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Miller, Abby; Erisman, Wendy – Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education, 2011
The objectives of this research were to identify: 1) promising institutional practices for retaining and graduating low-income, first-generation community college transfer students at four-year institutions, including any transfer-specific support systems; 2) outcomes of transfer students (i.e., graduation rates) at four-year institutions in…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Low Income Groups, Economically Disadvantaged, College Transfer Students
Kane, Janine; Henning, John E. – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2004
The purpose of this case study was to describe how a 4th-grade teacher and a TAG coordinator collaborated to improve services for advanced learners without the support of university faculty and with limited resources. Interviews, questionnaires, transcriptions of videotaped consultation sessions, and observations of classroom instruction showed…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Teacher Attitudes, Academically Gifted, Cooperation
Tao, Fumiyo; Ricciuti, Anne; St.Pierre, Robert – US Department of Education, 2003
The Even Start Family Literacy Program addresses the basic educational needs of parents and children from birth through age seven from low-income families. The program provides unified, multi-component services consisting of (1) interactive literacy activities between parents and their children; (2) training for parents to be the primary teachers…
Descriptors: Expertise, Educational Needs, Low Income, Program Improvement
Hershey, Alan M.; Silverberg, Marsha K.; Haimson, Joshua; Hudis, Paula; Jackson, Russell – 1999
A comprehensive evaluation of state and local progress in implementing school-to-work (STW) programs focused on the following: whether states and local partnerships have created coherent STW systems of connected, sustainable practices and programs; how STW systems have changed students' experiences at the elementary, secondary, and postsecondary…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, Case Studies, Cooperative Planning