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Vivian Yuen Ting Liu; Alexandra Haralampoudis; Isabel Polon – Research in Higher Education, 2024
College education plays a crucial role in upward social mobility. However, despite applying to and being accepted by colleges, students often fail to matriculate -- a phenomenon known as "summer melt". The summer after high school graduation is a vulnerable period for these students due to limited counseling support from both high…
Descriptors: High School Seniors, Social Mobility, Higher Education, Summer Programs
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Faith Applegate; Jen Freed; Ariana Jiménez; Nina Wang – Penn GSE Perspectives on Urban Education, 2024
This piece documents the collaboration between a team of four University of Pennsylvania students and seven youth partners from across the Greater Philadelphia area who came together to discuss, understand, and take action toward civic issues impacting their communities. As youth arrived at the Civic Engagement Summer Program, a joint Philadelphia…
Descriptors: Intergenerational Programs, Partnerships in Education, School Community Relationship, Social Change
Daniel Hamlin – Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research, 2024
The significant decrease in student achievement levels following the pandemic has become a pressing national problem, and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts showed some of the sharpest academic achievement declines in the country. To assist schools in recovering from the pandemic, the federal government allocated three waves of funding through its…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Trend Analysis, COVID-19, Pandemics
Kelvin Herrera-Hassan – Online Submission, 2024
This study investigates the impact of summer bridge programs on the transition, engagement, and retention of Black male students at predominantly White institutions (PWIs). Black males continue to face significant challenges in higher education, including low retention rates and limited feelings of belonging. The purpose of this mixed-methods…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Transitional Programs, African American Students, Males
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Elvira J. Abrica; Deryl Hatch-Tocaimaza; Sarah Corey-Rivas; Justine Garcia; Aalap Dixit – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2024
Using the Culturally Engaging Campus Environments (CECE) Model, this qualitative study examined development of psychosocial attributes (i.e., sense of belonging, science identity, and self-efficacy) among 1st-year life science undergraduate students who participated in integrated and culturally engaging research activities at New Mexico Highlands…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Educational Environment, Psychological Patterns, Community Education
Jacquelyn Potvin – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Background: Youth from low-income, racially and ethnically diverse families are at increased risk for academic challenges and nutritionally inadequate diets. Summer programs offer an opportunity to foster interest and engage students in science, technology, engineering, art, and math (STEAM) education while addressing summer learning loss.…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6
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Hector Rasgado-Flores; Maxine Loh; Shella Blue; Rachael Lange; Jesus Ruiz; Eric Williams; Cecilia Pena-Rasgado; Brian Kufner; Mytzy Rodriguez-Kufner; Reema Rashied; Sarah Mustaly-Kalimi; Margaret Gonzales; Bernadette Sanchez; Maria Colunga – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2024
The dearth of Latinx and African American (AA) professionals in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields is most concerning. AA and Latinx workers in the labor market hold an 11% and 17% share of US workers, respectively. However, these groups only contribute 9% and 8%, respectively, of STEM professionals and 4.8 and 6% of…
Descriptors: STEM Careers, Allied Health Occupations, Low Income, Disadvantaged
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Jessica D. Osborne; Olivia Melvin; T. R. Parlier; E. Gray Flora IV; Yasmin McLaurin – Learning Assistance Review, 2024
This study provides a template for and impact from an Asset, Capacity-Based (Altschuld, 2015) needs assessment focused on undergraduate student success. The purpose of this study is: (1) to provide a template and foundation for institutions to follow in gaining a depth of understanding of student needs and assets, as well as institutional…
Descriptors: Student Needs, Needs Assessment, Program Development, Program Evaluation
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Philip Capin; Jeremy Miciak; Bethany H. Bhat; Greg Roberts; Paul K. Steinle; Jack Fletcher; Sharon Vaughn – Remedial and Special Education, 2024
This U.S. study evaluated the effects of a reading intervention for emergent bilingual students with significant reading difficulties in Grades 6 and 7 within a multisite randomized controlled trial. Emergent bilinguals were randomized to a researcher-provided intervention (n = 171) or business-as-usual comparison condition (n = 169). Results on a…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Middle School Students, Grade 7, English (Second Language)
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Caitlin Donald; Kavita Rajani; Michelle Singer; Megan Skye; Stephanie Craig Rushing; Allyson Kelley; Brittany Morgan; Tosha Zaback; Thomas Becker; William Lambert – Health Education & Behavior, 2024
Culturally-adapted evidence-based programs (EBPs) are needed to promote healthy behaviors among Native teens and young adults. Little is known about the facilitators and barriers of implementing and sustaining EBPs in Native communities. This paper aims to identify those factors described by educators who implemented the Native Students Together…
Descriptors: Curriculum Implementation, Sustainability, Summer Programs, Decision Making
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Marc T. Sager; Saki Milton; Candace Walkington – Discover Education, 2025
This study aimed to explore the implementation of project-based learning (PBL) principles in informal STEM education, focusing on the experiences of Underrepresented Racially Minoritized (UUREM) girls during a week-long residential STEM summer camp. Utilizing a single case study design, the researchers investigated how PBL facilitates engagement…
Descriptors: Females, STEM Education, Student Role, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
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Diana Owen – Grantee Submission, 2024
The Project Citizen Research Program (PCRP) was a three-year research initiative that evaluated the effectiveness of the Center's Project Citizen teacher professional development (PD) program and curriculum intervention for middle and high school students. The program took place over three academic years that were impacted by the COVID-19…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Curriculum Development, Middle School Students, High School Students
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Robyn Henderson; Sazan M. Mandalawi – Australian and International Journal of Rural Education, 2024
Global education is often framed in terms of standardised testing that makes comparisons across nations. This is particularly evident with international measures like the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), which tests 15-year-olds in member countries. Images on the PISA website provide representations of education that seem to…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Refugees, Immigrants, Access to Education
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Dianna Murphy; Sonya K. Sedivy – Foreign Language Annals, 2024
This article is the first large-scale study to document the speaking proficiency outcomes of intensive programs in less commonly taught languages in US higher education. Speaking proficiency was measured by pre- and postprogram ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interviews (N = 484) in 14 languages: Arabic, Bengali, Brazilian Portuguese, Hindi, Indonesian,…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Proficiency
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Ennea Fairchild; Julie Sexton; Harmony Newman; Krystal Hinerman; Jessica McKay; Eric Riggs – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2024
Undergraduate summer field programs are valuable experiences that can foster or reduce students' self-efficacy, an important factor in students' success and retention in geoscience. Growing research findings show that science field experiences can be hostile and unwelcoming to students with marginalized identities, which may negatively impact…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Earth Science, Field Experience Programs, Undergraduate Students
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