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Mills-Guest, Amy; Crippen, C. – Journal of Education, 2021
In British Columbia (BC), the use of cross-age mentoring programs, commonly referred to as buddy programs, is not systemically evaluated and there are no clear program goals. Although the use of buddy programs is widespread across school districts in BC, research remains scarce regarding both the origins of buddy programs and their purpose.…
Descriptors: Student Leadership, Student Empowerment, Elementary School Students, Children
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Cate, Rachael; Russ-Eft, Darlene – Journal of Service-Learning in Higher Education, 2020
The purpose of this study was to suggest post-colonialist programmatic considerations for the implementation of service-learning programs that empower LatinX students. The researcher interviewed LatinX student participants in a Northwest community college. Service-learning program to discover any shared themes between social justice…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Service Learning, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students
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Feigenbaum, Paul – Community Literacy Journal, 2019
During a sabbatical semester in Fall 2018, "Community Literacy Journal (CLJ)" co-editor Paul Feigenbaum volunteered as a "Scholar-in-Residence" at Youth Enrichment Services (YES), a nonprofit established in 1994 that is based in the East Liberty neighborhood of Pittsburgh. Guided by its mission "to create hope out of…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Urban Areas, Mentors, Student Empowerment
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Sheridan, Kimberly M.; Clark, Kevin; Williams, Asia – Urban Education, 2013
Collaboration (GDMC), an informal education program in 3D computer modeling and 2D interactive game design serving primarily African American youth aged 7 to 19 years in the Washington, D.C. metro area, transformed from a program designed and taught by adults to one designed and taught by youth. In Year 1, 8% of youth participants held a…
Descriptors: Urban Education, Informal Education, Youth Programs, African American Students
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Campbell, Corbin M.; Smith, Meredith; Dugan, John P.; Komives, Susan R. – Review of Higher Education, 2012
Mentorship is empirically related to several desired outcomes in college students including academic success and career development. Yet little is known about how mentorship aids leadership development in college students. This study uses data from the Multi-Institutional Study of Leadership, a national study with more than 110,000 participants…
Descriptors: College Students, Mentors, Student Leadership, Career Development