ERIC Number: EJ1073375
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015
Pages: 14
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A National Initiative of Teaching, Researching, and Dreaming: Community College Faculty Research in "Achieving the Dream" Colleges
Hagedorn, Linda Serra
New Directions for Community Colleges, n171 p49-62 Fall 2015
Dating back to 2004, the Achieving the Dream initiative was established to promote evidence-based programs and interventions to produce and sustain student success. Achieving the Dream has created a new environment and new forms of thinking among the faculty that have spurred some to action research within their classrooms and beyond. Using three vignettes, this chapter presents how the Achieving the Dream initiative has fostered faculty research.
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Research, Teacher Researchers, Intervention, Academic Achievement, Success, Action Research, Vignettes
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Two Year Colleges; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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