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On the Path Toward College and Career Readiness: An Evaluation of the Implementation and Outcomes of the Career Academy Program in Birmingham, Alabama
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2017-05)
In the last three decades, career academies have grown in popularity as a mechanism to bolster high school students’ college and career readiness. Career academies offer small learning communities, project-based/work-based ...
Designing the Future: Education for a Master Planned Community in an Innovative and Choice-Filled Landscape
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2017-05)
The Sterling Ranch Development Company is developing 3,400 acres of land in Douglas
County, Colorado. This open range along the Colorado Rocky Mountains will be home to
40,000 people and 12,000 homes at its full development. ...
An Analysis of Teacher Attrition in Tennessee Charter Schools
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2017-05)
The Tennessee Charter School Center (TCSC) formed in
2013 through the merger of the Tennessee Charter School
Incubator and the Tennessee Charter Schools Association.
The TCSC combines the functions and resources of ...
A Study of Differential Pre-K Readiness Across Racial/Socioeconomic Lines in Evanston/Skokie School District 65
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2017-05-01)
Ackerman and Barnett (2005) suggest that "future academic success is dependent on being ready to learn and participate in a successful kindergarten experience" (p. 1). More importantly, a quality preschool experience has ...
Perceptions of Academic Advising at Birmingham-Southern College
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2017)
Birmingham-Southern College, a small, private, liberal arts institution in Birmingham, Alabama, asked for an evaluation of their academic advising program. Anecdotal evidence, as well as the findings from a Vanderbilt ...
The Long Road: Adult Student Retention at a Rural Community College: A Case Study
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2017-05)
To understand and enhance the adult student retention rates, Dyersburg State Community College (DSSC) contacted the Peabody College at Vanderbilt University to have graduate students conduct a study of the adult student ...
Personalizing the Institution: A Study of Three JCPS Middle Schools' Efforts to Improve Student Academic Outcomes
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2017-05-23)
This mixed-method capstone project examines district-level strategies designed to create a strong sense of belonging and personalized learning in the Jefferson County Public Schools in Louisville, KY. Our research focused ...
An Explanatory Model of First Year Retention: Application and Adaptation of Braxton, Doyle, Hartley, Hirschy, Jones & McLendon's Rethinking College Student Retention
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2017-05)
On average, more than a quarter of all entering first-time, full-time students do not return to
their institution for a second year. One in five fail to persist at all. Yet, “of the 45 percent of
students who start college ...
Adult College Student Choice: Individual and Institutional Factors that Influence Students
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2017-05)
The Tennessee Independent Colleges and Universities Association (TICUA) asked us to
explore why adult students, individuals age 25 and over, in Tennessee choose to enroll in private
nonprofit institutions like their ...