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National Academies Press, 2016
Research universities are critical contributors to our national research enterprise. They are the principal source of a world-class labor force and fundamental discoveries that enhance our lives and the lives of others around the world. These institutions help to create an educated citizenry capable of making informed and crucial choices as…
Descriptors: Research Universities, Federal Regulation, Productivity, Federal Aid
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Yiatros, S. – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2017
This article follows the timeline of the "Nicosia International Airport: The Return" Integrated Design Project which was undertaken by Year 2 students of Civil Engineering and Geomatics at the Cyprus University of Technology in Cyprus. The Nicosia International Airport was the first and main airport of the Republic of Cyprus since its…
Descriptors: Civil Engineering, Engineering Education, Student Projects, Technology Transfer
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Lilles, Alo; Rõigas, Kärt – Studies in Higher Education, 2017
Various studies show that higher education institutions contribute to regional economic development by R&D, creation of human capital, knowledge and technology transfer, and by creation of a favourable milieu. It is brought out that the basic procedure is to sum expenditures of the college community (students, faculty, staff and visitors)…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Geographic Regions, Research and Development, Statistical Analysis
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Etzkowitz, Henry – Industry and Higher Education, 2015
The Triple Helix, representing university-industry-government interactions, was rooted in a 1993 International Workshop on University-Industry Relations at UNAM's Centro Para la Innovacion Technologica in Mexico City. Impelled by Mexican reality, where university-industry interactions and the institutions themselves operated within a governmental…
Descriptors: School Business Relationship, Government Role, Government School Relationship, Models
Xiao, Wenli – ProQuest LLC, 2012
For many firms, particularly those operating in high technology and competitive markets, knowledge is cited as the most important strategic asset to the firm, which significantly drives its survival and success (Grant 1996, Webber 1993). Knowledge management (KM) impacts the firm's ability to develop process features that reduce manufacturing…
Descriptors: Knowledge Management, Business Administration, Technology Transfer, Outsourcing
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Maakrun, Julie; Maher, Marguerite – Issues in Educational Research, 2016
Yunkaporta's (2009) pedagogical "eight ways" conceptual framework, inspired by Nakata's (2007) cultural interface theory, provided the platform for interpretation of the data in the current study. Here we considered the transferability of the framework to a current initiative in Kenya and its usefulness in preparation for an expansion of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Technology Transfer, Outcomes of Education, Indigenous Populations
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Sotska, Galyna – Comparative Professional Pedagogy, 2016
The article deals with a theoretical analysis of foreign educational experience in solving scientific problems of forming future teachers' aesthetic culture. Given the current socio-cultural situation, it has been noted that a teacher who developed his/her aesthetic culture can make a direct contribution to the social and cultural challenges of a…
Descriptors: Aesthetics, Futures (of Society), Personality, Problem Solving
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Fongwa, Neba Samuel; Marais, Lochner – Africa Education Review, 2016
The role of knowledge in the current knowledge economy cannot be overly emphasised. Successful regions are continuously being linked to excellence in the production, accumulation, and application of knowledge. Universities have increasingly been at the centre of such knowledge production, application and transfer. Yet, there is little research and…
Descriptors: Geographic Regions, Technology Transfer, Knowledge Economy, Developing Nations
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Mattar, Dorine Maurice – International Journal of Educational Management, 2016
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to find out if the characteristics, traits and leadership style of an effective university leader in Lebanon match those of a transformational one. Moreover, it is intended to shed light on the possible transferability of the transformational leadership's success to the Middle-Eastern society where norms and…
Descriptors: Leadership Styles, Transformational Leadership, Administrator Characteristics, Cultural Differences
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Khachatryan, George A.; Romashov, Andrey V.; Khachatryan, Alexander R.; Gaudino, Steven J.; Khachatryan, Julia M.; Guarian, Konstantin R.; Yufa, Nataliya V. – International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education, 2014
Effective mathematics teachers have a large body of professional knowledge, which is largely undocumented and shared by teachers working in a given country's education system. The volume and cultural nature of this knowledge make it particularly challenging to share curricula and instructional methods between countries. Thus, approaches based on…
Descriptors: Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Technology Transfer
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Bose, Stacey; Roberts, Laura; White, George – Journal of Research on Christian Education, 2017
This study uses mixed methodology of the convergent design to examine stakeholder perceptions toward a transferred model of accreditation for national Christian schools in Latin America. Parents, teachers, and leaders from five accredited schools participated in an accreditation survey. One parent, teacher, and leader from each of the five…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Christianity, Religious Education, Foreign Countries
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Jules, Tavis D. – Comparative Education Review, 2015
This article draws on "regime theory," particularly on the concepts of cooperation, compatibility of interests, and proclivity to compromise, to examine the rise of the Caribbean Educational Policy Space (CEPS). In making this argument, with the aid of a content analysis of 26 educational policies from the 15 member states of the…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Global Approach
Berliner, David C.; Glass, Gene V. – Educational Leadership, 2015
School improvement programs that work in some places don't work in others. School improvement programs that work with some students don't work with others. Programs that appear to have positive effects in the hands of some teachers don't work for other teachers. If we can't be confident that a program will travel well, from one…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Improvement Programs, Technology Transfer, Adoption (Ideas)
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Thyer, Bruce A. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2015
Past efforts aimed at promoting a better integration between research and practice are reviewed. These include the empirical clinical practice movement (ECP), originating within social work; the empirically supported treatment (EST) initiative of clinical psychology; and the evidence-based practice (EBP) model developed within medicine. The…
Descriptors: Social Work, Theory Practice Relationship, Praxis, Models
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Peterson, Amelia; Mehta, Jal David – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
The past decade has seen increasing interest from U.S. policymakers and think tanks in looking across countries for educational reform strategies. At the same time, due to differences across content and culture, many researchers are skeptical of this practice of 'policy-borrowing.' This research examines the emergence of a new form,…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Educational Change, Educational Strategies, Change Strategies
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