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Desmond W. Delk; Jerraco L. Johnson – International Journal of Kinesiology in Higher Education, 2024
Most college students do not engage in adequate physical activity. Physical education requirements (PERs) are often viewed as a potential solution to physical inactivity within this population as these courses provide opportunities for students to be physically active and/or become educated about healthy lifestyles. The potential benefits of these…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Health Education, Health Related Fitness, College Students
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Holly N. Henning; Morgan M. Danyi; Toby J. Park-Gaghan; Christine G. Mokher – Grantee Submission, 2025
A continuous topic of discussion in postsecondary success contexts is how institutions can assist students who need developmental education support. As part of an ongoing move away from lengthy developmental course sequences that delay students' time-to-degree completion, corequisite education models allow students to enroll in developmental…
Descriptors: Organizational Culture, Educational Change, Developmental Studies Programs, Postsecondary Education
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Laura P. Ford; Kevin D. Dahm; Daniel A. Crowl; Christopher J. Barr; Janie Brennan; Tracy Carter; Luke Landherr; David L. Silverstein; Stephen W. Thiel; Bruce K. Vaughen; Troy Vogel – Chemical Engineering Education, 2025
This paper presents a history of process safety education and the results of a Spring 2023 survey of US and Canadian departments. The number of departments with process safety education throughout the curriculum and those with a required process safety course both continue to increase. Lower-level learning outcomes are expected in departments…
Descriptors: Safety Education, Educational History, Cross Cultural Studies, Required Courses
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Shaffer, Justin F.; Lopez, Jordan – Chemical Engineering Education, 2023
Chemical engineering students are typically required to take biology courses and many pursue biotechnology related careers. However, it is unknown what emotions students have toward biology that can influence curricular design. We surveyed 246 students and found that 74.6% have overall positive emotions toward biology because they find biology…
Descriptors: Chemical Engineering, Biology, Student Attitudes, Required Courses
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Omar Al Noursi – Journal of Advanced Academics, 2024
This study explores the sense of efficacy, perceptions of benefits, and concerns among high school students participating in an AP Research course during the 2021-2022 academic year. The investigation includes an evaluation of students' satisfaction with course materials and delivery. Data, gathered through surveys and individual essays, underwent…
Descriptors: High School Students, Advanced Placement Programs, Student Satisfaction, Research Skills
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Jordan Rickles; Margaret Clements; Iliana Brodziak de los Reyes; Mark Lachowicz; Shuqiong Lin; Jessica Heppen – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2024
Online credit recovery will likely expand in the coming years as school districts try to address increased course failure rates brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. Some researchers and policymakers, however, raise concerns over how much students learn in online courses, and there is limited evidence about the effectiveness of online credit…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Electronic Learning, Repetition, Required Courses
Yuki Ramona Smiley – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This qualitative phenomenological study focused on the lived experiences of adult immigrants repeating courses to meet academic requirements in higher education in the United States. The problem addressed in this qualitative phenomenological study was that United States educational institutions may not recognize and validate credentials adult…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Educational Attainment, Comparative Education, Adults
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Mensah Prince Osiesi; Monica Ngozi Odinko; Sylvan Blignaut – Discover Education, 2024
This study aimed to evaluate the Teachers' Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) Mandatory Continuing Professional Development Programme (MCPDP) for Primary School Teachers in Ekiti State, Nigeria, between 2011 and 2021. Seventy public primary schools were purposively selected with teachers who attended MCPDP in Ekiti State, while 166 teachers…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Faculty Development, Professional Continuing Education, Elementary School Teachers
Childers, Annie; Shi, XinRui – Practitioner to Practitioner, 2021
Different developmental mathematics programs are offered at various institutions across the United States. Many vary from state to state, and even college to college within states. One of the designs that has emerged as a frontrunner is the co-requisite model. This pilot study builds on previous success of the model by exploring the effect of pass…
Descriptors: Remedial Mathematics, Required Courses, Student Placement, College Students
Jennifer Elaine Wakeman – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This instrumental case study explored 12 public-school teachers' perceptions of mandatory professional development (PD) during times of educational reform efforts in the state of Colorado. The participants in this study represented five unique school districts in suburban and semi-rural settings who had experienced 14 hours or more of mandated PD…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Required Courses, Faculty Development, Educational Change
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Susan B. Foster; John J. Miller – Sport Management Education Journal, 2025
Sport management curricula at universities across the United States often require one or more classes on legal issues of sport. Most often, the topic of risk management (RM) is not covered as extensively as necessary with venues and events being targets of violence and terrorism. Do graduating sport management students understand RM in a way where…
Descriptors: Risk Management, Experiential Learning, Learning Theories, Athletics
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Solmaz Filiz Karabag; Christian Berggren; Jolanta Pielaszkiewicz; Bengt Gerdin – Journal of Academic Ethics, 2025
Breaches of research integrity have gained considerable attention due to high-profile scandals involving questionable research practices by reputable scientists. These practices include plagiarism, manipulation of authorship, biased presentation of findings and misleading reports of significance. To combat such practices, policymakers tend to rely…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Social Science Research, Social Services
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Nara M. Martirosyan; D. Patrick Saxon; Susan T. Skidmore; Bailey Kelly – Journal of College Academic Support Programs, 2025
Corequisite mathematics is a developmental education intervention designed to provide the instruction of college-level math content while concurrently requiring student participation in learning support. Its purpose is to facilitate underprepared mathematics students in expeditiously completing their college gateway math requirements. This model…
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Remedial Mathematics, Required Courses, College Faculty
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Tetzlaff, Emily J.; Deibert, Shelby L.; Oddson, Bruce; Little, James R.; Benoit, John; Pegoraro, Ann; Ritchie, Stephen D. – Journal of Outdoor Recreation, Education, and Leadership, 2023
A mandatory outdoor experience program (MOEP), involving a three- to four-day outdoor canoe excursion, has been a compulsory university course for undergraduate students for nearly five decades at a post-secondary institution in Northern Ontario, Canada. However, the experiences and perspectives of students who participated in these excursions…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Required Courses, Outdoor Education, Undergraduate Students
Joan Tisdale – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this dissertation work is to investigate sustainability incorporations in undergraduate mechanical engineering curricula. Engineering decisions have deep impacts on people and the planet. Therefore, it is important for all engineers to learn engineering that integrates these important factors. This work starts with an evaluation of…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Undergraduate Study, Elective Courses, Required Courses
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