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Download full textExcelencia in Education, 2021
What works to improve the success of Latino college students? Examples of "Excelencia" is the only national effort to identify and promote evidence-based programs accelerating Latino student success in higher education. Since 2005, "Excelencia" in Education has recognized over 350 programs making a positive difference in the…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, College Students, Success, Evidence Based Practice
Excelencia in Education, 2023
"Excelencia in Education" brings to a national audience evidence-based practices situated at higher education institutions and community-based organizations across the country that are intentionally serving Latino students. The 2023 "Examples of Excelencia: What Works for Latino Students in Higher Education" selection committee…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, College Students, Evidence Based Practice, Student Empowerment
Achieving the Dream, 2022
The following report summarizes critical lessons learned from case studies conducted by ATD examining how adaptive courseware is implemented at public community colleges as well as how courseware is used in particular disciplines to better serve students. The lessons learned represent the work of hundreds of faculty and staff, and administrators…
Descriptors: Courseware, Educational Technology, Equal Education, At Risk Students
Houston Independent School District, 2015
This evaluation report on the Effective Teacher Fellowship (ETF) alternative certification program (ACP). This program evaluation compared the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) and Stanford 10 test performance of student samples whose teachers participated in four types of ACPs during the 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 academic…
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, Reading Achievement, Mathematics Achievement, Program Effectiveness
Peer reviewedDavari, Sadegh; Perkins-Hall, Sharon; Abeysekera, Krishani – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2017
There is a shortage of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) educated workforce in the US, especially among minority and underrepresented groups. Recruiting and retaining STEM majors has been a major problem for universities and community colleges for many years. The Computer Science department of University of Houston-Clear Lake…
Descriptors: Student Recruitment, Academic Persistence, Majors (Students), STEM Education
Derryberry, Carla; And Others – 1979
A career aspiration profile was administered to 1,350 randomly selected students from Houston area high schools, two-year colleges, and four-year institutions in order to determine the factors which still function as barriers to the entrance of both women and men into non-traditional careers. The career profile solicited information concerning:…
Descriptors: Career Choice, College Students, Community Colleges, Enrollment Influences
