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Bossaller, Jenny S.; Paul, Anindita; Hill, Heather; Wang, Jiazhen; Erdelez, Sanda – Journal of Web Librarianship, 2008
This article describes an "on-the-road" usability study and explains the study's methodological challenges, solutions, and recommendations. The study concerned a library-consortium website, which is a communication and educational tool for librarians who are physically dispersed throughout the state, and an intranet for remote users.…
Descriptors: Testing, Laboratories, Computers, Internet
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Braun, Joye – Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, 2008
Names in Indian country are powerful. Some names are spoken aloud, others whispered. The name of the college drives the identity of the school and fuels the people's desire to preserve their unique tribal identities as opposed to just using, for example, Northern Montana. Of the 37 tribal colleges and universities in the American Indian Higher…
Descriptors: American Indians, American Indian Education, Tribally Controlled Education, Community Colleges
Chapman, Camille; Chauvin, Ramona; Molina, Concepcion; Theodore, Kathleen; Times, Chris; Wade, Sally – Southeast Comprehensive Center, 2011
Preparing future citizens for postsecondary education and careers that span a continuum of sophistication is not a new topic in education. However, the rapid changes in technology and increased competition from industrialized nations have changed the landscape and meaning of college and career readiness. As part of a strategy to better prepare…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, College Readiness, Career Readiness, Academic Standards
Lee, James O. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2011
The Common Core of Standards project has strong national support, but it will not succeed if it doesn't involve teachers in grassroots development activities. The initiative should involve local consortia of schools in working with the new standards, assessments, and support tools. Local teachers would design teaching units and then share these…
Descriptors: National Programs, Academic Standards, Alignment (Education), School Culture
Tooms, Autumn K., Ed.; Boske, Christa, Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2010
This is the first chronicle of the history of social justice as a line of inquiry within the field of educational administration. Editors Tooms and Boske have amassed a collective voice of leaders in the field of Educational Administration who have broken barriers and expanded the field through their own work and scholarship within a national and…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Citizenship, Educational Administration, Leadership
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Xu, Haixia; Morris, Libby V. – New Directions for Higher Education, 2009
The purpose of this study was to understand the consortial approach to distance education at the state level, with a focus on examining the way three state-level virtual universities engaged colleges and universities in participating in distance education initiatives. Specifically, three research questions guided this study: (1) What structure was…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Administrative Organization, Consortia, State Programs
Haynes, Mariana – Alliance for Excellent Education, 2011
This policy brief examines standards-based approaches that hold promise for shaping a common vision of skilled teaching commensurate with the national goal of preparing all students for college and careers. Numerous studies confirm that teachers are the most significant school-based factor in improving student achievement, particularly for the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Human Capital, High Schools, Teaching (Occupation)
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Erb, Rachel A. – Community & Junior College Libraries, 2008
The South Carolina Information and Library Services Consortium (SCILS) began with three public two-year college libraries in 1995. Since then, nine other public two-year college libraries have joined SCILS. In 2004, Sirsi's buyout of Data Research Associates (DRA) in 2001 was the impetus for SCILS to migrate to Sirsi. Migration to a more dynamic…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Library Networks, Library Services, Consortia
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Syed, Syraj; Mojock, Charles R. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2008
The Community College Leadership Consortium is building the Bellwether Coalition for Instructional Leadership toward the development of a voluntary system of accountability for community colleges. In response to the Spellings Commission's national call for accountability in higher education, the consortium and its partners convened an Independent…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Consortia, Accountability, Instructional Leadership
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Beerkens, Eric; Derwende, Marijk – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2007
As a response to processes of globalisation and regional integration, internationalisation activities in universities have changed. Flows have become more massive, the range of activities has broadened, and internationalisation has shifted from a marginal activity to a central institutional issue with strategic importance (van der Wende 2001,…
Descriptors: Consortia, International Cooperation, International Trade, Higher Education
Humphries, Jennifer; Rauh, Karen; McDine, David – Canadian Bureau for International Education, 2013
This annual report explores the state of international education in Canada, taking an in-depth look at international students, study abroad by Canadian students, Canadian education overseas, as well as the overall internationalization agenda in Canada. The report features results of an international student survey and case studies from member…
Descriptors: International Education, Comparative Education, Academic Achievement, Annual Reports
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Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast, 2010
Longitudinal Data Systems (LDS) house student data spanning multiple years and schools. First and foremost among LDS information resources is the Data Quality Campaign (DQC). The DQC is a nationwide consortium assembled to support states, districts, and schools as they design and implement data systems to improve student outcomes. The research and…
Descriptors: Information Management, Evidence, Longitudinal Studies, Consortia
Gerlick, Robert Edward – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The research presented in this manuscript was focused on the development of assessments for engineering design outcomes. The primary goal was to support efforts by the Transferrable Integrated Design Engineering Education (TIDEE) consortium in developing assessment instruments for multidisciplinary engineering capstone courses. Research conducted…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Student Evaluation, Formative Evaluation, Testing
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Erdogan, Phyllis; Karasozen, Bulent – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2009
The Anatolian University Libraries Consortium (ANKOS) was created in 2001 with only a few members subscribed to nine e-journal collections and bibliographic databases. This Turkish library consortium had developed from one state and three private universities joining together for the purchase of two databases in 1999. Over time, the numbers of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Consortia, Library Materials, Library Services
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Lamb, Brian; Groom, Jim – EDUCAUSE Review, 2010
Has the wave of the open web crested? What does "open educational technology" look like, and does it stand for anything? In this article, the authors discuss the rise of open educational technology. The present range of Web 2.0 service providers offers a self-evident strategic technology framework. Without much effort, online teachers and learners…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Course Content, Open Source Technology, Educational Technology
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