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Toliver, Felicia – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The Kentucky Community and Technical Colleges System (KCTCS) began hiring diversity officers throughout the system in the mid-2000s. These highest-ranking diversity officers (HRDO) on each campus led their college's efforts to comply with the statewide diversity policy. A phenomenological approach was used to discover how former HRDOs in KCTCS…
Descriptors: Diversity (Institutional), Community Colleges, Administrators, College Administration
Sara Srygley; Nurfadila Khairunnisa; Diana Elliott – Appalachian Regional Commission, 2024
This chartbook is the 14th version to be produced for the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) by the Population Reference Bureau (PRB). The Chartbook describes the diversity of the Appalachian Region on a host of demographic and economic measures and provides an important annual view of the area and its people. The data contained in the…
Descriptors: Demography, Geographic Location, Community Surveys, Data Analysis
Jasmyne R. Lewis – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The role of public libraries is changing in response to a multitude of influences and trends. The exponential growth of technology as the primary method of information access, funding challenges, changing demographics, and other mitigating factors have forced public libraries to become more than book repositories. Community library leaders and…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Library Role, Public Libraries, Library Personnel
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Kim, Juhee; Wargo, Elizabeth – Leadership and Research in Education, 2022
This study informs the field of education of the importance of providing a wide variety of extracurricular activities for students and its effect on students' community leadership development. Data were collected from college students (N = 705) and analyzed using quantitative methodology. Results indicate that high involvement level students…
Descriptors: Leadership, Extracurricular Activities, College Students, Community Involvement
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Leggett, Stacy R.; Desander, Marguerita K.; Stewart, Tom A. – Journal of Research on Leadership Education, 2023
This study examines the work completed by a regional, comprehensive university's principal preparation program in redesigning their curriculum for greater coherence. Their process for identifying equity as a program theme and explicitly addressing learning related to program themes is described. Key steps in the process include: (1) collaborating…
Descriptors: Program Design, Equal Education, Standards, Principals
John Kirby Hall – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This study examines the root causes of student success and struggle in the first semester of a community college tuition-free promise program. The research is set within the context of the Gateway2NKU River Cities Promise Program (RCPP), a partnership between Gateway Community and Technical College (Gateway) and Northern Kentucky University (NKU)…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Tuition, Student Financial Aid, Program Effectiveness
Arlen Sims – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Given the critical role of mentoring in the success of African American males in college, it is essential to gain a deeper understanding of how mentoring programs can best support African American male students and what elements contribute to their success (Henry, 2021). Recognizing that mentoring significantly influences the retention, academic…
Descriptors: African American Students, College Students, Black Colleges, Mentors
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Nikzad-Terhune, Katherina; Taylor, Jessica Averitt – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2020
Community engagement and philanthropic learning have gained traction in university settings as a method to help prepare students for both workplace competency and citizenship. Experiential student philanthropy is a learning method that offers students an opportunity to examine community and social issues and nonprofit organizations while providing…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Private Financial Support, Investment, Nonprofit Organizations
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Daniel Sparks – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2024
In response to rising college tuition and student debt over the past three decades, some institutions, localities, and states have implemented a range of tuition-free promise programs to promote college access and success. Programs vary widely in their design features, including eligibility stipulations and award structure. I explore the growing…
Descriptors: Paying for College, Educational Policy, Eligibility, State Programs
Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education, 2024
Gateway courses are foundational, college-level courses that apply to a student's program of study or to a college's general education requirements. These courses are typically considered first-year or lower-division courses and serve as a basis for more advanced studies. Research has demonstrated that completing gateway courses in two key…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, College Students, College Readiness, College Mathematics
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Jennifer Lape Kaiser; Madison Skaggs – Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education, 2023
The following case study presents an approach to teaching research courses in undergraduate exercise science programs. Research courses are commonly required in the curriculum for this degree. Service learning (SL) is an effective way to promote student learning outcomes (SLOs) by providing hands-on experience for the students, and should be…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Undergraduate Students, Service Learning, Outcomes of Education
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Bonnevie, Erika; Silesky, Melissa Dunn; Goldbarg, Jaclyn; Gudmundsen, Caitlyn; Fields, Megan; Smyser, Joe – Health Education Journal, 2023
Introduction: In the USA, syringe services programmes (SSPs) provide a range of harm reduction services and have numerous benefits for communities. However, stigma, misconceptions about SSPs and changing policies/legislation remain a challenge to effective implementation. This study reviews the implementation of two digital interventions,…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Social Media, Influences, Information Dissemination
Human Development Institute, 2024
This manual was designed primarily for use by people with disabilities. The hope is that it is also useful for families, as well as service coordinators and providers who directly assist families and individuals with disabilities. The focus of this manual is to provide easy-to-read information about available resources, and to provide immediate…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Children, Health Services, Resources
Achieving the Dream, 2021
Located in the suburbs of northern Kentucky, just minutes away from Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky University (NKU) serves over 15,000 students from across the state and beyond. In 2018, while celebrating its 50-year anniversary and closing out its current 6-year strategic plan, the college welcomed a new president with a bold vision. Feeling a…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, State Universities, College Administration, School Community Relationship
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Ingle, W. Kyle; Greenwell, Terra; Woods, Justin – Journal of Educational Administration, 2020
Purpose: We sought to identify codes and themes in the mission statements of Kentucky's school districts and examine the relationship between district characteristics and the mission statements. Design/methodology/approach: We undertook a mixed methods design, specifically, a sequential transformative strategy with a theoretical lens overlaying…
Descriptors: Institutional Mission, School Districts, Organizational Communication, Language Usage
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