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Liss, Jan R.; Liazos, Ariane – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2010
In recent years, student interest in civic engagement has resulted in increased opportunities to volunteer on college campuses across the country. Unfortunately, these efforts are often not supported by or coordinated with academic curricula, and, as a result, their benefits can be short-lived. Despite a growing consensus that civic education…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Citizenship, Citizenship Education, Curriculum Enrichment
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de Wit, Kurt – Tertiary Education and Management, 2010
The universities in Europe are finding themselves in a turbulent environment. They are exposed to global and European developments. This article links changes in the structure, culture, and policy of universities to these developments and changes in the broader-than-national environment. The central question is, in short: what is globalisation…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Institutional Characteristics, Institutional Research
Valley-Gray, Sarah; Poland, Scott; Marocco, Lauren; Majorossy, Catherine; Cash, Ralph E. – Communique, 2009
School psychologists make a difference in the lives of children by supporting their academic and social-emotional needs. However, psychologists are often so busy with work and isolated in their schools that they fail to recognize the expertise of their colleagues and how collaboration can strengthen their outcomes. By nurturing longstanding…
Descriptors: School Psychology, Consortia, Mental Health Programs, Counseling Techniques
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Gray, Denis; Sundstrom, Eric; Tornatzky, Louis G.; McGowen, Lindsey – Industry and Higher Education, 2011
Cooperative research centres (CRCs) increasingly foster Triple Helix (industry-university-government) collaboration and represent significant vehicles for cooperation across sectors, the promotion of knowledge and technology transfer and ultimately the acceleration of innovation. A growing social science literature on CRCs focuses on their…
Descriptors: Research and Development Centers, Government School Relationship, School Business Relationship, Social Science Research
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Cardinal, Bradley J.; Claman, Gayle – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (JOPERD), 2010
Research and innovation are a cornerstone of any progressive organization. The Research Consortium (RC) has served as the principal organization fulfilling this function on behalf of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD) throughout much of its history. The RC is an organization of approximately 5,000…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Health Education, Consortia, Organizational Theories
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Serig, Dan; Hinojosa, Tina – Teaching Artist Journal, 2010
The field of community art within higher education has made tremendous strides in the past two decades. The origins of community visual arts programming are ambiguous and traceable to multiple time periods and cultural contexts. However, in contemporary practices, higher education institutions are slowly adopting a greater priority for community…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Visual Arts, Art Activities, Educational Practices
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Schmeling, Daniel M.; Rose, Kevin – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2010
Three Northeast Texas community colleges put aside service delivery areas and matters of "turf" to create Centers of Excellence that provided training throughout a nine county area. This consortium; along with 14 manufacturers, seven economic development corporations, and the regional workforce board, led the change in training a highly…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Change Agents, Technical Education, Regional Schools
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Thomas, Jerald; Williams, Corinne – Roeper Review, 2010
The creation of specialized Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) schools over the past decades has largely been related to economic, political, and educational concerns. The recent America COMPETES Act (2007), for example, intends to strengthen public secondary educational opportunities in science, technology, and mathematics…
Descriptors: High Schools, Gifted, Public Education, Educational History
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Guzzy, Judith E. – Community & Junior College Libraries, 2010
Most academic libraries are members of at least one consortium, and many belong to multiple consortia. However, consortia vary widely in the services they offer and in how they are structured. This project, carried out in the fall of 2009, focused on a review of fifteen academic library consortia that: Included two-year colleges, either…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Consortia, Group Membership, Governance
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Herrera, Oriel A.; Fuller, David A. – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2011
Remote experimentation laboratories (REL) are systems based on real equipment that allow students to carry out a laboratory practice through the Internet on the computer. In engineering, there have been numerous initiatives to implement REL over recent years, given the fundamental role of laboratory activities. However, in the past efforts have…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cooperation, Science Laboratories, Engineering Education
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Braun, Henry – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2011
The focus article "Road Maps for Learning: A Guide to the Navigation of Learning Progressions" by Black, Wilson, and Yao (this issue) is a veritable tour-de-force, covering a great deal of education ground while spanning the heights from models of the interplay among curriculum, pedagogy, and assessment to interpretations of student…
Descriptors: State Standards, Educational Change, Consortia, Accountability
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Pearson, Kathryn – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 2008
Macquarie University Library was concerned at the length of time that elapsed between placement of an interlibrary loan request to the satisfaction of that request. Taking advantage of improved statistical information available to them through membership of the CLIC Consortium, library staff investigated the reasons for delivery delay. This led to…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Consortia, Library Services, Improvement
Templin, Elizabeth, Comp. – NCSSSMST Journal, 2008
The Consortium celebrated its 20th anniversary at the 2008 Professional Conference in Dallas, Texas in February 2008. Founding president Stephanie Pace Marshall and former presidents Joan Barber, Janet Hugo, Ron Laugen, Cheryl Lindeman, Dennis Lundgren, and Betty Stapp responded to questions about the organization and their involvement with…
Descriptors: Consortia, Presidents, Reflection, Cooperation
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Lindahl, Ronald A.; Beach, Robert H. – Planning and Changing, 2009
On November 2, 1996, the Interstate School Leadership Licensure Consortium (ISLLC), a program of the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), adopted a set of Standards for School Leaders (CCSSO, 1996). By 2005, 41 states had adopted or adapted these Standards (Sanders & Simpson, 2005). However, after almost a decade of experience with…
Descriptors: Educational Planning, Standard Setting, State Standards, Educational Administration
Roderick, Melissa; Easton, John Q.; Sebring, Penny Bender – Consortium on Chicago School Research, 2009
The Consortium on Chicago School Research (CCSR) at the University of Chicago was founded in 1990, two years after the passage of the Chicago School Reform Act that decentralized governance of the city's public schools. Since then, CCSR has distinguished itself as a unique organization, conducting research of high technical quality that is…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Educational Research, Educational Change, Consortia
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