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Revealing the Complexity of Community-Campus Interactions
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Nichols, Naomi Elizabeth; Phipps, David; Gaetz, Stephen; Fisher, Alison L.; Tanguay, Nancy – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 2014
In this paper, four qualitative case studies capture the complex interplay between the social and structural relations that shape community - academic partnerships. Collaborations begin as relationships among people. They are sustained by institutional structures that recognize and support these relationships. Productive collaborations centralize…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Qualitative Research, Case Studies, Partnerships in Education
Teaching in the Cloud: Leveraging Online Collaboration Tools to Enhance Student Engagement. CRLT Occasional Paper No. 31
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Hershock, Chad; LaVaque-Manty, Mika – Center for Research on Learning and Teaching, 2012
The rapid proliferation of technology can have profound effects on the evolution of teaching, learning, scholarship, and governance in higher education (Katz, 2008). However, instructors report that simply "keeping up" with new instructional technologies, let alone integrating them productively into one's teaching, can be a significant…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Learner Engagement
Examining the Funding Request Process between Public Higher Education and the State Legislature
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Midgley, Andrew Michael – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This research examined the funding request process whereby higher education institutions seek financial support from state government. The study tested whether a model based on state goals and priorities for higher education could distinguish a funded request from an unfunded request. The research was qualitative and followed a comparative case…
Descriptors: Higher Education, State Government, Financial Support, Funding Formulas
Enhancing Graduate Students' Performance as Threaded Discussion Leaders in a Web-Based Proposal Writing Course
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Brescia, William F., Jr.; Miller, Michael T. – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2005
The study explored the effectiveness of a discussion support taxonomy used in a course in which graduate students served as online discussion leaders. The students' ability to effectively use the taxonomy as a support tool to facilitate the discussions was examined. A content analysis of the discussion transcripts was conducted, and findings…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Proposal Writing, Classification, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
Barriers to Faculty Involvement in Grant-Related Activities.
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Gallaher, Irene; Daniel, Larry G. – 1989
The study sought to determine barriers that impede college of education faculty members' involvement in grant-related research activities. An initial questionnaire completed by 54 college of education faculty at a large public university was designed to determine faculty experience in applying for and/or obtaining external funding for research.…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, College Faculty, Faculty Promotion, Faculty Workload
A Conversation with William Bennett.
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Rackin, Ronald – Academe, 1984
An interview with the chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) covers the relevance of his college education to his work, problems and processes of administering the NEH in a time of limited resources, peer-review, opportunities for teachers seeking NEH support, a successful summer seminar program for secondary school teachers,…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, College Faculty, Federal Government, Financial Support