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Family Portrait: A Profile of Educational Developers around the World
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Green, David A.; Little, Deandra – International Journal for Academic Development, 2016
Educational development (also called academic or faculty development) has been described as fragmented, disconnected, and a "family of strangers," due mostly to the different academic backgrounds of its members. In this paper, the authors report on a survey of over 1000 educational developers from 38 countries on six continents. To help…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Profiles, Comparative Education, Demography
Adult Education Faculty and Programs in North America
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Tisdell, Elizabeth J.; Wright, Robin Redmon; Taylor, Edward W. – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2016
This article reports on the findings of a quantitative survey of North American adult education faculty and a textual analysis of websites of adult education graduate programs in North America conducted in the fall of 2013. This study examined background information about adult education faculty and programs; the nature of faculty work interests,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Education, Teacher Surveys, Web Sites
Key Challenges to Collegiate Music Education Programs in North America
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Jones, Patrick M. – Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, 2012
Higher education is the linchpin of music education in North America. It is primarily in collegiate institutions that music teachers are educated throughout the life cycles of their careers. This begins with preservice programs, typically at the baccalaureate level, and continues with in-service professional development and graduate degree…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Music Education, School Demography, Attitudes
The Challenges of Demographic Changes and Accountability to Campus Facilities: Including the Top Facilities Issues. APPA Thought Leaders Series, 2008
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Lunday, Elizabeth – APPA: Association of Higher Education Facilities Officers (NJ3), 2008
The 2008 Thought Leaders Symposium brought together a combination of participants new to the event and veterans from years past to assess the future of higher education and the implications of that future on educational facilities. Participants spent time in discussion with the goal of coming to a consensus on the challenges facing colleges and…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Higher Education, State Universities, Educational Facilities
Inferences of Recent and Ancient Human Population History Using Genetic and Non-Genetic Data
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Kitchen, Andrew – ProQuest LLC, 2008
I have adopted complementary approaches to inferring human demographic history utilizing human and non-human genetic data as well as cultural data. These complementary approaches form an interdisciplinary perspective that allows one to make inferences of human history at varying timescales, from the events that occurred tens of thousands of years…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Demography, Genetics, Sampling
Addressing School Violence in the 21st Century
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Angkaw, John P. – Online Submission, 2006
The purpose of this report is to address and review school violence and the implications it has on educators and school systems in today's society. It will lead a discussion on the current state faced by North American educators and school systems and the possible solutions that could be implemented to reduce school violence. This report is…
Descriptors: Student Characteristics, School Size, Demography, Educational Environment