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Mansperger, Josie A.; Morgan, Amy L.; Kiss, Jessica E.; Ludy, Mary-Jon – Learning Communities Research and Practice, 2020
This is a personal account of the author's journey through involvement with learning communities (LCs). She began college with little exposure to mentoring and research. Six years later, she graduated with a master's degree, a trove of experience from LCs, and the confidence to take on a research role in her profession. The author's personal roles…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, College Students, Mental Health, Mentors
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Bradley, Evan D.; Bata, Michelle; Gibbon, Heather M. Fitz; Ketcham, Caroline J.; Nicholson, Brittany A.; Pollock, Meagen – Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research, 2017
Mentoring research and development often uses a mentor-protégé model, but research often takes place in teams. In this exploratory study, the authors identify the structures and prevalence of multi-mentoring teams by surveying undergraduate researchers about the people who helped them and the support they received. Research teams were common, and…
Descriptors: Mentors, Undergraduate Students, Student Research, Research Projects
Fortner, Sarah – Liberal Education, 2021
In 2015, the city of Springfield, Ohio, finished participating in a $2.5 million federal grant program that assisted low-income families in reducing the health risks from lead paint in their homes. But because of rule changes from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development that made it harder to use funds on certain properties (including…
Descriptors: Poisoning, Risk, Low Income Groups, Grants
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Hershberger, Andrew; Spence, Maria; Cesarini, Paul; Mara, Andrew; Jorissen, Kathleen Topolka; Albrecht, David; Gordon, Jeffrey J.; Lin, Canchu – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2009
Building upon a related 2005 panel presentation at the 25th annual Lilly Conference on College Teaching, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, the authors, several tenure-track assistant professors and tenured associate professors who have participated in a Research and Teaching Faculty Learning Community at Bowling Green State University, share their…
Descriptors: College Instruction, College Faculty, Communities of Practice, Teacher Effectiveness