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Lynn A. Tovar – Research in Higher Education Journal, 2024
A small university in rural Texas explored developing a criminal justice bachelor's degree curriculum through the lens of perspective transformation focusing on humanity courses, resulting in a paradigm shift away from a traditional criminal justice baccalaureate degree curriculum. This article addresses the university's journey in developing the…
Descriptors: Small Colleges, Rural Areas, Universities, Curriculum Development
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Carmen Shurtleff – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2024
Research consistently describes the large percentage of community college students who struggle to meet their basic needs such as food and housing. These challenges may be exacerbated for students in rural communities. At the same time, we are also learning more about the connection between addressing students' basic needs and improving their…
Descriptors: Food Service, Rural Colleges, Community College Students, Hunger
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Ross, John; Shelton, Therese – PRIMUS, 2019
We present several modules that address social justice issues in an introductory statistics course. The activities consider possible disparities of housing location, language spoken at home, and job sector as they relate to, respectively, access to healthy foods, air pollution via proximity to traffic, and health concerns via proximity to fracking…
Descriptors: Statistics, Social Justice, Fuels, Introductory Courses
Carnevale, Dan – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2007
Many small colleges have a dedicated fan base for their sports, yet ESPN will not be coming to campus anytime soon. The solution for some has been Webcasting. Faraway alumni are able to reconnect with their alma maters. Troops in Iraq who have ties to the university have been known to watch. Parents get to watch every time young Billy goes up to…
Descriptors: Small Colleges, College Athletics, Internet, Computer Mediated Communication