program Effectiveness
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Lavery, Angela; Knight, Erin; Cole, Stephanie; Metz, Stacie – Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education, 2023
This article presents an interdisciplinary collaboration to address the needs of older adults at risk of social isolation exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. An intergenerational service-learning program developed by the Pennsylvania Department of Aging was offered to several universities across the state of Pennsylvania. The authors share their…
Descriptors: Interprofessional Relationship, Intergenerational Programs, Service Learning, Older Adults
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Tinkler, Alan; Tinkler, Barri – Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education, 2020
In order to build connections with the community, the authors of this study undertook a participatory process for developing a comprehensive service-learning initiative within a teacher education program. This case study examines the impact of the service-learning initiative on building social capital for the community and preservice teachers. The…
Descriptors: Social Capital, Service Learning, Program Effectiveness, Preservice Teachers
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Tremblay, Melissa; Kingsley, Bethan; Gokiert, Rebecca; Benthem, Gary – Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education, 2018
Drawing on a community-university (CU) partnership between a non-profit organization that serves teen families, a housing organization and a university, this paper discusses the opportunities and challenges that can arise when engaging vulnerable youth in research. Through this paper, we share reflections on promising practices and ethical…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, At Risk Persons, Adolescents, Early Parenthood
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Harden, Susan B.; Buch, Kim; Ahlgrim-Delzell, Lynn – Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education, 2017
Undergraduate research (UR) experiences continue to proliferate across all higher education settings. Yet community-based research (CBR) experiences account for a small percentage of UR opportunities. This paper describes the pilot study results of a summer program that is intentionally expanding the paradigm for UR at a public research university…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Summer Programs, Undergraduate Students, Student Participation
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Ettekal, Andrea Vest; Konowitz, Lily S.; Agans, Jennifer P.; Syer, Tina; Lerner, Richard M. – Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education, 2017
We report data from the first year of a three-year collaboration between a sport-based youth development program, Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA), and a university-based research institute. The theory of change of PCA was tested with youth athletes, representing multiple sport types (e.g., individual/team) and seasons (e.g., fall/winter), who…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Youth Programs, College Faculty, Athletes
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Garcia, Jodan D.; Frank, Rachael A. – Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education, 2017
Interdisciplinary service learning opportunities are recognized as valuable educational tools for health care students. The Farm Worker Family Health Program, based on a community academic partnership model, enables health care students to treat migrant workers in rural Georgia during the annual farmworker migration. The present article describes…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Interprofessional Relationship, Service Learning, School Community Programs
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Hamerton, Heather; Henare, Sharlene – Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education, 2017
Tertiary vocational programs offered in a small remote town in Aotearoa, New Zealand, were delivered in partnership with indigenous community organizations and other stakeholders to prepare people for future regional developments in primary industries. An evaluation investigated the impact of these programs on students, their families, and the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Areas, Vocational Education, Postsecondary Education