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Reed, Jared William – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Community colleges play a fundamental role in higher education. They are open-access institutions, providing higher education services to individuals from a variety of backgrounds. Community colleges also provide important workforce development and training opportunities to help develop the local economy. Today, states and the federal government…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Small Colleges, Community Colleges, College Role
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Jenkins, DeMarcus A.; Tichavakunda, Antar A.; Coles, Justin A. – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2021
Although campus racial climate on colleges and universities has been scrutinized in research on higher education, scholarship focused on Black male collegians' interactions with campus police remains limited. Considering how the logics of white supremacy and anti-Black racism have characterized policing across the nation, we assert that a critical…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Race, Police Community Relationship, African American Students
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Hidayat, Dadit; Stoecker, Randy – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2021
This article tests the project-based research model by analyzing the processes and outcomes of a partnership between a grassroots environmental organization promoting community-based sustainability practices and a series of university-based capstone courses. We begin by contrasting scientist-driven and community-based approaches to sustainability.…
Descriptors: School Community Relationship, Universities, Partnerships in Education, Capstone Experiences
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Dunne, Máiréad; Humphreys, Sara; Bakari, Salihu – Journal of Education Policy, 2021
Community participation is a vital component of the educational decentralisation policies that are now widespread in Nigeria. In this paper, we explore school-community relations in different localities in northern Nigeria, where there is both very little inter-generational experience of schooling and minimal engagement by local communities in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Community Relationship, Elementary Schools, Developing Nations
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Green, Corinne A.; Eady, Michelle J.; Burns, Pippa; Baker, Jessica; Primmer, Jennine; Harris, Penelope; Barkley, Carinya; Traynor, Victoria – Journal of Educational Research and Practice, 2021
Partnerships between schools, universities, and community organizations have mutual benefits for all involved. These partnerships value the contributions of all participants and capitalize on the expertise and knowledge that each brings. This reflective paper details a collaborative third-space partnership between a university, a primary school,…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, College School Cooperation, School Community Relationship, Universities
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Kramlich, Deborah J.; Cunliff, Ed; Sathe, Laurie Anderson; Zakrzewski, Tes C.; Romano, Alessandra; Longmore, Anne-Liisa; Brunstein, Jannette; Marsick, Victoria – Learning Communities Research and Practice, 2021
Research around learning community models often shows a structured and defined model to follow with the underlying assumption being if the steps are followed, the results will come. The model we offer in this paper is rather counter-cultural as it was not a specific process or practice we followed; rather, we found ourselves in a highly engaging,…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Ecology, Inclusion, Models
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Sabates, Ricardo; Zhao, Yiran Vicky; Mitchell, Rafael; Ilie, Sonia – Journal of Education Finance, 2021
The economic value of education to individuals, families, communities, and nations continues to be one of the key justifications for investments in education globally. Yet, the total value of education should capture the value of both economic and non-economic outcomes that accrue to societies, in addition to all private returns. Unfortunately,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Education, Educational Benefits, Higher Education
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Trott, Carlie D.; Sample McMeeking, Laura B.; Weinberg, Andrea E. – Studies in Higher Education, 2020
Embedded within ongoing university-community partnerships, participatory action research experiences for undergraduates -- or PAR-based UREs -- are multi-disciplinary, action-oriented research opportunities that engage undergraduates in collaborative research to address community-defined challenges. PAR-based UREs integrate participatory action…
Descriptors: Action Research, Participatory Research, Student Research, Undergraduate Students
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Clegg, Tamara; Boston, Carol; Preece, Jennifer; Warrick, Elizabeth; Pauw, Daniel; Cameron, Jacqueline – Journal of Environmental Education, 2020
This article examines community-driven adult environmental learning in a volunteer watershed stewards program. We look for evidence of elements that portray steps toward "concientización"--the process of individuals and communities directing their own learning in nonhierarchical ways. Leveraging two theories from the learning sciences…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Adult Education, Informal Education, Community Development
Glickman, Carl; Mette, Ian M. – Teachers College Press, 2020
What can today's educational leaders do to create schools that are purposeful, moral, and successful? In this book, Glickman and Mette provide a powerful set of guidelines that will lead to true school renewal. Using a practical framework for school, district, and community leaders, their roadmap replaces dependence on top-down state and federal…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Democratic Values, Leadership, Elementary Secondary Education
Wyoming Community College Commission, 2021
The "Annual Partnership Report" catalogs partnerships that Wyoming community colleges established and maintained for each fiscal year. This partnership report fulfills statutory reporting requirement W.S. 21-18-202(e)(iv) which mandates the development of annual reports to the legislature on the outcomes of partnerships between colleges…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Community Colleges, College School Cooperation, Intercollegiate Cooperation
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Linda Sparks; Louri Louw – Perspectives in Education, 2023
Research conducted on online learning during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, clearly showed that a sense of community plays an integral part in creating a conducive learning environment. This has consequently influenced current perspectives on teaching practice and learning climate. From an African perspective, this is noteworthy as it…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Electronic Learning, Sense of Community
Alma Rodriguez Jones – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This research study aimed to describe the perceptions of faculty regarding teaching students who experienced anxiety and depressive disorders at one rural North Carolina community college. Through a qualitative case study approach, this study revealed the experiences of faculty, representing a variety of disciplines and who teach a diverse…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Anxiety, Depression (Psychology), Rural Areas
Collins, Kamari A. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This qualitative study examined the lived experiences of seven Black male community college students. The study was designed to learn about their college journey using interpretive phenomenological analysis. The study used semi-structured interviews to capture Black males' perceptions, feelings, and challenges related to their experiences at a…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Academic Persistence, Community College Students, Males
Christopher Collins – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this research is to acknowledge what California Community Colleges are/are not doing in regards to poor transfer outcomes to bolster bachelor's degree attainment, especially for underrepresented minorities (URM) and Black indigenous people of color (BIPOC) students. The California Community College system entices students with low…
Descriptors: White Students, Community College Students, Minority Group Students, Blacks
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