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Brent L. Todd – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Colleges implement success courses to improve student outcomes. Since expanding its curriculum to include nine success courses, Illinois Eastern Community Colleges (IECC)--a multi-college community college district in rural, southeastern Illinois--has not determined the efficacy of these courses on student success. The purpose of this study was to…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community College Students, Curriculum Development, Rural Schools
Ashley Hirilall; Sarah Daily; Zoelene Hill; Catherine Schaefer; Dayne Ornelas Gonzalez – Child Trends, 2023
Long-standing discriminatory practices and systematic barriers have perpetuated inequitable access to early childhood resources and opportunities for families living in the United States due to race and ethnicity, income, geographic location, primary languages, gender, and other characteristics. To adequately understand whether child care is…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Access to Education, Child Care, State Policy
Lovelle R. Reynolds – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This dissertation investigates the implementation of Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) programs in Illinois community colleges, focusing on Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) faculty perceptions. Utilizing an explanatory sequential mixed-methods design, the study first conducted a survey among full-time ADN faculty across Illinois community…
Descriptors: Nursing Education, Bachelors Degrees, Teacher Attitudes, Community Colleges
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Richards, Kevin Andrew; Shiver, Victora N.; Kuipers, Karisa; Jacobs, Jennifer M. – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2023
Partnerships between communities and institutions of higher education have become central ways in which post-secondary students and faculty members interact with teachers and students in community environments. These partnerships can be challenging to develop, however, particularly given the numerous and shifting priorities of both schools and…
Descriptors: Program Development, Community Programs, Physical Activities, Poverty
Illinois Community College Board, 2023
Data about compensation received by employees in Illinois' 48 public community colleges are gathered by the Illinois Community College Board (ICCB). Data in the Fiscal Year 2023 Salary Report, which derive from the ICCB Faculty, Staff, and Salary (C1) Data and Supplementary Faculty, Staff, and Salary Information, reflect the census date of October…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Public Colleges, Salaries, College Faculty
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Hughes, M. Courtney; Gray, Jennifer A.; Kim, Jinsook – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2023
Objective: To learn about the challenges, policies, and needed resources to serve people with intellectual disability and protect staff during the COVID-19 pandemic. From the perspective of intellectual disability service providers. Methods: We conducted in-depth qualitative interviews with 16 intellectual disability organization administrators…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, COVID-19, Pandemics, Administrator Attitudes
Erin A. Galfer – ProQuest LLC, 2023
In the City of Chicago, a collaboration between the City Colleges, the Chicago Public Schools, the philanthropic community and the mayor's office has berthed a unique program called the Chicago Roadmap for Success (The Roadmap). The Roadmap aligns resources to ensure that more students have more access to college. One of the keystone features of…
Descriptors: Mentors, School Community Programs, Access to Education, Colleges
Rockey, Marci; Bourne, Jewel A. – Office of Community College Research and Leadership, 2022
The statewide program review process for Illinois community colleges required by the Illinois Community College Board (ICCB) is scheduled on a five-year cycle, however, the value of program review is lost without regular opportunities for engagement and reflection on what has been learned through the process (Eggleston, 2020). Furthermore, one of…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Partnerships in Education, Community Colleges, Evaluation Methods
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Torres-Olave, Blanca M.; Torrez, Mark Anthony; Ferguson, Kelly; Bedford, Amy; Castillo-Lavergne, Claudia M.; Robles, Karla; Chang, Aurora – Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 2021
This article presents findings from a Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) study on the experiences of six undocumented college students at a community college in the Midwest United States. We focused on two main research questions: What are some of the key developmental experiences of undocumented youth? What is the impact of these…
Descriptors: Undocumented Immigrants, Sense of Community, Action Research, Participatory Research
Tricia L. Broughton – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Health Information Technology (HIT) is an in-demand occupation across Illinois and as such community colleges offer related preparation programs in the form of one-two semester Career and Technical Education (CTE) Certificates and Associate of Applied Science (A.A.S.) degrees. Community college applied programs aim to meet the needs of local…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Employers, Health Occupations, Employment Potential
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Margaret DeZelar; Maureen T. S. Burns; Kimberly Rosania; Amy M. Bohnert – American Journal of Evaluation, 2024
Collective impact (CI) initiatives provide a promising collaborative community-based approach for addressing health disparities, but they are challenging to evaluate. This paper provides a detailed strategy for addressing these challenges through a case study, with the goal of not only of evaluating the CI, but also putting organizations in a…
Descriptors: Collectivism, Community Education, School Community Relationship, Access to Health Care
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Artis, Lori; Bartel, Susan – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2021
This qualitative phenomenological study examines the leadership development activities of Illinois community college presidents and sought to understand not only how presidents prepare for their leadership roles, but what challenges presidents are currently facing, what advice they have for emerging leaders about effective leadership practices,…
Descriptors: College Presidents, Community Colleges, Leadership Training, Professional Development
Darrell H. Robin – ProQuest LLC, 2023
An institution of higher education will create a Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) as a hub for pedagogical and professional development for its faculty. While CTLs have developed over the past fifty years, their administrators and staff have endeavored to develop, strengthen, and enhance quality pedagogical skills for anyone who teaches for…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Higher Education, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Student Centered Learning
Gabe Estill – ProQuest LLC, 2022
In this interview study, I examine how student affairs administration (SAA) works at rural community colleges as well as how rural senior student affairs officers (SSAOs) function in their leadership roles. The study purports to understand student affairs in the context of "rurality," or what it means to be rural. Two primary research…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Rural Schools, Student Personnel Workers, Administrator Attitudes
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Bohnenkamp, Jill H.; Patel, Chandni; Connors, Elizabeth; Orenstein, Shawn; Ereshefsky, Sabrina; Lever, Nancy; Hoover, Sharon – Journal of Applied School Psychology, 2023
Multidisciplinary teams of school- and community-employed mental health, health, and educational staff work together in schools to offer a full continuum of mental health promotion, prevention, early intervention, and treatment services and supports. Intentional teaming structures and practices are essential to ensure teams deliver effective,…
Descriptors: Allied Health Personnel, Mental Health, School Health Services, School Community Relationship
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