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Jung, Insung; Lee, Yekyung – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2015
Despite the huge popularity of YouTube, there has been little research into the factors affecting educational applications of this social medium. This study attempts to predict and compare factors influencing YouTube acceptance among university students and educators in two very different cultures, Japan and the USA, applying the Unified Theory of…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Surveys, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes
Latino, Jennifer A.; Unite, Catherine M. – New Directions for Higher Education, 2012
Peer influence in academic settings can have significant positive effects on student learners. Examples of peer support of academic endeavors, most notably tutoring, date back to the colonial period of U.S. higher education and persist today. However, over the years, peer education has evolved from being a marginal endeavor in which academic…
Descriptors: Seminars, At Risk Students, Program Effectiveness, Academic Advising
Perrotta, Carlo – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2014
This paper uses methods derived from the field of futures studies to explore the future of technology-enhanced assessment. Drawing on interviews and consultation activities with experts, the paper aims to discuss the conditions that can impede or foster "innovation" in assessment and education more broadly. Through a review of relevant…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Assessment, Educational Technology, Innovation
O'Keeffe, Patrick – College Student Journal, 2013
The purpose of this paper is to explore the causes and potential solutions to, student attrition. With student attrition rates reaching between 30 and 50 per cent in the United States, and over 20 per cent in Australia, the inability of higher education institutions to retain their students is a significant issue. This paper cites key risk factors…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Student Attrition, Mental Health, School Counseling
Bovill, Catherine; Cook-Sather, Alison; Felten, Peter – International Journal for Academic Development, 2011
Within higher education, students' voices are frequently overlooked in the design of teaching approaches, courses and curricula. In this paper we outline the theoretical background to arguments for including students as partners in pedagogical planning processes. We present examples where students have worked collaboratively in design processes,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Teaching Methods, Higher Education, Student Role
Denecker, Christine – Composition Studies, 2013
Crossing the threshold from high school to college-level writing expectations constitutes a challenge for many students since secondary and post-secondary composition instructors often work under different constraints and are guided by different curricular philosophies. Dual enrollment classrooms provide a space where these differences can be…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Dual Enrollment, Writing (Composition), Secondary Education
Ma, Wei – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The purpose of this study was to explore the first-year academic experiences and achievement of Chinese international undergraduate students in American higher education. To do so, I tracked a cohort of Chinese international undergraduates through their first-year at a public research university in the United States. Both qualitative and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Foreign Students, Public Colleges, Qualitative Research
Lynch, Ellen; Polich, Susan – Journal of Faculty Development, 2009
One of the major challenges to collaborative work in higher education is that students typically enter college classrooms in the United States without the skills they need to be productive group members. Additionally, students' attitudes about the value of collaboration with peers are frequently negative due to unsuccessful prior experiences…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Cooperative Learning, Case Studies, Student Attitudes
Cook-Sather, Alison – Educational Theory, 2009
Alison Cook-Sather begins this review essay with a discussion of David Tyack and Larry Cuban's generative phrase "the grammar of schooling" to provide context for her examination of three texts that address the challenges of school reform: John Sylvester Lofty's "Quiet Wisdom: Teachers in the United States and England Talk About…
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Educational Philosophy, Figurative Language, Educational Change
Cook-Sather, Alison – Curriculum Inquiry, 2010
As has been the case throughout the history of education in the United States, the current structures and practices of U.S. schools and colleges are informed by particular ideals regarding the potential of education. Through this comparative descriptive analysis, I argue that a major reason why these ideals have rarely been realized is the way…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Educational History, Student Role, Educational Change
Gahungu, Athanase – International Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation, 2011
Each year, the U.S. invites thousands of foreign-born and foreign-educated professionals as immigrants and on temporary visas, including academicians. In some academic programs such as science, technology, engineering and mathematics, these foreign-born professionals represent an imposing mass, while in others, they are relatively invisible. This…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Foreign Nationals, Immigrants, Campuses
Rowley, Rochelle L.; Wright, David W. – Journal of Negro Education, 2011
Racial inequality in education is a serious problem in the United States. The latest government attempt to address this problem was the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB). This study used the Educational Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS: 2002) to examine the relationship between race and composite reading and math scores among Black and White…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, African American Students, Federal Legislation, Grade 10
Stein, Otto R.; Schmalzbauer, Leah – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2012
The Montana State University student chapter of Engineers Without Borders USA is a student-managed partnership with the people of Khwisero, Kenya. The primary mission, to bring potable water and clean sanitation facilities to 61 primary schools and the surrounding communities of Khwisero, necessitates a long-term commitment to collaboration and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, College Students, Majors (Students)
Jian, Hong – International Education Studies, 2009
This paper makes a contrastive study of learning styles between China and the U.S. from five aspects and recognizes that the differences are due to the influence of cultural diversity such as individualism and collectivism, Confucianism, utilitarianism and pragmatism etc.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Cognitive Style, Cultural Differences
Grantmakers for Education, 2010
College attainment rates are increasing in every industrialized and post-industrialized nation in the world--except America. Stagnating postsecondary graduation rates in the United States leave millions of Americans cut off from economic prosperity and impede our nation's ability to compete globally. Education philanthropy, which has long worked…
Descriptors: Scholarships, Politics of Education, Private Financial Support, Graduation Rate