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Hensel, Nancy H. – Stylus Publishing LLC, 2021
This book highlights the exciting work of two-year colleges to prepare students for their future careers through engagement in undergraduate research. It emerged from work in five community college systems thanks to two National Science Foundation grants the Council for Undergraduate Research received to support community colleges' efforts to…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Student Research, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students
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Brenner, Kerry; Beatty, Alexandra; Alper, Joe – National Academies Press, 2022
In November 2020, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a multi-day virtual symposium on imaging the future of undergraduate STEM education. Speakers and participants pondered the future and the past and shared their goals, priorities, and dreams for improving undergraduate STEM education. Expert speakers presented…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, STEM Education, Internship Programs, Equal Education
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Wang, Victor X., Ed. – IGI Global, 2018
In the twenty-first century, learning and the definition of education is changing. New digital, online, and social tools have the ability to transform the classroom and engage learners like never before. In the midst of this technological revolution, it is crucial for educators and administrators to be able to gauge the impact of digital tools on…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Educational Research, Andragogy
Malcom, Shirley, Ed.; Feder, Michael, Ed. – National Academies Press, 2016
Nearly 40 percent of the students entering 2- and 4-year postsecondary institutions indicated their intention to major in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) in 2012. But the barriers to students realizing their ambitions are reflected in the fact that about half of those with the intention to earn a STEM bachelor's degree and…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, College Students, STEM Education, Majors (Students)
Xing, Jun, Ed.; Li, Judith, Ed.; Roper, Larry D., Ed.; Shaw, Susan M., Ed. – Lexington Books, 2006
Over the past three decades, American higher education has witnessed a shift in demographics which has created a more diverse student body. However, many university campuses remain unsupportive or even hostile to minority faculty and students. This anthology introduces to readers the Difference, Power, and Discrimination (DPD) Program, a…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Models, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
Dunn, Dana S., Ed.; Smith, Randolph A., Ed.; Beins, Barney, Ed. – Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (Bks), 2007
This book provides a showcase for "best practices" in teaching statistics and research methods in two- and four-year colleges and universities. A helpful resource for teaching introductory, intermediate, and advanced statistics and/or methods, the book features coverage of: (1) ways to integrate these courses; (2) how to promote ethical conduct;…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Statistics, Research Methodology, Higher Education