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Goodwin, Bryan – Educational Leadership, 2016
In this article, Goodwin describes how today's students need teachers to model warmth and empathy. In the zealous rush to meet 21st century demands--e-mailing assignments, customizing projects for tablets and laptops, and allowing students to BYOD (Bring Your Own Device), students are not learning to think and communicate in real time. Godwin…
Descriptors: Empathy, Teacher Student Relationship, Interpersonal Relationship, Interpersonal Communication
Ozaki, Reiko; Brandon, Ann – Leadership and Research in Education, 2020
High school students are often involved in sexual and dating violence. The bystander approach aims to stop sexual and dating violence from their initial occurrence by promoting social norms supporting victims and tolerating no violence. Recent studies of high school bystander programs report promising evidence of effectiveness in improving…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Evidence Based Practice, Prevention, Dating (Social)
Davidson, Jillian; Clark, Teresa B.; Ijames, Amanda; Cahill, Ruth Faith; Johnson, Trent – Educational Research Quarterly, 2020
This study explored perceptions of African American college students concerning barriers to enrolling in higher education institutions, focusing on a public comprehensive regional university in Kentucky, using interviews and focus groups. The focus of the research pertained to ACT testing requirements, home and school support systems, and the role…
Descriptors: African American Students, Student Attitudes, Barriers, Public Colleges
Larson, Kajsa C. – Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education, 2017
University professors use film as a medium to examine social issues, although little is known about the tangible effects that socially minded films have on viewers. This study examined how combining film studies with a philanthropy project was beneficial to students' understanding of global social concerns. Survey data showed that with this…
Descriptors: Films, Film Study, Learner Engagement, Citizenship Education
Anderson, Theresa; Kuehn, Daniel; Eyster, Lauren; Barnow, Burt; Lerman, Robert I. – Urban Institute, 2017
This final impact report describes the effect of Accelerating Opportunity (AO) on education and employment outcomes for underprepared adult learners. Designed and led by Jobs for the Future and national partners, AO allowed adults with low basic skills to enroll in integrated career pathways at community and technical colleges. The…
Descriptors: Career Pathways, Adult Students, Education Work Relationship, Outcomes of Education
Anderson, Theresa; Kuehn, Daniel; Eyster, Lauren; Barnow, Burt; Lerman, Robert I. – Urban Institute, 2017
The "Final Impact Report for Accelerating Opportunity" study examined the effect of Accelerating Opportunity (AO) on education and employment outcomes for underprepared adult learners. Designed and led by Jobs for the Future and national partners, AO allowed adults with low basic skills to enroll in integrated career pathways at…
Descriptors: Career Pathways, Adult Students, Community Colleges, Technical Institutes
Smith, Tara – Jobs for the Future, 2019
This case study shares findings from the evaluation of the Accelerating Career and Technical Education (CTE) program at Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical College (SKCTC) (Cumberland, Kentucky). It provides details on student outcomes and the college's lessons learned, and concludes with information on how the college will build from its…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Adult Vocational Education, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students
Cox, Fannie M. – Metropolitan Universities, 2013
The University of Louisville (U of L) Libraries' outreach mission is to encourage the development of information literacy (IL) and critical thinking in individuals. In March 2010, a community engagement partnership began between Ekstrom Library and the Wayside Christian Mission for the libraries to provide a basic computer skills class to its…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Academic Libraries, Outreach Programs, Information Literacy
Zimmerman, Julie N. – Journal of Extension, 2013
The American Community Survey provides detailed demographic data on local communities and populations. While the American Community Survey provides data useful for Extension, the data are more complicated, users must understand data reliability, and many resources are designed to help the regular, not the occasional, user. The Kentucky: By The…
Descriptors: Community Surveys, Demography, Extension Education, Information Sources
Madison-Harris, Robyn; Coleman, Vanessa; Goldston, Cora; Ramirez, Martha – Center for Education Equity, Mid-Atlantic Equity Consortium, 2022
While U.S. public education is experiencing an increase in student body size and diversity, there is also an increase in racial and socioeconomic isolation. Participation rates among White students are decreasing as rates among Latine and Asian American and Pacific Islander students increase, and Black student participation rates hold steady.…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Inclusion, Student Diversity, Public Education
Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2017
In recent years, two-year colleges have tried various strategies to improve student outcomes and remediate skill deficits in order to promote academic and employment success. Promising approaches include career pathways, dual-enrollment, competency-based credentialing, sectoral strategies, wrap-around services, and acceleration. Taken together,…
Descriptors: Career Pathways, Acceleration (Education), Community Colleges, Educational Innovation
Soricone, Lisa; McDonnell, Rachel Pleasants – Jobs For the Future, 2016
As community colleges across the country look for ways to promote student success, the need for scaling effective approaches is critical. This guide builds on a framework of four phases of scaling developed in Job For the Future's (JFF's) previous publication, "Thinking Big: A Framework for States on Scaling Up Community College…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Innovation, Educational Planning, Sustainability
Afterschool Alliance, 2019
Early childhood has long been known to be a formative time in a child's development-- a time when the brain produces more than 1 million neural connections every second during the first few years of a child's life. However, there are factors at the individual and community levels that impact the development process. In communities across America,…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Summer Programs, Adolescents, Drug Abuse
Smith, Sarah – ProQuest LLC, 2019
This action research study examined the lived experiences of student mothers at Gateway Community & Technical College. By increasing understanding, specific interventions for policy and practice emerge to increase retention and completion rates for this substantial population. Results suggest that student mothers have increased stress from…
Descriptors: Two Year College Students, Community Colleges, Mothers, Academic Persistence
Beer, Allison; Bray, Jacob B. – Association of Community College Trustees, 2019
How can community colleges support students' goals of finding success in the workforce, both today and the future? This issue brief builds upon the Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) previously published report "Partnerships for a Future-Ready Workforce" (2018) (ED605153). This brief is the first in a four-part series that…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Community Colleges, Labor Force Development, Part Time Students