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Download full textvan Hunnik, Eddy – Higher Learning Research Communications, 2015
Online education has been steadily growing during the last decade. This growth has mainly taken place in the non-laboratory science fields. This essay describes some of the best practices to increase and maintain student retention, increase student engagement and increase graduation rates for college running online laboratory science courses. This…
Descriptors: Online Courses, College Programs, Graduation Rate, Academic Persistence
Arendale, David R., Comp. – Online Submission, 2017
This 2017 annotated bibliography reviews seven postsecondary peer cooperative learning programs that have been implemented nationally to increase student achievement. An extensive literature search was conducted of published journal articles, newspaper accounts, book chapters, books, ERIC documents, thesis and dissertations, online documents, and…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Annotated Bibliographies, Academic Achievement, Peer Groups
Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education, 2010
The HM Inspectorate of Education (HMIE) publication, "External Quality Arrangements for Scotland's Colleges, September, 2008" specified that HMIE will produce a number of subject aspect reports over the four years 2008-2012. These reports complement in a subject-specific context the generic evaluations of learning and teaching in HMIE's…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Postsecondary Education, School Personnel, Educational Assessment
Martin, Deanna C.; Arendale, David R. – 1990
The Supplemental Instruction (SI) program of the University of Missouri-Kansas City addresses attrition by providing academic support in courses that are high risk for students. The program contains a number of innovative features, for example: high risk courses are identified instead of high risk students, and everyone in those courses is offered…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, College Programs, Dropout Prevention
Wentzel, Carol; And Others – 1989
Project STAR was designed to demonstrate model instruction, retention, transition, and preparation practices for use with hearing-impaired community college students. The project consisted of a detailed student assessment, an extensive faculty inservice training component, and extensive instructional and counseling support for project students.…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Preparation, College Programs, College Students
Hurst, Darrell, Ed.; Jobin, Robert, Ed. – VCCA Journal, 1991
This issue of the "VCCA Journal" contains the following articles: (1) "Dear Andrei--Dear Patricia: International Education in English Composition I," by Robert Kilmer; (2) "The Cultivation of Critical Thinking: Some Tools and Techniques," by Russell Crescimanno; (3) "Assessment Partnership: A Model for Two-Year…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Accounting, Administrative Organization
Alliance, an Association for Alternative Degree Programs. – 1993
The following papers are included: "Forms of Marginality" (Thompson); "Growing the Circle" (Francis); "The Seamless Continuum" (Prince); "Interlinking American and Adult Values" (Tichy); "A Student's Journey into Multicultural Education" (Moorey); "From Shared Vision to Organizational…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning
