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Download full textRaderstrong, Jeff; Nazaire, JaNay Queen – Metropolitan Universities, 2017
The use of data to track and manage progress is critical to a collective impact initiative achieving results or understanding impact. Yet, little research has been done to determine how collective impact practitioners can effectively use data. This article--including a literature review, semistructured interviews with experts on performance…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Semi Structured Interviews, Expertise, Partnerships in Education
Aspen Institute, 2018
Ideal for faculty and administrators looking to blend business education and the liberal arts, this toolkit combines exemplary syllabi from 26 leading institutions with step-by-step strategies to advocate successfully for curricular innovation. Conceived with comprehensiveness in mind, these resources cover both inspiration and implementation for…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Business Administration Education, Humanities, Liberal Arts
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Direct linkDonovan, M. Suzanne; Snow, Catherine; Daro, Phil – Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, 2013
Education researchers are increasingly working in practice-based partnerships in order to direct their research efforts toward important problems of practice. We argue for the creation of an infrastructure to support routine and sustained interaction among researchers, practitioners, and designers in order to make partnership efforts more…
Descriptors: Educational Research, History, Research Methodology, Instructional Design
Thomas, Nancy L., Ed. – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2011
What needs to be done to strengthen U.S. democracy, to make it work the way it should? Each generation of Americans asks some version of this question, but this book offers an answer that recognizes the heightened urgency and hopefulness in the way individuals are asking the question today. At the heart of the debate is a conviction that…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Academic Freedom, Democracy, Governance
SITGREAVES, ROSEDITH – 1965
STATISTICAL DECISION-MAKING THEORY PROVIDES A FRAME OF REFERENCE WITHIN WHICH THE COUNSELOR AND CLIENT CAN CONSIDER A WIDE RANGE OF PROBLEMS OF DECISION MAKING. IN THE FACE OF UNCERTAINTY, A SET OF ACTIONS IS AVAILABLE. PREFERENCE AMONG THESE ACTIONS DEPENDS ON THE TRUE STATE OF NATURE WHICH IS GENERALLY UNKOWN. TO GAIN THIS INFORMATION, AN…
Descriptors: Adult Counseling, Conferences, Counseling, Counseling Theories
DINKLAGE, LILLIAN B. – 1966
CURRENT MODELS OF DECISION-MAKING AND RELATED RESEARCH IN CONNECTION WITH CERTAIN DEVELOPMENTAL TASKS OF ADOLESCENTS WERE REVIEWED. THE DECISION ELEMENTS RECEIVING THEORETICAL ATTENTION WERE (1) DECISION-PROCESS PHASES, (2) DECISION-OUTCOME PROBABILITIES AND STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS, (3) DECISION-PLAN DIMENSIONS, (4) DECISION STRATEGIES, AND (5)…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Decision Making Skills
Silka, Linda; Renault-Caragianes, Paulette – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2006
Profound changes taking place in communities and in universities are bringing researchers and community members new opportunities for joint research endeavors and new problems that must be resolved. In such partnerships, questions about shared decision making--about the ethics of collaboration--arise at every stage: Who decides which problems are…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, School Community Relationship, Universities, Participative Decision Making
Dignan, Patricia J.; Schelkun, Ruth – 1988
Educators concerned with effectiveness outcomes have become increasingly involved with participative organizational and teaching practices designed to improve school climate. Since schools have traditionally emphasized "top down" management and decision-making procedures, few school districts have the experience or expertise to develop…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Elementary Education, Innovation, Interpersonal Competence
Fenton, Edwin; Wasserman, Elsa R. – 1985
A fairness committee consists of a group of about 15 people, usually students, teachers, and administrators, who are either volunteers or are elected. This committee tries to improve the overall school climate by improving the quality of relationships between students, teachers, and administrators. It offers a neutral place for individuals to…
Descriptors: Committees, Conflict Resolution, Grievance Procedures, Interpersonal Communication
