Preparing Students for College: The Implementation and Impact of the Early College High School Model

As implemented in North Carolina, Early College High Schools are small, autonomous schools designed to increase the number of students who graduate from high school and are prepared for postsecondary education. Targeted at students who are underrepresented in college, these schools are most frequently located on college campuses and are intended to provide students with 2 years of college credit upon graduation from high school. This article reports on preliminary 9th-grade results from 285 students in 2 sites participating in a longitudinal experimental study of the impact of the model. These early results show that significantly more Early College High School students are enrolling and progressing in a college preparatory course of study. This expanded access, however, is associated with somewhat lower pass rates for some courses, suggesting the need for strong academic support to accompany increased enrollment in more rigorous courses. Implementation data collected on one school indicate that it is successfully implementing the model's components.     

新疆高校大学生综合测评体系适用性研究

大学生综合测评体系在我国已有了近20年的研究和发展,但新疆高校中这一体系的使用还不多见。本文通过对新疆高校大学生综合测评体系的使用和大学生态度调查,提出了新疆高校建立大学生综合测评体系的原则,为各高校开展大学生综合测评体系建立了一定的参考。     

英语四、六级改革与《新视野》英语课程的试用

大学英语及四、六级改革已经进行了多年的探索与实践,取得了一定的效果;但是大学英语教学不尽如意之处还有很多。诸多因素导致了这一现象的存在,其中,作为大学英语教学中最基本的教学工具——教材的使用不当是一个重要原因。本文就是通过四、六级改革后对大学英语教材的要求和当前试用的《新视野英语教程》进行分析和探讨。     

College re-culturing,marketisation and knowledge: the meaning of incorporation

The further education (FE) sector in England has experienced two decades of marketisation. This article takes as its focus the first five years of incorporation (1993–1998) for one case study college in a city (‘Coppleton’) in the West Midlands of England, five years that were dominated by a contract dispute. Data from interviews with trade unionists active in Coppleton College (anonymised name) and from a trade union archive are set against selected official College documents in a genealogical enquiry into the college's corporate identity as an educational institution and employer during this time. This article looks behind the ‘legibility’ of the incorporated college and its knowledge production practices and focuses on excluded narratives, specifically the experiences of union activists caught up in a new era of industrial relations. In analysing the data, theories of New Public Management and marketisation reveal that Coppleton College has features that make it culturally distinct from its unincorporated forebear. The corporation as an institutional model – it is argued – brought with it features including institutional self-interest, an authoritarian culture, the erosion of trust, and the stifling of dissent as part of an incorporated view of knowledge production that worked against staff and the public interest.     

The Impact of GEAR UP on College Readiness for Students in Low Income Schools

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Program (GEAR UP) on college readiness outcomes using a quasi-experimental design. GEAR UP is designed to increase the number of low-income students who are prepared to enter and succeed in postsecondary education by providing 6-year grants to states and district partnerships to provide services at high-poverty middle and high schools. Specifically, this study sought to evaluate whether 173 schools that participated in GEAR UP showed increases in the percentages of students who were prepared to enter and succeed in postsecondary education, as compared to students from similar, non-GEAR UP schools. Seven years (2003–2009) of matched cohort data were compiled to include all regular (e.g., nonspecial education) high schools with grade 12 enrollment as documented by the National Center for Educational Statistics. Participation in and performance on three College Board assessments that measure college readiness at the high school level (SAT, PSAT/NMSQT, and AP) as well as percent free/reduced-price lunch were used to identify comparable schools. Results showed that, overall, the GEAR UP program showed positive evidence of improving college readiness outcomes for low income students using a variety of college readiness measures.     

全民阅读背景下大学生经典阅读的调查与推广策略探究--以皖南医学院为例

在全民阅读背景下,为促进大学生经典阅读的推广,文章就大学生经典阅读现状进行调查与分析,提出了大学生是良好的推广经典阅读群体,但经典阅读的质量不高,阅读介质具有多元化的特点,文章提出了从宣传、指导、载体三个方面的对策建议,以期对加强大学生经典阅读有所帮助。     

台湾大学入学考试及其化学试题评析

2002年,台湾地区全面实行大学多元入学方案,代替了联考长达半个世纪的统治地位。多元入学方案提供了学生多种入学的渠道,提供更大范围的课程,增加了学生选择的自由度。本文介绍了2010年台湾大学入学考试化学试题的形式及特点,以期为大陆推行新课程高考改革提供参考。     

高校辅导员队伍职业化、专业化建设分析——基于职业生涯规划教育的视角

高校辅导员队伍的职业化、专业化是提高辅导员工作专业化程度和服务水准的必经之路。大学生职业生涯规划教育是辅导员工作的一项重要内容。本文就高校辅导员在大学生职业生涯规划教育工作中的地位和作用、工作现状进行了分析,阐述了大学生职业生涯规划教育工作为高校辅导员队伍职业化、专业化建设提供了很好的平台和切入点,在此基础上进一步分析了利用职业生涯规划教育推动辅导员队伍职业化、专业化建设的措施。     

Training Student Leaders in Reporting Sexual Misconduct Incidents at a 2-year College

ABSTRACT

Sexual misconduct is a major psychological, emotional, and public health crisis that manifests itself in social and academic arenas including community college campuses. Problems of sexual misconduct that emerge for women and men are not based solely on a difference in gender, but in silence once an incident occurs. The strife that emerges for students can be devastating and pervasive. College counselors, who provide counseling services and training programs, can offset the potentially negative consequences. This article highlights a training program for student leaders that underscores the significance of reporting sexual misconduct incidents at a 2-year college. This article provides percentage data to reflect the perceptions participants had following such training. The training discussed will further the understanding of how to take a proactive approach in reporting incidents of sexual misconduct. Prompting research along this line of training will provide important information to college-student personnel who are vested in creating a transformation to decrease incidents of sexual misconduct on 2-year college campuses.     

大学英语分级教学实施效果调查研究

分级教学是大学英语教学改革的重点之一,它强调根据学生自身的特点,将不同英语水平的学生分成不同层次,因材施教,从而全面提高各个层次学生的英语学习水平。本文以兰州城市学院大学英语分级教学改革为研究对象,对分级教学的实施效果进行了调查,并根据调查结果为学校进一步全面实施分级教学提出了建议。     

加强档案管理工作适应就业制度改革

高校学生档案是大学生在校期间德、智、体、美等方面综合反映,也是用人单位招聘人才、合理使用人才的重要依据,高校应加强大学生档案工作,为人力资源开发提供重要保障,适应新的就业制度改革.     

值得利用的大学英语四、六级考试阅读理解测试题——兼谈大学英语阅读教学

大学英语四、六级考试是一项具有中国特色的、卓有成效的考试。是一笔不可多得的教育资源 ,应该得到充分利用 ,发挥其对大学英语教学的促进作用。提出利用大学英语四、六级考试阅读理解测试题作为大学英语阅读教学的课外阅读材料 ,并阐明大学英语四、六级考试阅读理解测试题的科学性和可用性。     

大学实施女性教育探讨——50名理工科女生毕业发展的调查分析

本文以南京理工大学1987届机电系40名女大学毕业生的职业发展生涯以及广东工贸职业技术学院10名理工科本科毕业十年以上女教师的状况的调查结果为依据,着重探讨了大学教育在提高理工科女大学生的发展水平、促进她们的职业发展方面已取得的成绩与存在的一些欠缺不足,提出了大学应实施女性教育及实施女性教育的途径。     

抗大组织序列考析--兼与《中国人民抗日军事政治大学史》商榷

依据档案文献与当事人回忆史料 ,订正所谓“抗大太行分校”之误说 ,阐述 194 5年 3月 ,以抗大太行大队和太行军区参谋训练队为基础组建的抗大分校 ,仍沿用了六分校之名称。并对分校校首长、隶属关系、学员来源和学校驻地等进行考实 ;对《抗大史》敌后总校组织序列的疏漏与错误给予补正 ;并对 1936年 6月 1日创建的中国抗日红军大学校首长、教育委员会和抗大总校军政委员会予以辨析     

高职院校学生核心价值观认同现状调查及践行路径探析

高职高专院校加强学生对社会主义核心价值观的认同感培养是学习贯彻和落实十八大精神的重要途径之一。笔者通过对邢台职业技术学院部分学生的社会主义核心价值观认同现状进行调查和影响因素分析,就提高高职院校学生核心价值观认同度的践行路径提出了几点建议,希望为高职高专院校学生的社会主义核心价值观教育提供参考。     

关于实施大学生素质拓展计划的研究

以浙江医药高等专科学校为例,论述了该校开展大学生素质拓展计划的情况,分析实施过程中存在的问题,提出了如何改进大学生素质拓展计划实施的策略与建议。     

大学生心理危机干预的理论探源和策略研究

近年来，大学生心理危机事件屡见不鲜，对他们的生活、学习带来了较大的冲击和影响。大学生心理健康与否，不仅仅是大学生的个人问题，同时也是一个重要的社会问题。心理危机干预的理论模式主要包括认知模式、哀伤辅导模式、平衡模式、支持和干预技术模式、心理社会转变模式、教育、支持与训练的社会资源工程模式以及整合的干预模式等；大学生心理危机的类型主要表现为焦虑危机、哀伤危机、失恋危机和自杀危机；大学生心理危机干预的策略主要包括建立心理危机信息反馈系统、构建心理危机预防体系和改善大学生的社会心理环境。     

The high school science library for 1933–34

The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) is, quite possibly, the most comprehensive and systemic education reform act passed by Congress in the last 40 years. Given only 17 states ever fully complied with NCLB's predecessor, the 1994 Elementary and Secondary Education Act, it is only proper that legislators, policymakers, and researchers are now asking how we, as a nation, are doing implementing the law this time around? The Education Commission of the States (ECS) attempts, in the following article, to answer the question. The article covers information ECS has harvested and some of the insights ECS has gained since first examining state policy enactments related to NCLB. It provides information on the structure of the database, the methodology used to gather and verify the information, major findings of the tracking and reporting activity, specific gains made by category, key issues that merit immediate attention, and finally specific actions for consideration should federal officials and state policymakers be inclined to make changes to the law.     

IMPORTANCE OF PLANNING INSTITUTIONAL GOALS IN THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND EXTENT OF THEIR CONGRUENCE AMONG CONSTITUENTS

This research study emphasizes the importance of participative goal setting efforts in the community college. Early goal setting in the colleges involved an elite group of administrators who seemed to rely primarily upon subjective planning procedures. In this era of accountability with a more vocal public, the chief executive finds it extremely important to involve key people early in the planning process. Benefits from using a participative system may include not only additional data upon which to base decisions, but more importantly a sense of involvement in the future of the college. Findings from this study which included five key groups using the Community College Goals Inventory instrument concur with those of other community college studies in the goal choices selected. Some of the implications derived from this study on eight community college goals are cited along with recommendations which can be applied to community colleges in general.