Open Source Program Offices (OSPOs) are dedicated units that coordinate and nurture open source software adoption across the organization. Over the past decade, as the importance of software as a research output, essential component of reproducible science, and community infrastructure for open science has grown, several major funders of…

As of fall 2024, enrollment across Washington's community and technical colleges has increased for eight consecutive quarters. This brief explores how the enrollment recovery has affected select programs and demographic groups across the system.

The Moombaki study team's key objective is improving the well-being and educational success of Aboriginal children by fostering a deeper connection to their culture, land, and family. The current WA Department of Education Cultural Standards Framework (2015) is outdated and has not resulted in sustainable and audited meaningful changes to ways of…

Given the high risk of drowning among children with autism, there is a need for disseminating water safety education into mainstream settings. The current study explored the effectiveness of behavioral skills training (BST) in teaching water safety skills to 3 U.S. children with autism, when implemented by community-based swim instructors with no…

Introduction: This study explored relationships between compassion fatigue, compassion satisfaction, and care behaviors in Memphis Police Department Crisis Intervention Team officers. Methods: A quantitative correlational cross-sectional approach was used. Results: Compassion satisfaction was a statistically significant predictor of care behaviors…

Engagement with research has long been recognized as a key driver of improved language teaching practices and teachers' professional growth. Yet, language teaching practitioners often remain distanced from research activities, thus perpetuating a well-documented gap between research and practice. While much of the existing scholarship has centered…

As a global trend, sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries have increasingly received reforms from international organizations (IOs) to improve learning achievements for marginalized groups by promoting community involvement in school governance. The idea is to mobilize local resources and lessen the 'burden' on the central government. This paper…

Background: The burdens of student debt and financial instability have contributed to a significant number of students pausing or stopping out of their postsecondary education. Nationally, it is estimated that over 36 million Americans have some college credits but no degree, a reflection of this growing problem (National Student Clearinghouse…

Memorial Spaulding Elementary School is a public school in Newton, Massachusetts. It is a neighborhood school that serves around 400 students, grades kindergarten through fifth grade. In 2014, with the leadership of art teacher, Alexandra Etscovitz, a group of passionate teachers banded together to start a movement of integrating creativity and…

Supporting primary school teachers' Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) development for modeling-based instruction (MBI) remains a key challenge in science teacher education. Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) offer a promising context for this professional growth. This study examined the PCK development processes of three primary school…

This case explores challenges to curriculum and books in K-12 settings through two scenarios. In the first scenario, community members disrupt a school board meeting, and in the second, a parent demands to have books removed from a school. Participants will examine issues that school and district leaders navigate regarding book and curricular…

Purpose: This study aims to analyse the essential characteristics for the success of social projects developed with undergraduate students of higher education institutions (HEIs). Design/methodology/approach: A case study was conducted to verify the main characteristics of projects in a social entrepreneurship initiative. These features were used…

Ambassadors for Biodiversity (EmBio) is an ocean literacy research project that contributes to the improvement of literacy on marine and coastal biodiversity, namely encompassing the areas covered by the Natura 2000 Network, by promoting coastal and oceanic resources conservation and natural and cultural values preservation of the Portuguese…

The 47th annual conference of the Adult and Higher Education Alliance (AHEA) was held online and in person in March 2023. This year's conference theme is "Workforce Development: Micro-Credentials, Badges, and CEUs." The proceedings are comprised of the following papers: (1) Investing in Adult Learners and Creating Learning Environments…

Previous research exploring the lived experiences of marginalized groups of students in STEM at community college settings is limited, despite the fact that community colleges have the potential to create pathways to 4-year engineering degrees and diversify the STEM workforce. This study explored what underrepresented students in STEM valued most…