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Carla Herrera; Michael Garringer; Rachel Bennett – MENTOR: National Mentoring Partnership, 2025
Mentoring is a series of collaborative activities and conversations between young people and older or more experienced persons (i.e., mentors) who are acting in a helping capacity to provide support that benefits one or more areas of the young person's development. This resource offers those who develop and implement mentoring services meaningful…
Descriptors: Mentors, Program Development, Program Improvement, 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
Lia Wetzstein; Jordan Reed; Katie Kovacich; Mayra Nuñez Martinez – Community College Research Initiatives, 2024
The need for STEM transfer students from low-income backgrounds to complete bachelor's degrees is a pressing issue. A substantial portion of those students start their educational journey at 2-year colleges. The lack of transfer and completion of these STEM students is deeply rooted in systemic and structural barriers, which leads to many students…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, STEM Education, Low Income Students, Transfer Rates (College)
Advance CTE: State Leaders Connecting Learning to Work, 2019
Youth apprenticeship programs can give students access to valuable work-based learning experiences that provide insights into how their interest can connect to education and the workforce. Although these programs are often beneficial for participants, there is little data to show the programmatic landscape and impact. There are many challenges…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Apprenticeships, Accountability, Data Collection
Huang, Melrose – Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 2018
Traditional developmental mathematics sequences are a major impediment for community college students who need to acquire college-level mathematics credit in order to attain their long-term academic goals. Each year, approximately 500,000 students fail to complete their developmental mathematics coursework, jeopardizing their ability to earn an…
Descriptors: Remedial Mathematics, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, College Mathematics
Liss, Emmy; Wallack, Josh; Weisenfeld, G. G.; Frede, Ellen – National Institute for Early Education Research, 2023
Over the last several years, a growing number of cities have invested in early care and education for 3- and 4-year-old children, known as "preschool." This paper aims to aid cities in planning preschool programs by outlining a range of factors to consider. We largely do not make recommendations, but rather try to identify a range of…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Program Development, Governance, Program Administration
Browning, Bill – Aspen Institute, 2015
"Working Together and Making A Difference: Virginia Western Community College and Goodwill Industries of the Valleys Partnership Case Study Report" is a report aimed at informing community college and workforce leaders of best practices for launching and expanding partnerships to serve students more effectively. Co-published by AspenWSI…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Community Colleges, Labor Force Development, Nonprofit Organizations
Henry, Gary T.; Smith, Adrienne A.; Kershaw, David C.; Zulli, Rebecca A. – American Journal of Evaluation, 2013
Performance-based accountability along with budget tightening has increased pressure on publicly funded organizations to develop and deliver programs that produce meaningful social benefits. As a result, there is increasing need to undertake formative evaluations that estimate preliminary program outcomes and identify promising program components…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, Longitudinal Studies
Young, Anita; Kaffenberger, Carol – Professional School Counseling, 2011
School counselors are required to implement accountability strategies in order to increase student performance and contribute to closing the achievement gap. This study investigates the beliefs and practices of school counselors who have earned national recognition for implementing comprehensive school counseling programs based on identifying…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Recognition (Achievement), Program Evaluation, Demonstration Programs
Ashby, Cornelia M. – US Government Accountability Office, 2009
Millions of adults in the U.S. report that they speak limited English, and English language ability appears linked to multiple dimensions of adult life, such as civic participation and workforce participation and mobility. The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) examined: (1) the trends in the need for and enrollment in federally funded…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Educational Demand, Program Administration
Kenney, Genevieve; Cook, Allison; Dubay, Lisa – Urban Institute (NJ1), 2009
The Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA) of 2009 gave states additional resources and tools aimed at improving participation in Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). In 2007, five million uninsured children were eligible for Medicaid or CHIP, constituting 64 percent of all uninsured children.…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Children, Health Insurance, Enrollment
McCombs, Jennifer Sloan; Orr, Nate; Bodilly, Susan J.; Naftel, Scott; Constant, Louay; Scherer, Ethan; Gershwin, Daniel – RAND Corporation, 2010
High-quality out-of-school-time (OST) programs have a positive effect on youth development, but many cities have found it difficult to address the challenges of expanding and improving the quality of programs offered to underserved and high-need students. In response, The Wallace Foundation sponsored an initiative to help five cities increase…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Management Information Systems, Financial Support, Data
Dynarski, Susan; Scott-Clayton, Judith E. – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2008
A growing body of empirical evidence shows that some financial aid programs increase college enrollment. Puzzlingly, there is little compelling evidence that Pell Grants and Stafford Loans, the primary federal student aid programs, are effective in achieving this goal. In this paper, we provide an in-depth review of this evidence, which taken as a…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Taxes, Student Financial Aid, Enrollment
Steinhardt, Bruce J.; DeLuypere, Matthew – 1989
This study documents gaps in the way in which Medicaid meets its responsibilities to provide access to health care for children and offers recommendations on what should be done about the gaps. Major findings of the study are presented in a section on problems of eligibility, benefits, and reimbursement. Findings indicate that due to the…
Descriptors: Child Health, Eligibility, Enrollment, Federal Legislation
Hill, Ian; Lutzky, Amy Westpfahl – 2003
This study examined states efforts to retain children in their State Childrens Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). Data were obtained during spring and summer of 2000 through telephone interviews with state program officials from eight states selected based on a variety of demographic and programmatic variables; the states were Alabama, California,…
Descriptors: Child Health, Children, Eligibility, Enrollment