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Culture Centers in Higher Education: Perspectives on Identity, Theory, and Practice
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Patton, Lori D., Ed. – Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2010
This book fills a significant void in the research on ethnic minority cultural centers, offers the historic background to their establishment and development, considers the circumstances that led to their creation, examines the roles they play on campus, explores their impact on retention and campus climate, and provides guidelines for their…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Higher Education, Ethnicity, Race
Reaching Success through Involvement--Implementation Strategy for Creating and Maintaining Effective Schools.
Furtwengler, Willis J. – 1986
The educational change strategy termed "reaching success through involvement" (RSI) has yielded promising results in creating school effectiveness. This paper analyzes the theoretical bases and practical applications of RSI strategy among 14 schools over an 8-year period. RSI theory assumes that educational organizations are dynamic social systems…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Cooperative Planning, Educational Change, Educational Environment
OD in North American Schools: A Scandinavian View, with Comments by Matthew Miles and Michael Fullan. Uppsala Reports on Education, No. 20.
Berg, Gunnar – 1984
This report discusses the structural conditions under which organizational development (OD), as employed in the school systems of the United States and Canada, is more or less applicable to schools. The first section (chapters 1-6) reviews papers and books, concerning either OD in general or the ways in which the ideas of OD have been used in the…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Change Strategies, Educational Change, Educational Environment