1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910828482903321

Titolo

Innovations in improving access to higher education / / Barbara Schneider, Justina Judy, issue editors ; Gil G. Noam, editor-in-chief

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, NJ : , : Wiley Periodicals, Inc., , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

1-118-87225-8

1-118-87248-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (128 p.)

Collana

New directions for youth development : theory, practice, research, , 1533-8916 ; ; number 140 (Winter 2013)

Altri autori (Persone)

SchneiderBarbara

JudyJustina

NoamGil G

Disciplina

378.747

Soggetti

College preparation programs - Research - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Innovations in Improving Access to Higher Education; Contents; Issue Editors' Notes; Executive Summary; 1 Pathways to college and STEM careers: Enhancing the high school experience; The complexity of the college search process; Assisting high school students in the college application process; Supporting students in high school: The College Ambition Program; Summer outreach; Preliminary findings; Student perspectives; Sustainability, policy, and practical applications; Notes; 2 Research into practice: Postsecondary success in the Chicago Public Schools; High school effects on college going

Capacity building research Developing an extensive data archive on CPS; Extensive stakeholder engagement and strong ongoing relationships with the district; Conducting scientifically rigorous research while making findings broadly accessible; Building knowledge of core problems across time and across studies; An extensive outreach to provide information to broader audiences; Case study: The college counselors collaborative; Conclusion; Notes; 3 Lessons learned from a data-driven college access program: The National College Advising Corps; Triangulation of data sources; Student survey data



Adviser survey National Student Clearinghouse data; Site visits; Triangulation; Partnerships; Program design: Federal, regional, and local levels; Research relationships with individual states; Scholarly studies; College-going culture; Advise Texas experiment; College advising dosage experiment; Data-driven program changes; Conclusion; Notes; 4 The not-so-lazy days of summer: Experimental interventions to increase college entry among low-income high school graduates; Possible causes of summer melt; Mitigating summer melt

The potential of text messaging to deliver personalized college information The potential of peer mentoring to mitigate summer attrition; Sites and intervention design; Conclusion; Notes; 5 Is traditional financial aid too little, too late to help youth succeed in college? An introduction to The Degree Project promise scholarship experiment; The Degree Project (TDP); TDP communications plan; Random assignment; General rationale: Affordability, social capital, and academic preparation; Potential implications for the nation's financial aid system; Notes; Index; Order Form

Sommario/riassunto

Gaining an understanding about the barriers in transitioning from high school to college is crucial to improving college access and matriculation-particularly for low-income families and first-generation college-goers. These obstacles include many factors, such as: Lack of access to resources at home or school Not having a rigorous college-preparatory curriculum or not taking advantage of these courses Misperceptions about the college-going process. This volume introduces innovative and effective ways to ease the transition process. One essential quest



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910139408403321

Titolo

Case studies in project, program, and organizational project management / / [edited by] Dragan Z. Milosevic, Peerasit Patanakul, Sabin Srivannaboon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, c2010

ISBN

9786613404015

9781118174296

1118174291

9781283404013

128340401X

9781118151181

1118151186

9781118276808

1118276809

9780470549179

0470549173

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (526 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MiloševićDragan

PatanakulPeerasit

SrivannaboonSabin <1977->

Disciplina

658.4/04

Soggetti

Project management

Project management - Standards

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Case studies in project management -- pt. 2. Case studies in program management -- pt. 3. Case studies in organizational project management.

Sommario/riassunto

The ever expanding market need for information on how to apply project management principles and the PMBOK contents to day-to-day business situations has been met by our case studies book by Harold Kerzner. That book was a spin-off from and ancillary to his best selling text but has gained a life of its own beyond adopters of that textbook.



All indications are that the market is hungry for more cases while our own need to expand the content we control, both in-print and online would benefit from such an expansion of project management ""case content"". The authors propose to produce a book of