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Doran, Erin – Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 2020
The Board of Regents appointed President Thomas to the helm of Nuestra University, a large and urban Hispanic-Serving University. In the first years of his presidency, Nuestra achieved important milestone in its quest to better serve and graduate students from underrepresented populations. However, Thomas's hiring and presidency has faced critical…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Institutional Characteristics, Urban Universities, College Administration
Alice L. Daugherty; Stephen G. Katsinas; Noel Keeney – Journal of Education Finance, 2022
The Pell Grant is the foundational need-based student aid program in the United States, providing students of lower socio-economic status a pathway to afford college costs and educational expenses. Currently, over one-third of all U.S. undergraduate students receive Pell. This paper examines federal Pell assistance and institutional costs for…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Public Colleges, Regional Schools, Grants
Cherney, Isabelle; Douglas, Laura; Fischer, Ellen; Olwell, Russell – Metropolitan Universities, 2020
Urban universities have long faced a critical challenge to help K-12 schools, students, and families effectively access a college education. While colleges and universities have embraced strategies such as charter and partner schools, these interventions do not always result in a robust pipeline of students entering the higher education system.…
Descriptors: Dual Enrollment, Evidence Based Practice, High School Students, Adolescents
Wheatley, Kathryn – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
Transfer students often come from lower-income backgrounds, fail engage post-transfer, and graduate at lower rates than their native peers. Engagement is recognized as a factor connected to college student success. This study examines a business college cohort to determine the connections between pre-transfer student and school characteristics,…
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, Undergraduate Students, Low Income Students, Student Participation
Schmadeka, Wayne – Journal of Case Studies in Accreditation and Assessment, 2012
At the urging of the U.S. Department of Education, regional accrediting organizations have, during the last few years, placed much greater emphasis on implementation of assessment as a requirement for accreditation. The battle to control the terms of assessment and ambiguity surrounding those terms impacts the 3,000 colleges that are subject to…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Accreditation (Institutions), Ambiguity (Context), Urban Universities
Crowe, Jessica; Ceresola, Ryan; Silva, Tony – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2014
By using a quasi-experimental design, in this study, we test the effect of undergraduate teaching assistants on student learning. Data were collected from 170 students enrolled in four sections of a quantitative research methods course, two sections without undergraduate teaching assistants and two sections with undergraduate teaching assistants,…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Teaching Assistants, Learning Processes, Quasiexperimental Design
Blumenstyk, Goldie – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2012
The University of North Texas at Dallas (UNT-Dallas) was conceived 10 years ago as a public institution along tried-and-true lines--a comprehensive metropolitan university meant to serve a diverse student population and to improve the economic outlook of a part of the city that prosperity has left behind. But that was before management consultants…
Descriptors: Urban Universities, Public Colleges, College Administration, Educational Change
Stewart, Barbara; Hutchins, Holly M.; Ezell, Shirley; De Martino, Darrell; Bobba, Anil – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2010
Case study methodology was used to describe the challenges experienced in the development of a virtual component for a freshman-level undergraduate course. The purpose of the project was to use a virtual environment component to provide an interactive and engaging learning environment. While some student and faculty feedback was positive, this…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Online Courses, Virtual Classrooms, Electronic Learning
Hegwood, Jenita Carroll – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this investigation was to examine the types of preparation that students used to prepare for the Texas Examination for Educators Standards (TExES) Examination. Specifically, this study was concerned with the different types of preparation methods that impact test scores based on gender, ethnicity, age and specialization. The…
Descriptors: Test Preparation, Test Wiseness, Teacher Competency Testing, Teacher Certification
Ibitayo, Olurominiyi O. – Metropolitan Universities, 2008
Effective university-community relationships require input from community residents. This study, conducted as part of Texas Southern University's outreach program, solicits the viewpoints of the residents of Acres Homes on several issues including the community's needs and priorities. The findings show that the respondents consider job training,…
Descriptors: Outreach Programs, School Community Relationship, Partnerships in Education, Needs Assessment
Gabbert, Ann; Peschka, Corrine; Spradley, Jackie – Metropolitan Universities, 2008
The University of Texas at El Paso offers over seventy learning communities to first-year students from extremely diverse socioeconomic and educational backgrounds. Ninety percent are Hispanic, 54 percent are first-generation college students, and 59 percent must participate in developmental classes before moving forward with college-level…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Hispanic American Students, First Generation College Students, Remedial Instruction
Polacek, Georgia Johnston N. L.; Hicks, Jennifer A.; Oswalt, Sara B. – Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 2007
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection rates in the United States continue unabated among some groups, with young adults of color at greater risk than others. This study sought to determine college students' knowledge, perceptions, and behaviors related to HIV/AIDS. Undergraduate students (N = 443) at a large, urban Hispanic-serving…
Descriptors: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Communicable Diseases, At Risk Persons, Student Attitudes
Wechsler, Harold, Ed. – Higher Education Advocate, 1989
Twelve issues of the National Education Association's (NEA) newsletter for NEA members in higher education focus on the following subjects: (1) NEA endorsement of Dukakis candidacy, and organizing at Southern Illinois University; (2) Dukakis STARS plan: a solid solution, and the Dukakis advantage; (3) the 100th Congress: praise from NEA, and the…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Educational Assessment, Higher Education, National Programs
High, Clennis F. – 2002
Building on two previous studies in 1997 and 1999, this study aimed to: (1) determine whether the Texas Academic Skills Program (TASP) has had a positive impact on students academic performance; (2) determine the perception of the TASP among key community, junior, and technical college personnel across Texas; and (3) determine the impact on…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Data Collection, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment
Kuh, George D.; Natalicio, Diana S. – About Campus, 2004
The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) sits on the border of Mexico and the United States in the middle of the world's largest binational metropolitan region. For years, it struggled to compete with top-tier research institutions with far greater resources in a quest to become "Harvard on the Border." In the late 1980s, new president…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, College Presidents, Urban Universities, Administrator Attitudes
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