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Donald E. Heller – Institute for College Access & Success, 2024
In December 2023, TICAS published new research on the College Affordability Gap--the gap between students' total cost of attendance and non-loan aid available to them--in California, Michigan, and New York, with a focus on students eligible for Pell Grants. Our new report builds on this research with data from nine additional states (Colorado,…
Descriptors: Paying for College, Access to Education, Federal Aid, Grants
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DuVal, Chris; Artis, Wayne – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2020
This chapter describes a long-term successful transfer partnership between Pikes Peak Community College (PPCC) and the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs (UCCS). The Best Choices program provides clearly defined pathways for students planning on transferring from PPCC to UCCS, including overall transfer plans that extend from start to finish.
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Universities, Intercollegiate Cooperation, Transfer Programs
Nicholas J. Alfonso – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The significant under-representation of women in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers fields directly links to the under-enrollment and retention in STEM educational degree programs. Using the leaky pipeline framework and theory of student persistence, the purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to…
Descriptors: Community College Students, STEM Education, STEM Careers, Females
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Williams, Christine K.; Strickland, Amanda L.; Riggs, Nathaniel R.; Dyett, Amy R.; Gibson, Zoe R.; Pulskamp, Andrea D. – School Mental Health, 2018
Implementing targeted (Tier 2) interventions for youth at risk of developing behavioral health concerns is critical for a comprehensive approach to school mental health. Given challenges in school-based implementation of targeted interventions, identifying factors associated with their implementation may contribute to a better understanding of…
Descriptors: Mental Health Programs, Community Health Services, Intervention, School Health Services
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Cisneros, Jesus; Valdivia, Diana; Reyna Rivarola, Alonso R.; Russell, Felecia – Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 2022
Operating from intersecting theories of validation, marginality, and mattering, this phenomenological study investigated undocumented student support services from the perspective of 49 Undocumented Student Resource Center (USRC) practitioners. In-depth interviews highlighted the ways that USRC practitioners served as validating agents, directly…
Descriptors: Undocumented Immigrants, Minority Group Students, Student Personnel Services, Sense of Community
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Garcia, Antero; Mirra, Nicole – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 2022
Authored by a teacher-researcher design team, this manuscript explores the boundaries and processes of literacy research enacted across perilous timescales. Building from fieldnotes, reflections, and dialogue from a two and a half year social design-based experiment, this study extends scholarship focused on kinship and communities of practice.…
Descriptors: Literacy, Educational Research, Civics, Ethics
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Leckey, Erin H.; Littrell, Megan K.; Okochi, Christine; González-Bascó, Ián; Gold, Anne; Rosales-Collins, Samantha – Journal of Environmental Education, 2021
How can youth become leaders in their communities' resilience efforts? The Lentes en Cambio Climático (LECC) filmmaking program aimed to empower students to investigate how a changing climate affects their lives and use their own findings to inspire local resilience. Secondary students in LECC created films that explore the experiences of…
Descriptors: Local Issues, Place Based Education, Environmental Education, Informal Education
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Doss, Daniel Adrian; McElreath, David Hughes; Gokaraju, Balakrishna; Mallory, Stephen L.; Tesiero, Raymond; Taylor, Linda; Hong, Qiuqi; Jones, Don; McElreath, Leisa Stuart; Parker, McKenzie – Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Education, 2020
This study examined differences in reported campus criminality on selected community college campuses in the years between 2005 and 2016 representing the years preceding and succeeding the implementation of Mississippi's 2011 concealed carry legislation. Each campus included in this study is a public-funded community college in Mississippi. Using…
Descriptors: Crime, Community Colleges, College Environment, Weapons
Danielle Nicole Lindo – ProQuest LLC, 2024
As many American teachers have or will experience unsafe working conditions (McMahon et al., 2014), it is critical to understand the role real or potential violence can play in shaping teachers' perceptions and experiences of their work. This study affirmed the critical need for researchers to understand teacher perceptions of workplace gun…
Descriptors: School Violence, Weapons, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Conditions
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McKay, Heather; Michael, Suzanne – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2021
Colorado's Community College System's Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College Career Training (TAACCCT) grant facilitated and supported the state's redesign of developmental education (DE) to increase rates of student retention and completion across fifteen community colleges. This chapter presents observations about the process of…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Remedial Instruction, Career Development, Educational Change
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Robert C. Schoen; Catherine C. Lewis; Christopher Rhoads; Kevin Lai; Claire M. Riddell – Journal of Experimental Education, 2024
Lesson study, especially when conducted with support from targeted resources, is often identified as a potentially effective means to support teacher learning. In this study, 80 school-based teams of educators, representing 80 classrooms of third- or fourth-grade students in the US, were randomly assigned to one of four conditions: lesson study…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Faculty Development, Elementary School Teachers, Grade 3
Mable J. Baker – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The United States is currently experiencing a decline of skilled talent in the workforce, with healthcare occupations suffering the most due to a loss in workforce talent and the onset of an aging population. This talent shortage is attributed to a "skills gap." The current case study used qualitative methodology to examine the expansion…
Descriptors: Job Training, Job Skills, Allied Health Occupations, Allied Health Occupations Education
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Varaxy Yi; Janiece Z. Mackey – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2024
Two women scholars (Khmer and Black) explore how our subjectivities as researchers influence how we understand, give honor to, and (re)present our participants' experiences in ways that value their humanity. Through phenomenological methods and poetic transcription, we seek more nuanced, creative, and powerful ways of positioning participants'…
Descriptors: Researchers, Racial Factors, Experience, Poetry
Kelley, Bryan; Silva-Padrón, Gerardo – Education Commission of the States, 2023
Much attention has been focused on the importance of providing physical and mental health services to students in educational environments in recent years. Millions of students receive school-based health services, and for many students, schools are their first and only option to receive health care. State policymakers have a lot to consider in…
Descriptors: School Health Services, Access to Health Care, State Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Sandy Baum; Jason Cohn – Urban Institute, 2023
Funding for community colleges varies significantly, even within the same state. Several factors account for these differences, including more generous funding for smaller institutions to compensate for their higher costs per student, unequal local funding from property tax revenues, and political forces. In theory, this variation could lead to…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Financial Support, African American Students, Hispanic American Students
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