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Jordaan, Martina; Mennega, Nita – Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2022
Purpose: The purpose of this empirical research paper is to investigate the self-perceived role of the community partner of a higher education service-learning and community engagement module. Design/methodology/approach: A qualitative approach was followed by distributing a questionnaire to the community partners of a community engagement module…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, School Community Relationship, Experience, Service Learning
Hodge, Emily M.; López, Francesca A.; Rosenberg, Joshua M. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2022
Many school leaders responded to the controversies over critical race theory with denial. That approach can backfire, according to Emily Hodge, Francesca López, and Joshua Rosenberg. They suggest proactive messaging, which can help prevent leaders from falling into the trap of reactively defending their practices and letting the direction of the…
Descriptors: Community Problems, School Community Relationship, Critical Race Theory, Leadership
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Nachman, Brett Ranon – Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 2022
Prior research illustrates the predominance of autistic college students experiencing challenges in advocating for themselves. Drawing on Test and colleagues' (2005) four factors of self-advocacy, this qualitative case study examines how an autism-specific college support program (ASP) in a community college contributes to autistic college…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Self Advocacy, Community Colleges, Community College Students
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Jackson, Clare; Ronzi, Sara – Health Education & Behavior, 2021
Community-centered approaches can be effective ways to engage communities and improve their health and well-being. The Grange is a community-led, multifaceted, and dynamic intervention incorporating a community hub and garden, that took place in a small area of the North-West of England, characterized by high levels of deprivation and poor health.…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Centers, Intervention, Public Health
National Center for Families Learning, 2021
The National Center for Families Learning's (NCFL) mission is to eradicate poverty through education solutions for families. For over 30 years, Family Learning programs have been ideal spaces for community members to activate their collective voices and organize to address community issues. Community Development is the practice of residents,…
Descriptors: Community Development, Family Programs, Community Cooperation, Service Learning
Gwendolyn Bentley Clayborne – ProQuest LLC, 2021
African Americans found ways to respond to the needs of their communities as volunteers when they were denied many services available to Whites citizens. Opportunities to volunteer were provided both formally and informally through churches, sororities, fraternities and other organizations. Many families would not have been able to afford care for…
Descriptors: African Americans, Volunteers, Older Adults, Community Services
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Bekalu Tadesse Moges; Yalalem Assefa; Shouket Ahmad Tilwani; Samuel Zinabu Desta; Mohd Asif Shah – Studies in the Education of Adults, 2024
In this age of information exchange, where nations' multiculturalism is prominent, developing a positive attitude towards local people's knowledge and wisdom regardless of gender, faith, age, and other social class is prominent. This is because countries need to have a diverse population that embraces diverse indigenous knowledge systems and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Education, Inclusion, Indigenous Knowledge
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Theophile Shyiramunda; Dmitri van den Bersselaar – International Review of Education, 2024
This article examines issues of local community development in Rwanda, building on the triple helix model proposed by Henry Etzkowitz and Loet Leydesdorff in the 1990s to draw insights from international perspectives. The authors favour an expanded quadruple helix model which includes the local community as a unit of analysis, alongside higher…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Community Development, Higher Education, School Community Relationship
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JiaRong Yap; Patrick Broman; Patrea Andersen; Sharon Brownie – Student Success, 2024
This report presents an evaluation of students' experiences in a student-run clinic project in Aotearoa New Zealand, aiming to provide interprofessional learning opportunities and accessible health services to the community. Qualitative focus group interviews were conducted with students' post-clinical placement. A six-step thematic data analytic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Experience, Clinics, Clinical Experience
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John N. Ponsaran – Education and Society, 2024
Through auto-ethnography, this paper explores the use of critical visual methodologies as a pedagogical approach in teaching and learning development studies based on the author's lived experiences and living encounters as a development educator for the last two decades of his academic career. Specifically, the study unpacks the adoption of this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Developing Nations, Area Studies
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Melissa Wood – Inquiry: The Journal of the Virginia Community Colleges, 2024
In the past several decades, the number of college students who experience mental health concerns has increased astronomically. During that time, acts of campus violence have increased as well. Unfortunately, many colleges have been unable to effectively meet the needs of students with mental disorders. This article explores the challenges…
Descriptors: Campuses, Mental Health, Student Needs, Barriers
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Melissa Whatley – Research in Higher Education, 2024
This study focuses on the potential academic benefit of virtual international exchange for community colleges and the students they enroll through a comparison of virtual exchange and study abroad. Using data from two community colleges in the US Southeast, this study draws upon the notion of socioacademic integration. Specifically, this study…
Descriptors: International Education, Study Abroad, International Educational Exchange, Community College Students
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Margaret Caspe; Reyna Hernandez – Journal of Teacher Education, 2024
Preparing educators to engage families and communities is one of the most promising ways to improve student learning and build equitable schools. In this commentary, authors from the National Association for Family, School, and Community Engagement explore the landscape of educator preparation for family and community engagement and describe a…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Family Involvement, Teacher Education, Educational Practices
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Matthew Dunleavy; Susan Andrews; Carla VanBeselaere; Christelinda Laureijs; Shannon Goguen; Denise Roy-Loar – International Journal for Students as Partners, 2024
Launched in 2021 by a team of undergraduate students, university faculty, associate researchers, and community partners collaborating as genuine equals in a diverse team, the Together Time Story Sacks intergenerational literacies program forms part of an ongoing action research project aimed at understanding and addressing barriers that residents…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Literacy, Intergenerational Programs, Undergraduate Students
Julius Simon Duthoy – ProQuest LLC, 2024
California community college data shows that most community college students will never earn a degree (The Community College Research Center, 2018) or take a long time to do so (Horn & Skomsvold, 2002; Jenkins et al., 2017). Low success holds significant impact for students of color since California community colleges serve 72% of all Latine…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community College Students, Minority Group Students, Hispanic American Students
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