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Direct linkSarah Bright Smith – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this quantitative comparative study is to analyze the demographic and program choice data of students who completed a study abroad program in the United States over a 10+-year period and to determine the impacts of those factors. The literature is well saturated with the benefits of students engaging in any type of study abroad…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Student Attitudes, College Students, Study Abroad
Fitch, Sarah; Glaser, Deon; Lopez, Vanessa; Pendleton, Maya; Perrino, John – National College Access Network, 2020
This study aims to better understand the drivers behind college choice and completion rates among Hispanic students. The report was prepared for the nonprofit National College Access Network (NCAN) to help equip their member organizations with information and tools to address academic undermatch and improve postsecondary degree completion rates…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, College Students, College Choice, College Graduates
Peer reviewedYoung, Natalie A. E. – Comparative Education, 2018
International schools are commonly depicted in the academic literature and popular press as offering elite educational credentials to an elite, oftentimes international, student body. In this paper, I draw on a case study of a Canadian international school to argue that a new form of international school is emerging in China--one that offers a…
Descriptors: International Schools, Academic Failure, Case Studies, Foreign Countries
Download full textClothey, Rebecca A. – International Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, 2016
This paper looks at an alternative curriculum model for study abroad designed specifically to address some of the needs of non-traditional students enrolled in an online education program. In order to meet the needs of non-traditional students and provide quality international programming for them, it is necessary first to understand their…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Students, Nontraditional Education, Educational Quality, International Education
Kipnis, F.; Whitebook, M.; Almaraz, M.; Sakai, L.; Austin, L. J. E. – Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, University of California at Berkeley, 2012
The Learning Together longitudinal study focuses on four counties' efforts to expand bachelor's degree opportunities in early care and education (ECE) for adults currently working in the field. The "student cohort" model--in which small groups of ECE students with similar interests and characteristics pursue a bachelor's degree together,…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Adult Students, Nontraditional Students, Bachelors Degrees
Whitebook, Marcy; Kipnis, Fran; Sakai, Laura; Almaraz, Mirella – Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, University of California at Berkeley, 2011
The "Learning Together" longitudinal study focuses on four counties' efforts to expand bachelor's degree opportunities in early care and education (ECE) for adults currently working in the field. The "student cohort model"--in which small groups of ECE students with similar interests and characteristics pursue a bachelor's…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Adult Students, Nontraditional Students, Bachelors Degrees
Whitebook, Marcy; Sakai, Laura; Kipnis, Fran; Bellm, Dan; Almaraz, Mirella – Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, University of California at Berkeley, 2010
Interest in expanding access to higher education has been driven by concerns about ethnic and linguistic stratification within the early childhood workforce, and building a pipeline for diversifying the early care and education (ECE) field's leadership. "Cohort" B.A. completion programs, which target small groups of adults working in ECE…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Organizational Change, Program Development, Adult Students
Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, University of California at Berkeley, 2008
This report reflects the first year of a multiyear effort to examine B.A. completion cohort programs in early care and education in four California counties. The six programs under investigation were developed with similar goals: (1) To increase and retain a pool of B.A.-level professionals in the ECE field with culturally, linguistically, and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Educational Experience, Adult Students
Williford, Miriam, Ed. – 1994
This book contains individual essays and series of essays about fundamental issues in prison education. The following individual essays are included: "The Paradox of Higher Education in Prisons" (Jones, d'Errico); "A Brief History of Prison Higher Education in the United States" (Silva); "The Scope and Diversity of Prison…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions, Curriculum, Delivery Systems
