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Jennifer Therese Humpal – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The planning and implementation of effective transition services for students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) have emerged as crucial aspects of middle school special education. This action research study examines the impact of professional development and collaborative practices on improving transition services for middle school students with…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Middle School Teachers, Program Improvement, Transitional Programs
Viola J. Miller – ProQuest LLC, 2023
While the value of mentoring has long been presumed in the literature as well as in practices, little is known about the success of formal, and informal mentoring practices (Crisp, 2010; Crisp & Cruz, 2009; & Ward & Ball, 2016). In addition, there is a lack of research on community college student mentoring in higher education…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, College Transfer Students, Colleges, Mentors
Alicia Nicole Cooper Denton – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This study sought to explore the importance of mentorship programs for Black adolescent females. Due to the unique challenges that Black women face regarding the intersectionality of race, gender, and socioeconomic status, they are in need of mentorship programs to overcome these challenges. The Critical Race Feminist Theory was the theoretical…
Descriptors: Mentors, Personal Narratives, African Americans, Females
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Baker, Lewis; Heron, Marion – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2023
A key purpose of the Foundation Year provision is to prepare students, often from a widening participation background, for their undergraduate study. Research has established that access to academic discourse and disciplinary knowledge is, to a large extent, dependent on students' academic language and literacy skills, including oracy skills.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Transitional Programs, College Preparation
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Fan, Xumei; D'Amico, Leigh K.; Kilburn, Janice; Jones, Alexis; Richard, Chelsea; Garrett, Sommer; Leverage, Elizabeth Logan – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2023
The Countdown to Kindergarten (CTK) program was developed to increase family awareness of kindergarten expectations, create a positive relationship with families, and support smooth school transition and kindergarten readiness for children who were from diverse backgrounds and/or had adverse experiences. We used a mixed methods design to study the…
Descriptors: Young Children, Kindergarten, School Readiness, Summer Programs
Mendoza, Melissa Esther – ProQuest LLC, 2023
To truly provide inclusive learning spaces for all students, inclusive education must be provided for people with disabilities during the transitional period from compulsory school to employment. México's 2011 law of inclusion provides rights to people with disabilities for access to education and professional training. In the interest of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Disabilities, Inclusion, Social Networks
Rutter, Desiree' J. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this phenomenological qualitative study was to provide a voice and perspective of the lived experiences of participants with executive function deficits and develop an understanding of its effect on their transition to a four-year university. The following research question guided the study: What support do students with executive…
Descriptors: College Students, Executive Function, Disabilities, Postsecondary Education
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Jenna L. Spencer-Briggs; Jonathan P. Rourke – Journal of Chemical Education, 2023
A new module designed to ease the transition from school to university was devised and implemented at Cardiff University School of Chemistry. Two iterations of the module are described, both of them conducted under restrictions imposed by COVID-19 pandemic regulations. Over a two-week period, students attended 15 different sessions, each designed…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Universities, Science Education, COVID-19
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Paula Kohler; June Gothberg; Alycia Sterenberg Mahon; W. Drew Andrews; Janice Seabrooks-Blackmore – Journal of Inclusive Postsecondary Education, 2023
As more institutions of higher education offer comprehensive transition and postsecondary programs for students with intellectual disabilities, a systematic process for strategically planning their postsecondary programs is needed. Guiding principles and an organizational taxonomy are available for program development. However, a mechanism that…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, College Preparation, Individualized Transition Plans, Communities of Practice
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America, Carina; Mallon, Philip – Perspectives in Education, 2020
The continuously changing business world demands that students entering the world of work have an adaptable skill set. The acquisition of appropriate exit-level knowledge, skills and competencies also holds true for young school students and early school leavers. At school level the engagement and connectedness with the outside world and the…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Foreign Countries, Experiential Learning, Business Education
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Alharthi, Maryam – International Journal of Higher Education, 2020
Transitioning from secondary to higher education is not a natural step for many first-year university students. Most female students who join Taibah University did not have the chance to visit the university and get to know the programs offered there before they applied. Therefore, the Childhood Studies Department within the College of Family…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Student Adjustment, College Programs, Peer Relationship
Wakefield, Jill; Allen, Colleen; Victor, Alexis; Gray, Cathy – Association of Community College Trustees, 2020
With over 50% of current college CEOs expected to retire within the next few years, boards are seeking new ways to connect the hiring and onboarding processes to ensure the new CEO's effectiveness and longevity. The first year often sets the stage for the CEO's success. This document outlines key first-year strategies for the board and new…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Administration, Governing Boards, College Presidents
Migliore, Alberto; Butterworth, John – Institute for Community Inclusion, 2020
The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) of 2014 requires that vocational rehabilitation (VR) agencies set aside at least 15% of their federal VR services grant funds to assist students with disabilities. These students are entitled to receiving pre-employment transition services (Pre-ETS). Pre-ETS include job exploration counseling,…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Intellectual Disability, Vocational Rehabilitation, Transitional Programs
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Charles B. Walters; Rebecca Smith-Hill; Anthony J. Plotner; Alie Springgate – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2025
The problems associated with undue and overbroad guardianship for people with intellectual and developmental disability (IDD) have received increasing attention in recent years. In simple terms, guardianship threatens one's ability to exercise self-determination and make important decisions that reflect their own unique values, preferences, and…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Special Education Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Barriers
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Andie Reynolds; Sharon Boateng; Martha Akello; Sandra Nanyunja; Brooke Atherton El-Amine; Apollo Mulondo; Michael Gallagher; Jean-Benoit Falisse; Georgia Cole – Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 2025
Uganda currently hosts approximately 1.7 million refugees (93% fully registered refugees, 3% asylum seekers and 4% stateless persons), the most in sub-Saharan Africa. Most refugees come from South Sudan (57%), Democratic Republic of Congo (32%), Burundi (3%), and Somalia (3%). Refugees largely live in rural based settlements within 12 districts…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cooperative Learning, Refugees, Transitional Programs
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