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Ghant, Walter A.; Horst, S. Jeanne; Whetstone, Devon H. – Journal of College Student Development, 2016
Institutions of higher education invest time and money directing cocurricular programs that allow students to formally engage in the local community. Community-service learning is one type of program recently dubbed "high impact" (Kuh, 2008). However, it is not enough to simply refer to a program as "high impact": it is…
Descriptors: Work Study Programs, College Students, Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness
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Stasz, Cathleen; Brewer, Dominic J. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1998
Studied two high school work-based learning programs; one offered paid work experience for one semester, the other provided unpaid internships each year. Quality of students' program work and the relationship between the program and school learning are discussed. (MAK)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Cooperative Education
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Schwandt, David R.; Cummings, Jay R. – Journal of Career Education, 1979
Describes examples of successful career programs indicative of the educational partnerships between large urban school districts and their communities. The Urban Education Studies examined more than 60 programs in five major urban school districts for awareness of student needs, career counseling, program diversity, work-study situations, and…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Community Involvement, Educational Research, Program Descriptions