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Jessica Lopez; Fletcher Grey – Online Submission, 2025
Approximately 19 percent of undergraduate students in the United States identify as having a disability, yet postsecondary institutions often lack the legal infrastructure necessary to support their academic success. National data show that only 49.6 percent of disabled students graduate from four-year institutions, compared to 68.1 percent of…
Descriptors: Attitudes toward Disabilities, Higher Education, Disability Discrimination, Equal Education
Kelvin Herrera-Hassan – Online Submission, 2024
This study investigates the impact of summer bridge programs on the transition, engagement, and retention of Black male students at predominantly White institutions (PWIs). Black males continue to face significant challenges in higher education, including low retention rates and limited feelings of belonging. The purpose of this mixed-methods…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Transitional Programs, African American Students, Males
Nguyen, Mike Hoa; Laderman, Sophia; Duncan, Becket; Montelibano-Gorman, Meghan; Maramba, Dina C. – Online Submission, 2022
This article examines and interrogates the formulas used to determine funding at both the designation and institutional levels for Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs) and Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions (AANAPISIs), in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act and the Coronavirus…
Descriptors: Minority Serving Institutions, Pandemics, Federal Aid, COVID-19
Toppin, Ian N. – Online Submission, 2017
A significant workforce shortage exists in most skilled trades areas in the U.S., but this is especially true in building and construction trades. The number of jobs in the construction industry is expected to grow by almost 20% between 2008 to 2018, while only growing by 11% for all other industries. With the prospect of significant shortages in…
Descriptors: Construction Industry, Building Trades, Supply and Demand, Labor Market
Adlington, Alicia; Eaton, Sarah Elaine – Online Submission, 2021
Purpose: The purpose of this report is to provide background information to develop deeper awareness about contract cheating in Canada and generate conversations about possible legislative approaches to address this growing problem. Methods: A qualitative legal analysis of legislation from the UK, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia, and US (17…
Descriptors: Cheating, Contracts, Federal Legislation, Legal Problems
Ain, Ganiah I. – Online Submission, 2016
In the past, universities did not offer equal opportunities for students with disabilities. Therefore, the principle of transitioning to higher education for students with disabilities was inscribed in legislation. This paper analyzes some legal provisions governing students with disabilities. The present study is essential for recognizing the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Disabilities, Access to Education, Legal Responsibility
Arendale, David R., Ed. – Online Submission, 2020
The purpose of this directory was to identify and describe education practices to take federally-funded GEAR UP and TRIO programs online in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. These programs improve academic performance, close the achievement gap, and improve persistence towards graduation for low-income, first-generation, and…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Online Courses, Educational Technology
Çöker, Berna – Online Submission, 2020
In this study, I aim to provide an analysis of gender equality in the Turkish education system by looking at policies and their outcomes on girl's schooling. My goal is to demonstrate the ways educational policies have been complicit in reproducing inequality and difference between the sexes by examining what issues regarding education and gender…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Females, Womens Education, Gender Bias
Nadaf, Zaffar Ahmad; Bhat, Bilal Ahmad – Online Submission, 2016
This paper expects to highlight emerging issues and challenges in the sphere of Higher Education (HE) in India, especially in provincial and semi-urban ranges. When we realise that the India is the most noteworthy HE-System itself. I have attempted to concentrate on the issues identified with understudy and issues identified with biggest academic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Educational Trends, Educational Practices
Pelayo, Jose Maria G., III; Kutschera, P. C.; Capili, Claire Ann P. – Online Submission, 2014
The study focuses on the background of Social Science and Humanities students (specifically in the course General Psychology) on their English education and competence. This research aims to identify the common factors of these students in terms of their English Proficiency. The students will answer survey questions that will give us information…
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, English (Second Language), Language Proficiency
Akudolu, Lilian-Rita; Adeyemo, Kolawole Samuel – Online Submission, 2018
This report forms part of a broader study commissioned by the British Council and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) that surveyed research and doctoral training capacity in Sub-Saharan Africa. The study includes six country reports, namely Ethiopia, Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal and South Africa. This report addresses the outcomes of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Doctoral Programs, Access to Education, Research
Olaniyi, Olusola Ademola; Olaniyi, Olanike Oluwakemi; Olaniyi, Oluwasemire Ayotunji; Lowe-Nicolas, Serign Omar; Dumeh, Raymond Nwinkom; Omojowo, Adetokunbo Omotade – Online Submission, 2015
(Purpose) The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of math teacher program on students' performances in math teacher training programs in five selected colleges in North Carolina. (Methodology) This study collected 300 data (150 pre-tests and 150 post-tests) data of college students enrolled in the five selected colleges. The ANOVA and…
Descriptors: Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Teachers, Academic Achievement
Lee, Lung-Sheng; Wei, Yen-Shun; Wang, Li-Yun – Online Submission, 2013
Post-secondary education institutions in Taiwan are divided into two tracks, general higher education (HE) and technological and vocational education (TVE). The evaluation of all universities/colleges is mandated by the University Act. Higher education institutions receive mandated institutional evaluation every six years and program evaluation…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Quality Assurance, Institutional Evaluation, Vocational Education
DeCiccio, Albert – Online Submission, 2011
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to argue that writing center workers provide a model for reversing the new racism. Methodology: An examination of writing center practices (dialogue and conversation) as well as practices offered by thinkers outside of the writing center (collaborative learning and laboratory learning) is presented. Results:…
Descriptors: Laboratories, Writing (Composition), Writing Instruction, Higher Education
Baskas, Richard S. – Online Submission, 2012
Over the years, some military veterans have been influenced by barriers, preventing them from using their educational benefits. Any active duty member or military veteran could have been exposed to and influenced by these barriers and become unmotivated and not use or discontinue using these benefits. If veterans do not use their educational…
Descriptors: Military Personnel, Veterans, Access to Education, Federal Legislation
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