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Jasmine Edwards – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This research highlighted the critical importance of colleges and universities to prioritize the education of diverse students, foster inclusive communities, and cultivate awareness of inclusive learning environments. As higher education continues to evolve with an increasingly diverse student body, a one-size-fits-all institutional model is…
Descriptors: Usability, Teaching Methods, Curriculum Development, Urban Universities
Woolery, Sheryce – ProQuest LLC, 2023
A significant number of students enter community colleges with developmental education (DE) needs in reading, writing, and mathematics. Many of these students are typically referred to more than one level of DE courses before they can enroll in a college-level course. This has led to lower than desired success rate of DE students over the years.…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Student Experience, Academic Achievement, Developmental Studies Programs
Horwitz, Shelley; Briar-Lawson, Katharine – Journal of Social Work Education, 2017
To prepare students to work competently with financially at-risk individuals, families, and communities, social work schools need to bring economic literacy skills into the curriculum. This article describes an ambitious financial capability education initiative in New York City. It reports on a unique collaborative effort to develop, use, and…
Descriptors: Intercollegiate Cooperation, Capacity Building, Social Work, Professional Education
Latz, Gil; Sutton, Susan Buck; Hill, Barbara – Metropolitan Universities, 2014
Metropolitan universities in the United States are driven by the intertwined missions of broadening educational access and serving their surrounding communities. International education historically has been placed somewhat apart from such missions. This separation has little justification in these globalized times, however--a realization that…
Descriptors: Urban Universities, Urban Areas, Global Approach, School Community Relationship
MDRC, 2015
Graduation rates at community colleges are low, especially for students who need developmental (remedial) courses to build their basic skills. ASAP is a comprehensive program at the City University of New York designed to help more associate degree-seeking students graduate and help them graduate more quickly. Using a random assignment research…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Community Colleges, Acceleration (Education), Remedial Programs
Yearwood, Simone L.; Foasberg, Nancy M.; Rosenberg, Kenneth D. – Communications in Information Literacy, 2015
Teaching research competencies and information literacy is an integral part of the academic librarian's role. There has long been debate among librarians over what are the most effective methods of instruction for college students. Library Faculty members at a large urban university system were surveyed to determine their perceptions of the…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Librarian Attitudes, Information Literacy, Teaching Methods
Chao, Sheau-yueh J.; Evans, Beth; Phillips, Ryan; Polger, Mark Aaron; Posner, Beth; Sexton, Ellen – Metropolitan Universities, 2013
This paper describes the City University of New York (CUNY)-Shanghai Librarian Faculty Exchange Program. By observing and working in academic library services at CUNY, Shanghai University (SU), and Shanghai Normal University (SNU), participants were able to teach and learn from their colleagues, bringing their experiences back to further share…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Urban Universities, Academic Libraries, Librarians
Michael Luna, Sara – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2016
Using three tenents of Critical Race Theory, this study examines the influence of edTPAs on diverse early childhood pre-service teachers in a graduate program. Findings suggest that (1) Color-blind admissions policy and practice were at odds with edTPA's perceived academic language demands; (2) A tension emerged between financial demands of edTPA…
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, Preservice Teachers, Student Teacher Evaluation, Early Childhood Education
Oyola-Santiago, Tamara; Knopf, Rachel; Robin, Tracy; Harvey, Kristen – Journal of American College Health, 2013
Auricular acupuncture using the National Acupuncture Detoxification Association (NADA) protocol stimulates 5 points in each ear--the Shen Men, sympathetic nervous system, liver, kidney, and lung. This protocol is also known as Acu Detox, and has been used for recovery in community-based settings and drug use treatment programs. It has also been…
Descriptors: Medicine, Urban Universities, Private Colleges, Mental Health Programs
Balis, Andrea; Aman, Michael – Teaching in Higher Education, 2013
Can race and assimilation be taught? Interdisciplinary pedagogy provides a methodology, context, and use of nontraditional texts culled from American cultural history such as from, theater and historical texts. This approach and these texts prove useful for an examination of race and assimilation in America. The paper describes a course that while…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Urban Universities, Race, Popular Culture
Fayne, Harriet; Qian, Gaoyin – New Educator, 2016
This longitudinal case study investigated how one School of Education (SOE), situated in an urban, commuter, public university, responded to the New York State mandate to require the edTPA for initial teacher certification. In order to engage faculty in the work of program redesign, SOE administrators employed a covert leadership approach. Based…
Descriptors: Student Centered Learning, Case Studies, Longitudinal Studies, Schools of Education
Cantor, Nancy; Englot, Peter; Higgins, Marilyn – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2013
As more colleges and universities commit to a public mission, it is critical that our work as anchor institutions have a sustainable and positive impact, and that we collaborate fully with the diverse voices and expertise beyond our campuses--the most valuable assets of our multicultural cities. Taking Syracuse, New York, as a microcosm, the…
Descriptors: School Community Relationship, Urban Universities, Expertise, Cooperation
Cripps, Michael J.; Robinson, Heather M. – Composition Forum, 2014
This program profile examines efforts by WPAs at York College, a senior college in the CUNY system, to adapt to externally imposed changes and develop a locally meaningful writing program. 1999 marked the end of remediation at four-year (senior) colleges in The City University of New York. The elimination of developmental writing at CUNY's senior…
Descriptors: Urban Universities, Writing Instruction, Writing Across the Curriculum, General Education
Weiss, Michael; Scrivener, Susan; Fresques, Hannah; Ratledge, Alyssa; Rudd, Tim; Sommo, Colleen – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2014
The City University of New York's (CUNY's) Accelerated Study in Associate Programs (ASAP) combines many of the ideas from a range of programs into a comprehensive model that requires students to attend school full-time, and provides supports and incentives for three years. ASAP's financial aid reforms, enhanced student services, and scheduling…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Associate Degrees, Program Effectiveness, Cost Effectiveness
Forman, Adam – Center for an Urban Future, 2014
Following the devastation of Superstorm Sandy in October 2012, New York City's essential infrastructure needs were made a top policy priority for the first time in decades. The scale and severity of the storm prompted numerous studies to assess the damage and led policymakers to take steps to shore up the city's coastal infrastructure weaknesses.…
Descriptors: Urban Areas, Utilities, Transportation, Facilities