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Download full textBoard of Governors, State University System of Florida, 2014
The State University System of Florida has developed three tools that aid in guiding the System's future: (1) The Board of Governors' new "Strategic Plan 2012-2025" is driven by goals and associated metrics that stake out where the System is headed; (2) The Board's "Annual Accountability Report" provides yearly tracking for how…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Institutional Mission, Institutional Characteristics, Goal Orientation
Board of Governors, State University System of Florida, 2014
The State University System of Florida has developed three tools that aid in guiding the System's future: (1) The Board of Governors' new "Strategic Plan 2012-2025" is driven by goals and associated metrics that stake out where the System is headed; (2) The Board's "Annual Accountability Report" provides yearly tracking for how…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Institutional Mission, Institutional Characteristics, Goal Orientation
Board of Governors, State University System of Florida, 2014
The State University System of Florida has developed three tools that aid in guiding the System's future: (1) The Board of Governors' new "Strategic Plan 2012-2025" is driven by goals and associated metrics that stake out where the System is headed; (2) The Board's "Annual Accountability Report" provides yearly tracking for how…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Institutional Mission, Institutional Characteristics, Goal Orientation
Board of Governors, State University System of Florida, 2014
The State University System of Florida has developed three tools that aid in guiding the System's future: (1) The Board of Governors' new "Strategic Plan 2012-2025" is driven by goals and associated metrics that stake out where the System is headed; (2) The Board's "Annual Accountability Report" provides yearly tracking for how…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Institutional Mission, Institutional Characteristics, Goal Orientation
Board of Governors, State University System of Florida, 2014
The State University System of Florida has developed three tools that aid in guiding the System's future: (1) The Board of Governors' new "Strategic Plan 2012-2025" is driven by goals and associated metrics that stake out where the System is headed; (2) The Board's "Annual Accountability Report" provides yearly tracking for how…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Institutional Mission, Institutional Characteristics, Goal Orientation
Board of Governors, State University System of Florida, 2014
The State University System of Florida has developed three tools that aid in guiding the System's future; (1) The Board of Governors' new Strategic Plan 2012-2025 is driven by goals and associated metrics that stake out where the System is headed; (2) The Board's Annual Accountability Report provides yearly tracking for how the System is…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Institutional Mission, Institutional Characteristics, Goal Orientation
Direct linkRobertson, Thomas A. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Higher education in the United States is facing a potential leadership crisis. With the average age of campus presidents now surpassing 60 years, many senior level administrators will be expected to retire in the near future, creating a large wave of vacancies (Stripling, 2011). University and college boards are faced with the dilemma of fewer…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Preferences, Career Choice, Student Personnel Services
Dunn, Dana S., Ed.; Gurung, Regan A. R., Ed.; Naufel, Karen Z., Ed.; Wilson, Janie H., Ed. – APA Books, 2012
One of the hallmarks of a quality liberal arts education is providing undergraduates the opportunity to wrestle with controversial issues. Yet many teachers feel ill-equipped when it comes to broaching disagreeable topics, managing the resulting heated debates, or helping students to separate their personal feelings from scientific evidence. This…
Descriptors: Psychology, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Undergraduate Study, Critical Thinking
Lyon, Edward G. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Becoming prepared to assess science learning is a daunting endeavor. Expert science teachers assess a wide range of scientific knowledge and practices, modify instruction based on assessment information, and consider the needs of their diverse learners. These skills are informed by but not necessarily consistent with what one believes and knows…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs, Secondary School Science
Peer reviewedKim, Jung-In; Kim, Myoungsook; Svinicki, Marilla D. – Journal of Experimental Education, 2012
The present studies aimed to reexamine college students' achievement goal orientations by situating their motivation in a cooperative learning context. The authors proposed and validated a scale of 3 levels of trichotomous achievement goal orientations. In Study 1, confirmatory factor analyses supported that, in laboratory cooperative learning…
Descriptors: College Students, Goal Orientation, Motivation, Cooperative Learning
Schonwetter, Dieter J.; Nazarko, Orla – Journal of Faculty Development, 2009
Newly-hired faculty and their needs have been studied in various arenas in higher education. However, there is limited research documenting current newly-hired faculty programming in Canadian institutions of higher education. The present study is the second in a series that attempts to capture the various types of professional development programs…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Higher Education, Professional Development
Austin, Mathew L.; Martin, Bruce; Mittelstaedt, Robin; Schanning, Kevin; Ogle, Derek – Journal of Experiential Education, 2009
More than 200 schools currently use some form of the Outward Bound-adapted model of outdoor orientation (OO). Assisting students with the transition to college is a primary goal of these programs (Bell, Holmes, Vigneault, & Williams, 2008). This study was conducted at a small Midwestern liberal-arts college with a strong environmental mission.…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, School Orientation, Transitional Programs, College Freshmen
Hamman, Doug; Gosselin, Kevin; Romano, Jacqueline; Bunuan, Rommel – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2010
Questions about identity and future success often occupy the thinking of individuals during life transitions. Possible-selves theory describes how future-oriented thought provides identity-relevant information and motivation to pursue self-relevant goals. Expected and feared possible selves of beginning teachers (n = 221) were analyzed revealing…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Self Concept, Beginning Teachers, Goal Orientation
Phan, Huy Phuong – Educational Psychology, 2010
This study used latent growth modelling (LGM) to explore the developmental course and longitudinal relationships between achievement goals (mastery and performance-approach) and academic performance over a three-year period (four time-points of data collection). Three hundred and fifty-two university students (152 women, 200 men) who first…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Longitudinal Studies, Goal Orientation, College Students
Schatzel, Kim; Callahan, Thomas; Davis, Timothy – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2013
Results from the analyses of data from 463 former college students between the ages of 25 and 34 years old identify those most likely to reenroll in higher education in the near future. Those who intend to reenroll are more likely to be members of minority groups, younger, single, and recently laid-off, have earned more credits, and hold strong…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Stopouts, Enrollment, Withdrawal (Education)
