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Carey Harold Brown – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This study examined areas of concern within the community college level of higher education affecting the retention and attrition rates of African American male first-year students at three community colleges in the state of New Jersey. It used a four-stage investigative design to identify variable factors that are correlated to retention and…
Descriptors: Community College Students, African American Students, Males, Success
Trudy Ann Atkins – ProQuest LLC, 2020
In today's society, student safety is the number one concern of school administrators. As such, the need to continuously think, practice, and grow as an educational leader charged with keeping students safe is of paramount importance. This action research aimed to increase school administrator self-efficacy in a community of practitioners during…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Emergency Programs, Communities of Practice, Administrators
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Staffen, Marissa; Meek, Amanda; Hecht, Beth; Anderson, Patricia – Journal of Extension, 2021
This article discusses best practices learned from a corporate partnership between Bayer, 4-H county programs in Missouri, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania; and National 4-H Council. This corporate partnership has blossomed into a multi-level engagement that is offering unique opportunities for both Bayer and 4-H programs at the local and state level.…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Corporations, Corporate Support, Community Programs
Anderson, Drew M.; Zaber, Melanie A. – RAND Corporation, 2021
Almost every state offers some kind of college tuition assistance for students from low-income families who attend in-state colleges and universities. This aid is important: It can make all the difference as to whether students finish a degree program that can help pave their way to a well-paying job and meaningful career. In New Jersey, residents…
Descriptors: Low Income Students, Time to Degree, Student Financial Aid, College Students
Office of Educational Technology, US Department of Education, 2022
In spring 2022, the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Educational Technology (OET) committed to advancing digital equity through the Digital Equity Education Roundtables (DEER) Initiative. Through DEER, OET hosted a series of national conversations with leaders from community-based organizations, as well as families and learners furthest…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Disadvantaged, Educational Technology, Internet
Jessica Fargnoli – ProQuest LLC, 2022
During the COVID-19 pandemic, higher education moved almost exclusively to online operations, causing an unprecedented technological shift in college operations, teaching and learning, and professional and social interactions to the digital space of modern videoconferencing. Utilizing Prensky's (2001) digital natives and digital immigrants theory,…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Videoconferencing, Community Colleges, COVID-19
Brooke M. Mailhiot – ProQuest LLC, 2022
"Classroom to Career" is an accredited experiential learning method that community college students can use to build their career paths. Experiential learning curriculum courses provide students with the exposure they need to shift from undergraduate instruction and enhance their learning and employment outcomes to gain an Associate of…
Descriptors: Internship Programs, Community Colleges, Career Pathways, Experiential Learning
Terry M. Voldase – ProQuest LLC, 2020
America's higher education institutions have aligned computer science curricula with today's modern technology. Despite these efforts, data have shown that there is slow growth among young women majoring in computer science and even slower growth in this area at community colleges. Higher education institutions have also acknowledged a gap between…
Descriptors: Student Experience, Females, Community College Students, Computer Science Education
Jose L. Laureano – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this multicase study was to investigate and understand how institutional agents foster a culturally engaging campus environment to facilitate completion for Latinx students at federally designated Hispanic-serving community colleges in New Jersey. This multicase study focused on institutional agents at two New Jersey community…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Minority Serving Institutions, Community Colleges, Cultural Enrichment
Renee Lynn Gieswein – ProQuest LLC, 2022
A nurse faculty shortage has been identified by the American Nurses Association (ANA, n.d.a) and the National League for Nursing (NLN, n.d.). Research has identified factors which negatively impact a nurse's successful transition to the faculty role, including lower compensation, uncertainty as a novice nurse faculty, lack of pedagogy skills, and…
Descriptors: Nursing Education, Nurses, Program Effectiveness, Adjunct Faculty
Nickitas, Donna M.; Pontes, Nancy M. H. – Metropolitan Universities, 2020
Nursing educators wrestle with preparing the future nursing workforce to meet the needs of underserved, vulnerable populations in marginalized communities who suffer significant health disparities and social injustices. This article illustrates the integration of engaged civic learning (ECL) within a social justice framework that prepares…
Descriptors: Nursing Education, Global Approach, Social Justice, Service Learning
David Marks – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Community college libraries provide retention support for students navigating through their coursework. This research consists of interviews with 10 out of 18 library directors in New Jersey. This study takes a sizable positive step in determining how an academic library supports retention since a library director is uniquely qualified and able to…
Descriptors: Library Personnel, Administrators, Community Colleges, Academic Libraries
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Morel, Domingo – Peabody Journal of Education, 2021
Over the past three decades, reformers have championed approaches to improving schools that have included state takeovers, school closures, and firing teachers. Despite the prevalence of these policies, these reform efforts have failed to produce strong systems of public education. This article examines Union City schools in New Jersey (USA), a…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Educational Change, Public Schools, Educational Policy
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Nir, Esther; Musial, Jennifer – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2021
New Jersey City University is an urban, Minority- and Hispanic-Serving Institution with a First-Generation-to-College, commuter, and immigrant student population. How can we engage our students who feel powerless, distrustful, or even threatened by government actors in governance? Will perceptions of governance change with increased exposure to…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Citizen Participation, Politics, Governance
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Robin Tamarelli McKeon; Drew Gitomer – Theory Into Practice, 2024
This article examines how school boards in New Jersey navigated the COVID-19 pandemic, which also coincided with the national trauma and reactions related to the George Floyd murder and subsequent backlash. The politicization of issues during that first year of the pandemic foreshadowed profound changes in the world of many school boards in New…
Descriptors: Trust (Psychology), Boards of Education, Educational Policy, Equal Education
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