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Stephanie J. H. Frost; Guizella A. Rocabado; Justin M. Pratt; Daniel Cruz-Rami´rez de Arellano; Kimberly B. Fields; Jeffrey R. Raker – Journal of Chemical Education, 2024
Transfer students are a growing population at four-year higher education institutions, especially in STEM degree programs. Though much work has explored the broad transfer student experience, the experience of these students within specific courses is understudied. Furthermore, knowledge of how transfer students approach STEM courses and their…
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, Community College Students, Organic Chemistry, Introductory Courses
Cyrus J. Vance – ProQuest LLC, 2024
While community colleges benefit from an increase in African American (AA) male students enrolling at their institutions, a disproportionate number of AA males enroll in college and do not complete a certificate or degree compared to those who earn a certificate or degree. This qualitative study explored how AA male students at community colleges…
Descriptors: African American Students, Community College Students, Student Attitudes, Males
MaryBeth Cregger – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The problem explored in this study is the limited use of Open Educational Resources (OER) by health career community college faculty. The purpose of this qualitative study was to investigate local community college faculty members' perceptions about the use of OER in their program classrooms, the barriers to its use, and what resources they need…
Descriptors: Open Educational Resources, Community Colleges, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes
Jasmin Gill – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Using a case study approach, this qualitative study was an examination of a California community college's counseling faculty perspectives on a collegewide reform known as guided pathways (GP). Relying on semistructured interviews, the examination focused on how the counseling faculty perceived their roles in the GP implementation process, the…
Descriptors: Guided Pathways, Community Colleges, School Counselors, Educational Change
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Karen Gravett; Rola Ajjawi; Margaret Bearman; Jessica Holloway; Rebecca Olson; Naomi Winstone – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2024
In this article, we explore the concept of belonging and its utility as a means for understanding academics' experiences of working in the academy. Transformative changes have reorientated academic work in recent years and continue to do so as we grapple with what it means to work and live in a post-digital, post-covid, world. We engage a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Women Faculty, Sense of Community
Hongli Jia – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this quantitative survey study was to investigate the relationship between college teachers' perceptions of the professional learning community and teacher self-efficacy. Drawing on quantitative data from a sample of 367 college teachers in Inner Mongolia in China during the 2023-2024 school year, the research investigated the…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Communities of Practice, Faculty Development
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Walker, Robin L.; Stringham, Carrie – Journal of Education for Business, 2022
The benefits of experiential learning can be amplified when these endeavors are shared and implemented by others. This article highlights an example of experiential learning. The authors interviewed the Justice for Fraud Victims team at the University of Alaska Anchorage and found that this form of experiential learning has been beneficial for…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Deception, Victims, Educational Benefits
Andrew Ryan Moss – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Millions of individuals in the United States experience problematic substance use that progresses to Substance Use Disorder (SUD). Many people who eventually achieve remission of their SUD symptoms seek vocational and personal fulfillment through pursuing a career in behavioral health counseling with a specific focus in counseling for addictions.…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Faculty, Community College Students, Counselor Educators
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Edgel, Tricia; McCarstle, Sandra; Reyes, Norma; Leibold, Angela – Journal of College Academic Support Programs, 2021
College bound students are faced with not only navigating a new environment but also faced with finding their "place" in a new community. Educators have a role to support students' academic growth, self-efficacy (Schunk & DiBenedetto, 2020; Bandura, 1977), and sense of belonging (Brady et al., 2020; Hurtado & Carter, 1997) on…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Faculty Development, College Students, Self Efficacy
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Isaac, Carol A.; Bernstein, Arla; Balloun, Joseph L. – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2021
Atlanta, the fourth-fastest gentrifying city in the United States, is comprised of neighborhoods close to the city center and seat of urban wealth, that suffer from high poverty rates, unemployment, and low literacy rates. One neighborhood school has been ranked as one of the lowest in the state. To combat historical under-performance, Atlanta…
Descriptors: Community Change, Disadvantaged, Social Class, Land Acquisition
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Brickhouse, Asli – International Journal of Psychology and Educational Studies, 2023
In March of 2020, educational institutions worldwide experienced mass school closures mandated to prevent the spread of COVID-19 as part of public health efforts. Millions of educators and students around the world began to teach and study through distance education. In order to deliver high-quality instruction, educators were required to adapt to…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing, Online Courses
Glazier, Rebecca A.; Driskill, Gerald; Leach, Kirk – Metropolitan Universities, 2020
Places of worship play important roles as anchor institutions that promote community engagement and motivate political activity. Universities, particularly in urban settings, can also serve as anchor institutions that connect communities. Yet, there is often a gulf between the two, to the detriment of the broader community. In this article, we…
Descriptors: Religious Organizations, Urban Universities, Community Involvement, School Community Relationship
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French, Amanda – Studies in Higher Education, 2020
This paper reconceptualises academic writing in HE in order to explore how the symbolic significance and practical importance of academic writing in higher education is a constant presence, despite remaining elusive and difficult to define and/or execute in practice. I apply Bourdieu's (1985) concept of 'habitus' and 'doxa' to take an 'otherwise…
Descriptors: Academic Language, Higher Education, Professional Identity, College Faculty
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Sotirin, Patty; Goltz, Sonia M. – New Directions for Higher Education, 2023
While formal early career mentoring is considered significant for faculty success, few universities have instituted programmatic mid-career mentoring. We review the reasons mid-career mentoring is important especially for under-represented (URM) faculty and consider the ways the entrenched model of one-on-one mentoring can fail URM faculty. We…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Mentors, Minority Group Teachers, Disproportionate Representation
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Tocco, Audrey J.; Mehrhoff, Lauren A.; Osborn, Haley M.; McCartin, Lyda F.; Jameson, Molly M. – To Improve the Academy, 2023
Pedagogical metacognition, or the reflective and reflexive actions associated with teaching practice, strengthens the planning, monitoring, evaluation, and adjustment of teaching in higher education faculty. Learning communities are optimal environments to foster this active teaching reflection. This study incorporated pedagogical metacognition…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Teaching Methods, Metacognition, Higher Education
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