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Angela Ilesia Douge – ProQuest LLC, 2023
College integration, specifically the first year of college for diverse first-generation college students (FGCS), has been a topic of research in the field of postsecondary education for the last two decades. Postsecondary research has established a connection between inadequate college readiness and poor persistence, resulting in diverse FGCS not…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Student Experience, College Readiness, Academic Persistence
Sarah F. Parsons – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this study was to understand the factors which are influencing the low number of students living with autism spectrum disorders who graduate from four-year, degree-granting colleges and universities within six years of enrollment. This instrumental case study investigated the higher education experience for 13 students who…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Students with Disabilities, College Students, Academic Persistence
Syverson, Eric; Perez, Zeke, Jr. – Education Commission of the States, 2022
In an effort to ensure standard levels of college preparedness among incoming students, some states or systems have adopted common admissions policies applicable to first-time, first-year students seeking admission at a four-year, baccalaureate institution. While some states allow individual institutions to have autonomy over additional…
Descriptors: State Policy, College Admission, Academic Standards, College Readiness
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Michael Grüttner – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2024
Host country education can be crucial for the social integration as well as labour market outcomes of refugees and asylum seekers. To meet the same admission criteria for studying at German higher education institutions (HEI) as other international student applicants, refugees and asylum seekers can attend pre-study programmes at preparatory…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Refugees, Higher Education, College Preparation
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Jonathan Fuentes; Janice Hicks – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2024
Since fall 2019, Odessa College's dual credit program has grown by 67%. Texas' initiatives, around college, career, and military readiness (CCMR), certainly provided an impetus for growth in dual credit, but this tremendous level of growth points to a number of structural changes Odessa College made to its dual credit program. The article focuses…
Descriptors: Dual Enrollment, Partnerships in Education, Program Improvement, College Readiness
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Jillian Kara; Kimberly Coleman; Leon Walls – Discover Education, 2024
The environmental workforce remains largely White, despite calls to diversify. There exists a narrative that environmental education programs can enact change by cultivating Connection to Nature (CTN) among individuals who identify as Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC). We contend that more work is needed to understand the full range of…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Self Concept, Correlation, High School Students
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Haley R. Ault; Kody Sexton; Melinda M. Gibbons; Mary K. Wynn; Robert A. Lange – Professional School Counseling, 2024
Rural Appalachia encompasses a region of the United States represented by unique cultural strengths and systemic challenges. To meet their students' career and college needs, school counselors working in rural Appalachia must understand the cultural nuances of the region. Consensual qualitative research (CQR) methodology revealed five domains and…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Rural Schools, School Counselors, High School Students
Courtney Riley – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this study is to examine principals' perceptions of the necessary components to ensuring Black males matriculate to college through their college-going culture in high schools, and how principals and school leaders can identify common practices on campus and focus on ways to develop readiness and achievement. The study used a…
Descriptors: Principals, Experience, Administrator Role, African American Students
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Laura J. Muller; Melissa Eblen-Zayas – Numeracy, 2025
We developed a framework for characterizing an institution's quantitative skills/reasoning support ecosystem to consider how various activities contribute to student success in areas connected to students' quantitative preparation. Through discussions with faculty and staff stakeholders at eight selective small liberal arts colleges, we…
Descriptors: Mathematics Skills, Thinking Skills, Small Colleges, Liberal Arts
Erin Talley – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Successful completion of a college degree is a growing necessity in the United States of America. Concerns about workforce readiness and the cost of postsecondary education make completion of a college degree a burdensome necessity for individuals and society. Important implications from higher education research have been integral in establishing…
Descriptors: Information Dissemination, Expectation, Graduation, College Students
Lavonia Nekita Johnson-Davis – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This dissertation served as a case study that examined the impact of a districtwide system of support drawn from existing literature and organizational structure and management. The identified framework, the Limelight County College and Career Readiness Intervention (LCRI) Framework, utilized the Plan, Do, Study, Act (PDSA) cycle of improvement…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, College Readiness, Career Readiness, Curriculum Design
Hobbs, Simon – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The number of English language learners (ELLs) in schools is growing, yet many ELLs struggle with being college-ready by the time they graduate high school. School counselors are an important part of a student's college preparation while in high school. School counselors help students create their class schedules, learn about college requirements,…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, College Preparation, Counselor Role, High School Students
Palmer-Williams, Angela Yvonne – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The South Carolina Department of Education and the South Carolina Education Oversight Committee developed an accountability system that informs the public of the status of public schools while meeting the mandate of state and federal law (Robinson, 2018). Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) is a U.S. Law that passed in December 2015 that governs the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Environment, Teacher Persistence, Expenditure per Student
Lytal, Lydia – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Teachers have had to use standards to teach with since the 1980's. The CCRS has made a significant shift in how standards are written and the expectations of students in learning them. With the three-dimensional design, teachers are required to change their pedagogy in order to implement the standards with fidelity. That requires training,…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Experience, Program Implementation, College Readiness
Kober, Kathryn Leigh – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The primary purpose of this qualitative study was to examine the Algebra I and Algebra II mathematics course curriculum documents at a local high school to determine alignment to the mathematics section of the Texas Success Initiative Assessment (TSIA) and to identify content necessary for students to demonstrate college readiness in mathematics…
Descriptors: Alignment (Education), Mathematics Curriculum, Algebra, Secondary School Curriculum
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