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MDC, Inc., 2016
In partnership with the John M. Belk Endowment, MDC has researched and written the report, "North Carolina's Economic Imperative: Building an Infrastructure of Opportunity," part of our work with the endowment to study, address, and propose solutions for the low mobility rate of too many North Carolinians. The report examines patterns of…
Descriptors: Mobility, Economics, Education Work Relationship, Educational Attainment
Thayer, Linden M.; Pimentel, Daniela C.; Smith, Janice C.; Garcia, Beverly A.; Sylvester, Laura Lee; Kelly, Tammy; Johnston, Larry F.; Ammerman, Alice S.; Keyserling, Thomas C. – American Journal of Health Education, 2017
Background: Because Americans commonly consume restaurant foods with poor dietary quality, effective interventions are needed to improve food choices at restaurants. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to design and evaluate a restaurant-based intervention to help customers select and restaurants promote heart healthy menu items with healthful…
Descriptors: Food, Eating Habits, Dining Facilities, Nutrition
Bailey, Thomas; Belfield, Clive R. – Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2017
Stackable credentials--sequential postsecondary awards that allow individuals to progress on a career path--have been suggested as a way to enhance the labor market prospects of middle-skill workers. Yet, thus far, little evidence has been provided on the economic value of these credentials. Here, we report a series of estimates on the association…
Descriptors: Awards, Labor Market, Job Skills, Cost Effectiveness
Joseph, Matthew; Canney, Melissa – Foundation for Excellence in Education (ExcelinEd), 2019
The Career and Technical Education (CTE) playbook series has explored strategies and processes states can use to strengthen CTE program quality and provide students with pathways to postsecondary credentialing and middle- and higher wage career opportunities. In the first three CTE Playbooks, ExcelinEd provided a high-level view of how states can…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, State Aid, Educational Finance, Financial Support
MDC, 2017
Ten years ago, MDC's report, "The State of the South 2007: Philanthropy as the South's 'Passing Gear,'" (ED519455) examined how philanthropy can accelerate progress toward a South that is both equitable for all its residents and competitive with other regions of the country. A decade later, our second iteration, commissioned by the…
Descriptors: Private Financial Support, Philanthropic Foundations, Geographic Regions, Regional Characteristics
Casey, Katherine – iNACOL, 2018
This paper focuses on engaging and enabling educators to play new roles and take new leadership in the paradigm shift between traditional and competency-based education: a system of learning designed to ensure that all learners are prepared with the knowledge, skills and dispositions to be successful lifelong learners. The paper re-envisions…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Barriers, Alignment (Education), Teaching Methods
Crawford, Chelsi; Grossman, Julie; Warren, Sarah T.; Cubbage, Fred – Journal of Extension, 2015
This article reports on a study to determine which information sources organic growers use to inform farming practices by conducting in-depth semi-structured interviews with 23 organic farmers across 17 North Carolina counties. Effective information sources included: networking, agricultural organizations, universities, conferences, Extension, Web…
Descriptors: Information Sources, Farm Management, Agricultural Education, Semi Structured Interviews
Borden, Paula D. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
This dissertation study concerned the lack of underrepresented minority students matriculating through the health professions pipeline. The term pipeline is "the educational avenue by which one must travel to successfully enter a profession" (Sullivan Alliance, 2004). There are a significant number of health professional pipeline…
Descriptors: Correlation, Science Programs, Enrichment Activities, Minority Group Students
Headden, Susan – Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 2014
Public school teaching is a profession in transition. Already the largest occupation in the United States, it is expanding faster than the nation's student population. Teachers of color are entering the profession at twice the rate of white teachers, reversing an exodus after civil rights victories opened many other doors to African Americans. And…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Public Schools, Academic Achievement, Teaching Experience
MDC, Inc., 2015
Community colleges serve a unique purpose in American higher education. For many students, these institutions present the best opportunity for the postsecondary credential needed to pursue a living-wage job with career potential. For others, a community college represents the gateway to a four-year institution or beyond, and potential career paths…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Public Health, Counties, Health Programs
Education Commission of the States, 2018
Business leaders in North Carolina cannot find the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) talent they need to stay competitive. Students' lagging performance in K-12 is a critical reason why. The good news is that the nation's most effective STEM education programs can help turn the tide. North Carolina students have made some…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Demand Occupations, Mathematics Achievement
Faulkner, Paula E.; Owooh, Bismark; Idassi, Joshua – Journal of Extension, 2014
Agroforestry is a natural resource management system that integrates trees, forages, and livestock. The study reported here was conducted to determine farmers' knowledge about and willingness to adopt agroforestry technologies in North Carolina. The study reported participants were primarily older, male farmers, suggesting the need to attract more…
Descriptors: Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Machinery, Forestry, Agricultural Occupations
Furgang, Emily Beth – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This dissertation presents findings from an ethnographic study of students with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) enrolled in a specialized postsecondary education program at a public university in North Carolina. Specifically, it discusses how 10 students engaged in postsecondary education activities and developed student…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, College Students, Postsecondary Education
Crain, Rebecca; Grzywacz, Joseph G.; Schwantes, Melody; Isom, Scott; Quandt, Sara A.; Arcury, Thomas A. – Journal of Rural Health, 2012
Purpose: Latino farmworkers are a vulnerable population who confront multiple threats to their mental health. Informed by the stress-process model of psychiatric disorder, the goal of this paper is to determine primary and context-specific stressors of poor mental health among Latino farmworkers. Methods: Structured interview data were obtained…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Interviews, Counties, Depression (Psychology)
Harris, Buddy – Hunt Institute, 2014
"coNCepts" is a state-specific policy primer of The Hunt Institute. Each issue focuses on a critical topic in education policy, highlights key research for North Carolina policymakers, and prompts discussion of solutions. This issue begins by describing North Carolina's economy as having experienced a remarkable transformation during the…
Descriptors: Career Readiness, College Readiness, Higher Education, Elementary Secondary Education