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Karp, Melinda; Ackerson, Sara; Linderman, Donna; McFarlane, Brett; O'Shea, Joe; Richburg-Hayes, Lashawn – What Works Clearinghouse, 2021
At its most effective, advising is a collaborative process between a student and an advisor designed to help the student realize their educational potential. Most postsecondary institutions have historically used advisors to help students select and register for courses, but postsecondary institutions are increasingly asking advisors to play an…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Academic Advising, College Students, College Faculty
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Newcomer, Kathryn; Brass, Clinton T. – American Journal of Evaluation, 2016
The "performance movement" has been a subject of enthusiasm and frustration for evaluators. Performance measurement, data analytics, and program evaluation have been treated as different tasks, and those addressing them speak their own languages in their own circles. We suggest that situating performance measurement and data analytics…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Performance, Measurement, Data Analysis
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Robertson, Peter J.; Egdell, Valerie – Australian Journal of Career Development, 2018
In the UK, the concept of employability is influential in current conceptualizations of career development. It is an example of a discourse underpinned by faith in individual transformation as a response to unstable labour markets, a position that is not unproblematic when structural factors are taken into account. This article introduces an…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Counseling, Employment Potential, Social Justice
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Gay, Steven E.; Santen, Sally A.; Mangrulkar, Rajesh S.; Sisson, Thomas H.; Ross, Paula T.; Zaidi, Nikki L. Bibler – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2018
Medical school admissions interviews are used to assess applicants' nonacademic characteristics as advocated by the Association of American Medical Colleges' Advancing Holistic Review Initiative. The objective of this study is to determine whether academic metrics continue to significantly influence interviewers' scores in holistic processes by…
Descriptors: Medical Schools, College Entrance Examinations, Interviews, Grade Point Average
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Kiravu, Cheddi; Diaz-Maurin, François; Giampietro, Mario; Brent, Alan C.; Bukkens, Sandra G.F.; Chiguvare, Zivayi; Gasennelwe-Jeffrey, Mandu A.; Gope, Gideon; Kovacic, Zora; Magole, Lapologang; Musango, Josephine Kaviti; Ruiz-Rivas Hernando, Ulpiano; Smit, Suzanne; Vázquez Barquero, Antonio; Yunta Mezquita, Felipe – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2018
Purpose: This paper aims to present a new master's programme for promoting energy access and energy efficiency in Southern Africa. Design/methodology/approach: A transdisciplinary approach called "participatory integrated assessment of energy systems" (PARTICIPIA) was used for the development of the curriculum. This approach is based on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Masters Programs, Energy, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Gunbatar, Mustafa Serkan – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2018
This study aimed to determine undergraduate and associate degree students' computer programming attitude and self-efficacy levels, and compare them according to thinking style, gender, department, weekly study time, and programming experience variables. The study employed the correlational research model. The researcher attempted to reach all…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Associate Degrees, Programming, Computer Attitudes
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Schediwy, Laura; Loots, Ellen; Bhansing, Pawan – Journal of Education and Work, 2018
The present study examines students' attitudes toward entrepreneurship education. The context of the study are the arts, where we empirically test whether different dimensions of arts entrepreneurship education are recognized by students from higher music education institutes in the Netherlands. Specifically, we investigate 167 music students'…
Descriptors: Music Education, Student Attitudes, Employment Potential, Entrepreneurship
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Gose, Rebecca; Siemietkowski, Grace – International Journal of Education & the Arts, 2018
The following narrative recounts a collaborative reflective investigation into pedagogical care using a teacher-student dyad approach. Originating from the student's inquiry that fulfilled her teacher's assignment, the ensuing exploration investigates care from both teacher and student perspectives in the classroom and choreographic settings. This…
Descriptors: Dance Education, Teacher Student Relationship, Interpersonal Communication, Teacher Attitudes
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Barradell, Sarah; Barrie, Simon; Peseta, Tai – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2018
There is often little opportunity to think deeply about educational practice, and curriculum in particular in universities today, yet this is a much-needed conversation as graduates encounter an increasingly complex world. We propose ways of thinking and practising (WTP) as an idea to help frame these complex conversations. In this conceptual…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Curriculum, Educational Practices, Curriculum Development
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Sarantou, Melanie – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2018
Improvisatory processes are considered synonymous with play, offering only second-best solutions to art and design problems. The role of improvisation in visual art processes is not widely discussed academically. This paper draws on a case study situated in Namibian art worlds to reflect on the role of improvisation in fluid and complex design and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Creative Activities, Case Studies, Art
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Cheng, Xue Jun; McCarthy, Callum J.; Wang, Tony S. L.; Palmeri, Thomas J.; Little, Daniel R. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2018
Upright faces are thought to be processed more holistically than inverted faces. In the widely used composite face paradigm, holistic processing is inferred from interference in recognition performance from a to-be-ignored face half for upright and aligned faces compared with inverted or misaligned faces. We sought to characterize the nature of…
Descriptors: Holistic Approach, Models, Comparative Analysis, Correlation
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Cheney, Marshall K.; Gowin, Mary; Clawson, Ashley H. – Journal of American College Health, 2018
Objective: The Ecological Model was used to examine the social and environmental influences of the college environment on e-cigarette use (vaping) among college students. Participants: Undergraduate college student e-cigarette users (vapers) across three large college campuses in the southwest US from Jan 2015-Aug 2016. Methods: Thirty-three…
Descriptors: College Environment, Smoking, Health Behavior, Undergraduate Students
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Young, Ryan L.; Miller, Graham N. S.; Barnhardt, Cassie L. – Journal of Academic Ethics, 2018
This mixed methods study examines how college students' perceptions and experiences affect their understanding of academic integrity. Using qualitative and quantitative responses from the Personal and Social Responsibility Institutional Inventory (PSRI), both quantitative and qualitative results demonstrate that while campuses may see a reduction…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, School Policy, Social Responsibility, Campuses
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Warne, Nathaniel A. – Journal of Moral Education, 2018
In this article I utilize recent psychological and sociological studies on education along with Catholic philosopher Josef Pieper's work on the relationship between sight, prudence and the perception of reality to show the importance of vision and experience for moral education. Drawing on the above, I then will look specifically at the importance…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Educational Sociology, Catholics, Moral Development
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Palpacuer Lee, Christelle; Curtis, Jessie H.; Curran, Mary E. – Foreign Language Annals, 2018
Language education has mobilized community-based service-learning's (CBSL) experiential paradigm in the United States and in international settings over the past 20 years, with the goal of enhancing the linguistic and communicative competence of language learners and advancing the intercultural competence that is necessary for global citizens to…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Service Learning, Holistic Approach, Communicative Competence (Languages)
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