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Tryon, Elizabeth; Ross, J. Ashleigh – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2012
This article describes a pilot project of the Morgridge Center for Public Service at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for a new structure for community-based learning and research. It is based on the European-derived science shop model for democratizing campus-community partnerships using shared values of mutual respect and validation of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Scholarship, Partnerships in Education
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Jakubs, Deborah – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2009
The AAU/ARL Global Resources Program (GRP) was launched in 1997 with support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to improve access to international research resources through cooperative structures and new technologies and to help libraries contain costs. A joint initiative of the Association of American Universities (AAU) and the Association of…
Descriptors: Universities, Research Libraries, Academic Libraries, Models
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Spottl, Georg – Policy Futures in Education, 2008
In Europe a very intensive discussion is in full swing as to whether vocational schools should in future be guided and monitored by the state or whether they should be freed from state dependency. Within the framework of a number of pilot projects in German-speaking countries, vocational school centers are currently testing their autonomy. This…
Descriptors: Vocational Schools, Foreign Countries, Pilot Projects, Institutional Autonomy
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers