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Council of Independent Colleges, 2022
The Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) received a grant from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation in 2020 to explore the potential of open educational resources (OER) to reduce textbook costs for students at smaller and mid-sized independent colleges and universities, especially Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and other…
Descriptors: Open Educational Resources, Small Colleges, Disproportionate Representation, Private Colleges
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Strehlow, Sean – Journal of College and Character, 2023
The extent to which sports build character is an increasingly contested topic, and scholarship has recently been focused on how coaches may (or may not) facilitate character development in their programs. Although existing literature examines coaches in youth sport and "big-time" college athletic programs, research on coaches in smaller…
Descriptors: Athletic Coaches, Phenomenology, Team Sports, Small Colleges
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Whitten, Donna; James, Adrian; Roberts, Cynthia – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2020
Institutions of higher education are increasingly focused on student outcomes such as persistence. This study investigated factors that contribute to a sense of belonging, a key contributor to persistence, in business students attending a small 4-year public commuter campus in the Midwest. A survey was administered to students in an introductory…
Descriptors: Sense of Community, Small Colleges, Commuter Colleges, Business Administration Education