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Sohail Masood Sukhera – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Environmental unpredictability has become a crisis for the 21st century. In response, organizations ranging from a local to international level are addressing the issues by creating, supporting, and promoting initiatives. An example of a multi-scaled initiative is the U.S. Department of Education's Green Ribbon Schools (ED-GRS) which recognizes…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Environmental Education, Recognition (Achievement), Conservation (Environment)
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Flores, Dalmacio; Abboud, Sarah; Barroso, Julie – American Journal of Sexuality Education, 2019
There is little knowledge about how sexual minority youth are educated at home about their future sexual selves. To identify the macro level factors that impact these home-based discussions, we interviewed 30 adolescent males who identified as gay, bisexual, or queer. Our findings show that ecological factors sometimes support the inclusion of…
Descriptors: Masculinity, Parent Child Relationship, Interpersonal Communication, Males
Stanigar, Jennifer Jill – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Aspiring entrepreneurs give and receive support in growth-fostering interactions with seasoned entrepreneurs, mentors, peers, and others. This dissertation investigates viewpoints held by entrepreneurs about their experiences of effective mentoring support. Little is known about how an entrepreneur learns through interacting with different…
Descriptors: Q Methodology, Mentors, Entrepreneurship, Learning Processes
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Chemishanova, Polina; Miecznikowski, Cynthia – Across the Disciplines, 2014
This article offers a critical examination of one regional institution's endeavor to imagine, develop, and implement a sustainable campus-wide writing-intensive program. Grounded in local and institutional contexts, our narrative elucidates how WPAs at rural and regional institutions can reconcile the processes of negotiation and concession to…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Writing Across the Curriculum, Writing Instruction, Writing (Composition)
Calhoun, Craig – 1988
This report provides a statistical profile for thinking about education and development decisions in North Carolina. It profiles the state primarily in terms of population patterns, economy, labor force, education, and environment; secondarily in terms of health and social services, infrastructure and aspects of government performance. State and…
Descriptors: Cohort Analysis, Demography, Ecological Factors, Economic Development
Wendling, Robert C., Ed. – 1981
An overview of outdoor education, to illustrate its relevance to all subject matter, was presented during a 1-day workshop for public school teachers of Hyde County, North Carolina, by speakers representing resource management agencies, public schools and universities, and environmental organizations. It was suggested that to fully understand the…
Descriptors: Conservation Education, Disease Control, Ecological Factors, Elementary Secondary Education