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Jenkins, Rob – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2012
The author has been reading George R.R. Martin's marvelous fantasy epic, "A Song of Ice and Fire," about a medieval-ish kingdom and its wars and intrigues. What fascinates him most about the narrative is the extent to which it parallels his experiences as a community-college professor and administrator. The author argues that for all the good they…
Descriptors: Governance, Leadership Effectiveness, Leadership Qualities, Leadership Styles
Pawlowski, Brett – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers (J3), 2012
There is an interesting contrast to be found between President Barack Obama and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan: Whereas Obama regularly refers to the current economic situation as the "Great Recession," Duncan instead labels it as "The New Normal." Only one of these can be correct--and the implications for educators are profound. The author…
Descriptors: Governance, Economic Climate, Vocational Education, Partnerships in Education
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Maton, Kenneth I. – Journal of Community Psychology, 2012
Seymour Sarason passed away on January 10, 2010 at the age of 91. He was the author of more than 40 books, including The Culture of the School and the Problem of Change (1971), The Creation of Settings and the Future Societies (1972), and The Psychological Sense of Community: Prospects for a Community Psychology (1974). His groundbreaking ideas…
Descriptors: Action Research, Cultural Context, Educational Change, Psychology
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Lax, Jeffrey – Thought & Action, 2012
The Center for an Urban Future (CUF) released a report last November asserting that, with a six-year graduation rate of 28 percent, City University of New York (CUNY) community colleges "should be doing much better." The report declared graduation rates "lackluster" and criticized community colleges for "not yet delivering…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Community Colleges, Graduation, Graduation Rate
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Allie, Saalih; Armien, Mogamat Noor; Burgoyne, Nicolette; Case, Jennifer M.; Collier-Reed, Brandon I.; Craig, Tracy S.; Deacon, Andrew; Fraser, Duncan M.; Geyer, Zulpha; Jacobs, Cecilia; Jawitz, Jeff; Kloot, Bruce; Kotta, Linda; Langdon, Genevieve; le Roux, Kate; Marshall, Delia; Mogashana, Disaapele; Shaw, Corrinne; Sheridan, Gillian; Wolmarans, Nicolette – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2010
In this paper we propose that learning in engineering involves taking on the discourse of an engineering community, which is intimately bound up with the identity of being a member of that community. This leads to the notion of discursive identity, which emphasises that students' identities are constituted through engaging in discourse. This view…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Teaching Methods, Vignettes, Discourse Communities
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Technology and Engineering Teacher, 2013
NASA and astronaut Patrick Forrester recently teamed up with Clemson University's College of Health Education and Human Development (HEHD) to promote STEM teaching and learning in the Upstate (SC) community. A goal of HEHD is to extend integrative STEM education opportunities to all teachers and their students in South Carolina. NASA space…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Integrated Curriculum, Community Education, Outreach Programs
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Marsh, Josephine Peyton – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2013
This commentary is based on two of the lessons the author learned as the professor in residence at ASU Preparatory Academy-Phoenix (ASU Prep), a Title I school operated in partnership with the Phoenix Elementary School District. Her role as a university professor on special assignment as a literacy coach, staff developer, and co-researcher. The…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Communities of Practice, Instructional Improvement, Literacy
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Bassendowski, Sandra Leigh; Petrucka, Pammla – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2013
The image of students passively absorbing information from an educator who is lecturing from behind a podium does not reflect the current scope and dimension of higher education. There are now tools of technology that can be used to create learning experiences to actively and meaningfully "pull" students into course content. The author…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Technology Uses in Education, Student Participation, Learner Engagement
Burkhauser, Mary; Bronte-Tinkew, Jacinta; Kennedy, Elena – Child Trends, 2008
Increasing community involvement in out-of-school time programs can yield significant benefits to programs and the students that they serve. Community partnerships have the potential to meet a wide variety of needs, from improving participant recruitment and attendance to contributing volunteers or other resources to programs. This research brief…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, After School Programs, Community Support, Community Resources
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Brits, H. J. – South African Journal of Higher Education, 2011
According to a recent study, institutions of higher learning in South Africa fail to a great extent to integrate the key management functions that are fundamental to effective quality management. This article argues that the effective promotion of quality of a university's core business depends to a large extent on the ability of an institution's…
Descriptors: Total Quality Management, Systems Approach, Foreign Countries, Resource Allocation
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Hauser, Eric – Applied Linguistics, 2011
Within the growing body of work that is sometimes labeled CA-for-SLA, there is a need for more research with longitudinal data. Hellermann and Cole (2009) provide a valuable contribution in this area. However, in doing so, they also make use of an exogenous theory of learning, situated learning theory (Lave and Wenger 1991), and its associated…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Learning Theories, Longitudinal Studies, Research Needs
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Fonte, Richard – Academic Questions, 2011
Frequently overlooked in the discussion of whether there is or is not a higher education bubble are community colleges--despite the fact that this sector within public higher education represents 43 percent of first-time freshman and 44 percent of all undergraduates. For the most part, the "bubble" discussion has focused on whether the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Community Colleges, Private Colleges, Public Colleges
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Gujarati, Joan – Educational Forum, 2012
Studies have shown that teacher quality is the single greatest factor affecting student achievement. However, it is not simply enough to recruit highly qualified candidates and place them into the schools where they are needed the most; the United States needs a system to support and retain these teachers. This essay posits that school districts…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Labor Turnover, Logical Thinking, Teacher Persistence
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Crowell, Charles R. – Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, 2012
The lead article in this issue by VanStelle et al. (2012) presents a meta-analytic review of "Journal of Organizational Behavior Management" ("JOBM") publications during its third decade and is a follow up to two previous reviews presenting similar analyses for the first (Balcazar, Shupert, Daniels, Mawhinney, & Hopkins, 1989) and second (Nolan,…
Descriptors: Business, Community, Periodicals, Scholarship
Cohen, Jonathan – Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic, 2015
The REL Mid-Atlantic Webinar discussed the elements in a positive school climate and shared different methods for assessing school data, including the Comprehensive School Climate Inventory. The Q&A presented in this document address the questions participants had for Dr. Cohen following the webinar. The webinar recording and PowerPoint…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, School Culture, Evaluation Methods, Measurement Techniques
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