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Szendrey, Julie – Journal of Education for Business, 2022
The IRS Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program provides free income tax preparation and filing services for low- and moderate-income households. Accounting students from universities across the U.S. have provided these services for many years. A partnership has been in place for five years between VITA and the marketing research course at…
Descriptors: Marketing, Business Administration Education, Volunteers, Outreach Programs
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Borrego, Paulina; Graham, Anne; Lutz, Ellen; Radik, Melanie; Reznik-Zellen, Rebecca – Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 2020
Science and Engineering Library staff at the University of Massachusetts Amherst visited several sites on campus in a novel outreach initiative that involved all nine staff members taking "field trips" without agendas. We demonstrate that outreach without the explicit goal of promoting a specific resource or service can be an effective…
Descriptors: Outreach Programs, Personality Traits, Academic Libraries, Library Personnel
Hossain, Farhana; Wasserman, Kyla – MDRC, 2023
Roca is a nonprofit organization that works to change the lives of young people who are involved in the justice system and are at high risk of participating in violence or being affected by it. Such young people include those with a history of arrests, incarceration, violent behavior, or gang involvement, and often a disconnection from education…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Males, At Risk Persons, Violence
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Rebka Ephrem; Roshan Sapkota; Isaiah Dawkins; Patrick Faherty; Yael Sarig; Jason Peres da Silva; Julia Pierce; Ethan Epstein; Vincent Amato; Darby K. Melia; Nicholas Messina; Orly Richter; Mona Polavarapu; Jessica Chiu; Russell Paredes; Toni-Marie Achilli – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2023
Service-learning models serve as noteworthy curriculum paradigms that can help students engage with their communities while continuously learning. This article recounts the implementation of a service-learning model within a student initiative aimed to help combat vaccine hesitancy and promote the uptake of vaccinations within the Rhode Island…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Service Learning, Higher Education, School Community Relationship
Efren Rangel – ProQuest LLC, 2023
California Community College campuses are struggling to enroll Latinx students. As identified through the literature, most Latinx students navigate the college enrollment process with little to no guidance and seek support in navigating it. Using Yosso's (2005) community cultural wealth framework, I investigate how Rose Grace College's Familias…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Hispanic Americans, Community College Students, College Enrollment
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Tyler H. Redway; Pilard Hanna; Bradley Loomis; Melissa M. Quinn – HAPS Educator, 2023
The Anatomy Outreach Program (AOP) at The Ohio State University aspires to enhance anatomical knowledge and appreciation of the human body through interactive laboratory experiences. In May 2022, the AOP held a 3-day outreach event called Anatomy Outreach Days (AOD). AOD exposed more than 300 high school students across Ohio to various human…
Descriptors: Anatomy, Human Body, Laboratories, Interaction
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Carren Mushi; Kelefa Mwantimwa; Evans Wema – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2024
This study has examined librarians' possession of information and communication technology (ICT) skills and knowledge that are requisite to practicing embedded librarianship in Tanzanian academic libraries. An exploratory cross-sectional design and qualitative and quantitative approaches have been employed by the study to collect data from 166…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Research Libraries, Academic Libraries, Information Technology
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Venner, Mary Ann; Washburn, Jenn – Journal of Access Services, 2021
The role of the student worker is expanding in academic libraries. Their unique perspectives add valuable insights to the design and delivery of library services, project development, outreach activities, and operational planning. Student-workers gain internal and external benefits from working in peer-to-peer learning environments which also…
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, Academic Libraries, Student Employment, College Students
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Perea, Jose Dario; Gasca, Diana Carolina; Echeverry-Prieto, Ghisliane; Quiroga-Fonseca, Valentina; Orozco-Donneys, Carolina; Díaz-Montealegre, Leidy Catherine; Ortiz, Alejandro; Molina, Giovanny; Cruz, Daniel; Persad, Aaron; Redd-Kantareddy, Sai Nithin; Wachsmuth, Josua; Heumueller, Thomas; Brabec, Christoph; Rodriguez-Toro, Victor Alfonso; Salguero, Carolina – European Journal of STEM Education, 2021
As part of an unprecedented collaborative outreach effort, we implemented an innovative STEM outreach project, where more than 80 middle and high school students from different traditionally underrepresented school districts in Colombia--with no previous knowledge on material science or photovoltaics--created Last Generation Solar Cells (LGSCs)…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Outreach Programs, Middle School Students, High School Students
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Horton, Jennifer – Public Services Quarterly, 2021
As academic libraries are instituting 3D printing into their services, assessment of these programs is necessary. This paper analyses the 3D printing program at an academic library from inception through the one thousandth print request. Information such as who was using the library's 3D printers, were they associated with specific departments on…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Computer Peripherals, Academic Libraries, Shared Resources and Services
Balu, Rekha; Condliffe, Barbara; Hennessy, Margaret – MDRC, 2021
The New York City Department of Education (NYC DOE) is the largest public school system in the country, and regularly communicates with more families in a month than many school districts do in a year. Innovations in communication or outreach efforts can influence profoundly how families engage with the district, especially innovations in outreach…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Public Schools, Urban Schools, Outreach Programs
Neier, Lenore – William T. Grant Foundation, 2021
Last year, the William T. Grant Foundation took stock of its initiative to support research on reducing inequality in youth outcomes. The aim was to understand, in part, the pathways through which grantees' research findings may be reaching audiences including researchers, journalists, policymakers, and practitioners. Five years into the reducing…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Outreach Programs, Research and Development, Theory Practice Relationship
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Fredrick, Ray N., III; Marttinen, Risto; Johnston, Kelly; Fernandez, Juana – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2022
Purpose: In the United States, after-school programs have been found to improve healthy behaviors and increase time in safe, structured environments for youth, but less is known about Latin American contexts. The purpose of this study was to examine the implementation of an educational program in an underserved school in Latin America. Method: A…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, After School Programs, Disadvantaged Schools, Youth Programs
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Woithe, Julia; Müller, Andreas; Schmeling, Sascha; Kuhn, Jochen – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2022
Previous studies highlight the positive effects of science outreach labs, in particular on students' motivational variables. However, out-of-school learning is generally associated with high novelty and specific setting characteristics that can impact learning and development. Indeed, previous studies call for further research on students'…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Outreach Programs, Science Education, Science Teaching Centers
Hendrickson, Danica L. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
While deep disciplinary knowledge will be required to develop next-generation clean energy technologies, the skills to work across disciplines and with diverse stakeholders will also be required. Providing authentic and explicit opportunities for graduate students in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) to engage in the broader…
Descriptors: Energy, Fuels, Conservation (Environment), Graduate Students
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