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Institute for College Access & Success, 2023
Robust longitudinal education and workforce data are integral in addressing disparities in educational opportunities and economic outcomes. However, not all states link their P-12, postsecondary, and workforce data sets. Kentucky and Tennessee are two state examples that proved success in linking data from different agencies. TICAS' brief analyzes…
Descriptors: Data, Labor Force, Agency Cooperation, Education
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Stephanie Ivey; James T. Campbell; Aaron Robinson; Craig O. Stewart; David Russomanno; Karen Alfrey; Jeffrey Watt; Tony Chase; Maryam Darbeheshti; Miriam Howland Cummings; Katherine Goodman – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2023
The?"Urban STEM Collaboratory" is a five-year project sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF) that addresses challenges to student success in STEM disciplines through a multi-institutional collaboration via?the?University of Memphis (UofM), University of Colorado Denver (CU Denver), and Indiana University-Purdue University…
Descriptors: College Students, Economically Disadvantaged, STEM Education, Urban Schools
Region 5 Comprehensive Center, 2024
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) approved the first nationally registered K-12 teacher apprenticeship program in Tennessee in January 2022, opening the door to a rapidly growing pathway for prospective teachers. Since then, DOL has approved registered teacher apprenticeships in more than 30 states. The Tennessee Grow Your Own (GYO) model became…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Apprenticeships, Credentials, On the Job Training
National Governors Association, 2021
Nearly a quarter of all undergraduate students in the U.S. are parents. All parents, especially younger parents and those returning to school after years in the workforce, face a system that was not designed to accommodate their needs as caretakers. The needs of student parents have become even more acute during the COVID-19 pandemic, which has…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Parents, COVID-19, Pandemics
Matthew Ronfeldt; Emanuele Bardelli; Matthew Truwit; Kevin Schaaf; Julie Baker – Grantee Submission, 2023
The Mentors Matter Recruitment initiative leveraged state administrative data to recommend and successfully recruit more instructionally effective and experienced teachers to serve as clinical mentors, which, in turn, increased pre-service teachers' readiness to teach. Prior results, however, focus on self-reported outcomes and stem from a single…
Descriptors: Mentors, Teacher Recruitment, Preservice Teacher Education, College School Cooperation
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Afton Fawn Ussery; Sofiya Petrova Dahman – College & Research Libraries, 2024
In the past five years, Delta State University's academic library has made significant efforts to develop sustainable outreach programs that support the LGBTQ+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer+) community. This program has increased the library's visibility and enhanced its image among its students, faculty, and staff. The article…
Descriptors: Outreach Programs, Academic Libraries, Library Services, Inclusion
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Behringer, Bruce A.; McLean, James E. – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2022
Making sure all key stakeholders are included in community-engaged partnership projects is a difficult but important task. A systematic methodology for identifying partners would help avoid this problem. The double rainbow model is a systematic approach designed to identify all potential partners that can contribute to or might be affected by the…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Stakeholders, School Community Relationship, College School Cooperation
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Jayme Yeo – CEA Forum, 2023
Over the past decade, local live productions of Shakespeare have become increasingly visible to scholars and audiences alike, both through critical work on the subject as well as through public projects such as Shakespeare on the Road. This visibility highlights the cultural and artistic work of regional theatre. On the one hand, local live…
Descriptors: English Literature, Classics (Literature), Dramatics, Acting
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McConnell, John; Bruster, Benita; Lambert, Cheryl; Thompson, James – Rural Educator, 2021
The purpose of this article is to examine a 'grow your own' model of leadership preparation and placement of educational administrators in the state of Tennessee. The growing need for school and district administrators in the rural counties of Tennessee mirrors a nationwide issue, and state policymakers and practitioners must respond appropriately…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, School Administration, Administrators, Placement
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Anderson, Laurel J.; Dosch, Jerald J.; Lindquist, Erin S.; McCay, Timothy S.; Machado, Jose-Luis; Kuers, Karen; Gartner, Tracy B.; Shea, Kathleen L.; Mankiewicz, Carol; Rodgers, Vikki L.; Saunders, Patricia A.; Urban, Rebecca A.; Kilgore, Jason S.; Powell, Amanda S.; Ramage, Benjamin S.; Steinweg, J. Megan; Straub, Jacob N.; Bunnell, Sarah L.; Witkovsky-Eldred, Marissa – Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research, 2020
Multisite, course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) in the Ecological Research as Education Network (EREN) were assessed for impacts on student learning of collaborative science skills using a survey that could serve as a starting point for a validated assessment instrument for multisite CUREs. Pretests/posttests were administered…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Research, Cooperation, Science Process Skills
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Lipscomb, Tamra; Wallin, Cindy; Braun, David; Clatterbuck, Katherine; Dana, Faison; Keniston, Leonda; Lipp, John; Mason, Christian – Inquiry, 2019
Many Virginians aspiring to earn a four-year degree intentionally begin their journey at one of the 23 community colleges within the Virginia Community College System (VCCS). In concert with those aspirations, the VCCS is committed to providing its residents an affordable and accessible program of study that prepares them to transfer and earn a…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Bachelors Degrees, Access to Education, State Legislation
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Kelly, Kiesa; Jones, Linda; Brinthaupt, Thomas M.; Hart, Wendy – Psychology Teaching Review, 2016
This paper describes the development of a regional psychology teaching organisation, Psychology Educators of Tennessee (PET). PET is designed to enhance collaboration among teachers from local colleges, universities, and high schools. We discuss the history of PET, the themes and pragmatics associated with our annual conference, plans for…
Descriptors: Regional Cooperation, Faculty Development, Psychology, Communities of Practice
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Jacobson, Claire E. – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2020
In 2017 the National Association of System Heads launched its Taking Student Success to Scale: High Impact Practices Network. The goals of this initiative were to identify and scale promising High Impact Practices (HIPs) at both the campus and system level to prioritize equitable participation for low-income and first-generation students and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Practices, Educational Policy, State Policy
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Nasrollahian Mojarad, Sara; Cruz, Laura – To Improve the Academy, 2022
MegaSoTL projects are scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) projects that generate evidence of learning from multiple institutions. While being increasingly practiced, MegaSoTL projects and their potential contribution to improve higher education pedagogy remain understudied in higher education literature. In this article, we introduce…
Descriptors: Scholarship, Teaching Methods, Learning Processes, Higher Education
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Strayhorn, Terrell L. – New Directions for Student Services, 2019
This chapter presents a new model for fostering effective, collaborative partnerships between academic and student affairs at Minority-Serving Institutions, using an illustrative case study from a historically Black college/university (HBCU) located in Tennessee. After laying the context for collaborations in higher education, the author presents…
Descriptors: Career Education, Black Colleges, Partnerships in Education, Case Studies
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