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Morrell, Elizabeth; Sorensen, Janni; Howarth, Joe – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2015
This article describes the evolution of the Charlotte Action Research Project (CHARP), a community-university partnership founded in 2008 at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and focuses particularly on the program's unique organizational structure. Research findings of a project evaluation suggest that the CHARP model's unique…
Descriptors: Action Research, School Community Programs, Partnerships in Education, Models
Spellman, Elaine Sabrina – ProQuest LLC, 2019
North Carolina's community colleges redesigned developmental math programs in 2011. The overall effectiveness of the redesign has not yet been evaluated. A concurrent mixed-methods study was conducted at Mid-Atlantic Community College (MACC) for a formative and summative evaluation of the redesigned program. Mezirow's transformative learning…
Descriptors: Remedial Mathematics, Developmental Studies Programs, Program Evaluation, Program Design
Virtue, Emily; Wells, Gayle; MacKusick, Carol; Murphy-Nugen, Amy; Rose, Amy – Learning Communities: Research & Practice, 2018
First-year seminars and learning communities (LC) have been used to help increase retention, provide continuity, and support students as they transition to the university setting. Another high impact educational practice--common intellectual experiences (CIE)--includes student activities centered on a theme to help facilitate learning, increase…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, First Year Seminars, Communities of Practice, Health Sciences
Rizzo, Tracey – Journal of Environmental Education, 2018
Community-engaged learning as a foundational pedagogical praxis enables new college students to develop a feminist awareness of interlocking oppressions and acquire tools to intervene productively in environmental challenges that are always experienced intersectionally. Since 2004, I have introduced students to ecofeminism in a full semester…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Rural Areas, Feminism, College Freshmen
MDC, 2018
More than one million North Carolina residents began but did not complete their postsecondary education, including some 643,000 early- and mid-career adults. More than 50,000 adults have left the University of North Carolina (UNC) System in good academic standing with 60 or more credits but no credential. In 2016, the North Carolina General…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Adults, Student Recruitment, Adult Students
National Governors Association, 2021
Nearly a quarter of all undergraduate students in the U.S. are parents. All parents, especially younger parents and those returning to school after years in the workforce, face a system that was not designed to accommodate their needs as caretakers. The needs of student parents have become even more acute during the COVID-19 pandemic, which has…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Parents, COVID-19, Pandemics
Oakes, Jeannie; Cookson, Peter; George, Janel; Levin, Stephanie; Carver-Thomas, Desiree – Learning Policy Institute, 2021
This brief draws on a 2019 study of high-poverty schools in North Carolina conducted in support of the state's efforts to comply with the North Carolina Supreme Court's decision in "Leandro v. the State of North Carolina." The study found that high-poverty schools provide inadequate and unequal educational resources and opportunities to…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Disadvantaged Schools, Poverty, Court Litigation
Pingel, Sarah; Parker, Emily; Sisneros, Lauren – Education Commission of the States, 2016
This policy report discusses the growing interest in free community college policies across state legislatures, addresses the limited potential of current policies to help states reach their completion and attainment goals and offers a new, inclusive framework for including adult students in free community college policies. The following is…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Policy, State Policy, Adult Students
Swick, Danielle; Powers, Joelle D. – School Community Journal, 2018
It is widely estimated that approximately 25% of school age youth face mental and behavioral health challenges. The vast majority of these youth are insufficiently treated, leaving them vulnerable to negative school outcomes such as attendance, behavioral, and academic problems. One common barrier to treatment is a lack of access to appropriate…
Descriptors: Mental Health Programs, School Health Services, Access to Health Care, Barriers
Spriggs, Janet Nichols – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Community colleges serve as entryways to higher education and a sustainable future for tens of thousands of students in the United States each year and are designed to provide affordable access to education, particularly for lower-income individuals. Within the United States, postsecondary student completion is a significant issue in academia, and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Students, Low Income Students, Academic Persistence
Fitzgerald, Kamina – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This study examined the perceptions of community college administrators and instructors; district high school administrators, guidance counselors, and CTE department; and a workforce employer of the value of career and technical education. This study also examined the historical and present perceptions of the district- and state-level officials…
Descriptors: Educational Benefits, Vocational Education, College Readiness, Career Readiness
Hedger, Joseph – National Association of State Boards of Education, 2018
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) calls on states to take advantage of new opportunities to combat uneven access to quality instruction in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM)--a key component of a well-rounded education. This piece highlights how state boards are improving STEM learning through revised standards, special…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Access to Education, State Standards, Science Instruction
Duffrin, Melani W.; Stage, Virginia; Roseno, Ashley; Hovland, Jana; Diaz, Sebastian – Journal of STEM Outreach, 2020
Science and mathematics literacy are fundamental to the basic understanding of food and health and/or the pursuit of science-based careers. In 1999, the FoodMASTER Initiative (FMI) was created to provide an opportunity for youth to experience authentic, real-world health science activities in K-12 learning environments. FMI administrative…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Experiential Learning, Online Courses
Center on Reinventing Public Education, 2020
As school districts across the country braced themselves for the immensely complicated task of preparing reopening and recovery plans amid a global pandemic, the Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) and the Collaborative for Student Success convened experts in emergency planning, health and safety, parent and family advocacy, special…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing, School Districts
Dusseault, Bree; Pitts, Christine; Lake, Robin – Center on Reinventing Public Education, 2021
When public schools closed their doors in the spring of 2020, an estimated 3 million students went missing from formal schooling of any sort. During the beginning of the 2020-21 school year, a mixture of public confusion and mistrust of guidelines coming from state and federal authorities led to a churn of reopening and reclosing schools. However,…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing, Summer Programs