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Brian Heseung Kim; Kelli A. Bird; Benjamin L. Castleman – Education Finance and Policy, 2024
Despite decades and hundreds of billions of dollars of federal and state investment in policies to promote postsecondary educational attainment as a key lever for increasing the economic mobility of lower income populations, research continues to show large and meaningful differences in the mid-career earnings of students from families in the…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Labor Market, Community College Students, Graduates
Susan Jeanette Alexandre – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this phenomenological case study was to explore the perceived effectiveness of a restructured developmental education program at one campus of a large, multi-campus community college in North Texas. The restructuring process was guided by the mandates of Texas House Bill 2223 passed in 2017. One of the components of the bill allowed…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Developmental Programs, Community Colleges, Academic Achievement
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Wallace, Elizabeth Mitchell – Journal of Historical Research in Music Education, 2020
The purpose of this article is to describe the development, mission, and events of the Festival of the Arts at Southwest Virginia Community College (1995-2018) with special emphasis on community involvement and community enrichment. The festival serves as a tool in fulfilling the cultural enrichment mission and community service function of the…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Cultural Activities, Fine Arts, Art Education
Trina Cherie Jones – ProQuest LLC, 2022
There is a decrease in completion rates for students with learning disabilities enrolled at community colleges. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore how community college faculty who taught at a small rural institution in southeastern Virginia perceived modifying course instruction for students with learning disabilities.…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Student Attitudes, Learning Disabilities, Teaching Methods
Oblinger, Michael Stewart – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The problem was a lack of consultation from American Indian Studies scholars, tribal leaders, and from specific data sources when courses in the Virginia Community College System (VCCS) were created. The purpose of the basic qualitative research design was to provide a voice from experts in American Indian Studies and addresses the problem when…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, American Indian Studies, Community Colleges, Expertise
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Kenyada McLeod; Pradnya Patet; Crystal Miller; Steve Carlisle; LaToya Reynolds; Shauna Mayo – Inquiry: The Journal of the Virginia Community Colleges, 2024
Brightpoint's HyFlex Pilot Program was a year-long project funded by the Online Virginia Network (OVN) to support faculty in the design and delivery of an actual HyFlex course. The cohort consisted of faculty who teach in the biology, architecture, early childhood, and web design disciplines. Participants worked in collaboration with one another…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Blended Learning, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Implementation
National Education Association, 2023
Last summer, the National Education Association (NEA) developed a New Business Item to explore retrenchment: "The NEA shall make a statistical study on the effect of significant faculty retrenchment at community colleges on future faculty cuts" (NBI 78, 2022). ASA Research (ASA) conducted exploratory research in an attempt to identify…
Descriptors: Retrenchment, Faculty Mobility, Employment Practices, College Faculty
Bird, Kelli A.; Castleman, Benjamin L.; Lohner, Gabrielle – AERA Open, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic led to an abrupt shift from in-person to virtual instruction in the spring of 2020. We use two complementary difference-in-differences frameworks: one that leverages within-instructor-by-course variation on whether students started their spring 2020 courses in person or online and another that incorporates student fixed…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Electronic Learning, Community College Students
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La Croix, Leslie; Yun, Sehyun; Taousakis, Marion; Steen, Bweikia F.; Kidd, Julie K. – Teacher Educators' Journal, 2022
Preparing for high-stakes licensure exams can be daunting for teacher candidates and particularly intimidating for aspiring teachers who speak English as a second language, those with exceptionalities, and members of historically marginalized communities (Petchauer, 2015; Nettles et al., 2011; Tyler, 2011). University-based teacher educators are…
Descriptors: Study, Group Activities, Preservice Teachers, High Stakes Tests
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Sartini, Chad C.; Gregory, Dennis E.; Bullington, Kim E.; Williams, Mitchell; Howell, Joshua; Nuckols, William L.; Hou, Minghui – Inquiry: The Journal of the Virginia Community Colleges, 2023
Community college presidents must understand the phenomenon of campus safety. For this mixed-methods study, community college presidents in one state were surveyed, and three presidents from the same community college system participated in in-depth interviews. Descriptive statistics measured the levels community college presidents' knowledge and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Presidents, School Safety, College Environment
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Mendez, Jennifer Bickham; Barko-Alva, Katherine – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2023
This study draws on interviews and classroom observations with Latinx, English Learners (ELs) at a high school in Southeastern Virginia to analyze how this group of students builds social connections and constructs "belonging" at school. Findings indicate that these EL students' school experiences are framed by underdeveloped and ad hoc…
Descriptors: Sense of Community, English Language Learners, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Sara Srygley; Nurfadila Khairunnisa; Diana Elliott – Appalachian Regional Commission, 2024
This chartbook is the 14th version to be produced for the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) by the Population Reference Bureau (PRB). The Chartbook describes the diversity of the Appalachian Region on a host of demographic and economic measures and provides an important annual view of the area and its people. The data contained in the…
Descriptors: Demography, Geographic Location, Community Surveys, Data Analysis
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Bowman, Michelle – Learning Professional, 2021
In March 2020, emergency school closings as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic initiated a sudden widespread use of virtual learning and brought new challenges that affected teaching and learning across multiple contexts. The complex change caused school district leaders to make plans to reinvent and reimagine schools and created a need for teacher…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Electronic Learning, Communities of Practice, Instructional Leadership
Hailey Ann Hermosa – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The view that colleges are generally safe has been challenged by threats of violence on campuses across the country, causing fear among stakeholders. Community college faculty are not immune to crime-related fear on campus; however, the research has largely ignored this population. This research serves to fill that gap. The purpose of this…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, School Safety, Campuses, College Faculty
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Michelle Jensen; Charles R. Graham; Cecil R. Short – Journal of Online Learning Research, 2024
Implementation of blended teaching (BT) practices is in- creasing rapidly in K-12 classrooms. This trend creates an urgent need for professional development to support BT. An understanding of how experienced teachers implement BT can inform teacher educators and professional development leaders as they develop training to support this practice. We…
Descriptors: Secondary Education, Blended Learning, Learning Activities, In Person Learning
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