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Kilburn, M. Rebecca; Phillips, Andrea; Gomez, Celia J.; Mariano, Louis T.; Doss, Christopher Joseph; Troxel, Wendy M.; Morton, Emily; Estes, Kevin – RAND Corporation, 2021
The four-day school week (4dsw) is growing in popularity, especially in rural areas across the western United States. RAND Corporation researchers addressed knowledge gaps about the 4dsw by conducting a large-scale study of the implementation and outcomes of the 4dsw that involved the collection of original data in numerous districts across Idaho,…
Descriptors: School Schedules, Program Implementation, Program Effectiveness, Rural Schools
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Seelman, Kristie L. – Gender and Education, 2014
Research indicates that transgender individuals frequently experience marginalisation and interpersonal victimisation within college and university settings. Missing from the literature is a discussion of what can be done to address such patterns in higher education, based upon empirical data gathered from transgender and gender non-conforming…
Descriptors: Campuses, College Environment, Change Strategies, Organizational Change
Poindexter, Michael C. – Connection: The Journal of the New England Board of Higher Education, 2006
Given the rising cost of a college education, inquisitive students and parents are asking more questions than ever before about student satisfaction and success on campuses. To answer these questions, most institutions are speaking a new language. "Student engagement, outcomes, assessment and culture of evidence" have become familiar…
Descriptors: Student Recruitment, College Students, Campuses, Student Attitudes
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Lahman, Maria K. E.; D'amato, Rik Carl; Stecker, Steffanie; Mcgrain, Elizabeth – School Psychology International, 2006
For decades Colorado, USA, has had a shortage of school psychologists, especially in rural areas. The program "Giving Rural Areas Access to School Psychologist" (GRAASP) was developed to meet this need by offering a technology based distance education program that trained candidates from remote sites across the state. Through the use of…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Distance Education, School Psychologists, Interviews