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Walker, Lisa; Smithgall, Cheryl; Cusick, Gretchen Ruth – Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago, 2012
With the idea that schools in low-income urban areas require stronger communities to improve educational outcomes, this discussion paper examines questions related to the authentic engagement of communities in school and community partnerships. It presents three key ideas for considering authentic engagement: place-based policy, community-based…
Descriptors: School Community Relationship, Community Involvement, Grants, Guidelines
Currier, Charles W. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This qualitative case study explores the process community college senior administrators employ when assessing the complex strategic decision to confer community college baccalaureate degrees. Strategic opportunities, such as conferring baccalaureate degrees, occur infrequently thus community college leaders must be prepared to act quickly and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Decision Making, Bachelors Degrees, Qualitative Research
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Erickson, Lance D.; Call, Vaughn R. A.; Brown, Ralph B. – Rural Sociology, 2012
As rural communities undergo substantial demographic and economic changes, understanding the migration intentions and their antecedents of rural elderly persons becomes increasingly important. Using data drawn from a survey of adults from 24 rural Utah communities conducted in 2008, we examine whether rural residents 60 years of age or older plan…
Descriptors: Medical Services, Structural Equation Models, Community Attitudes, Rural Areas
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Wallin, Dawn C. – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2014
This paper presents the results of interviews with 12 Manitoba and Alberta rural teaching principals regarding their leadership practices in small schools. The overwhelming theme mentioned by these teaching principals was the joy and sense of purpose they found in the relationships they cultivated with children, staff, and community members…
Descriptors: Interviews, Principals, Rural Schools, Teachers
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Carson, Alison S.; McClam, Sherie; Frank, Jim; Hannum, Gillian Greenhill – International Journal of ePortfolio, 2014
In this autoethnographic study, the authors/subjects examined retrospective reflections (narratives) on their experiences within an ePortfolio community of practice to help them understand the conditions that led to transformations in their teaching. The theoretical framework of situated learning and cognitive mediation was used to explore this…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), Electronic Publishing, Ethnography, Educational Change
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Mupepi, Mambo – International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies, 2014
The world is becoming increasingly one multicultural Global village and business and education transnational, which implies that students will need to recognize, accept, and adjust to cultural differences in communications to succeed in their studies as well as in their future careers. This presentation is fundamentally about a niftier way of…
Descriptors: Videoconferencing, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Internet
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Ullman, Helen – Community College Journal, 2014
As pressure mounts to increase completion rates at the nation's community colleges, presidents and CEOs know the myriad reforms required to create substantive change won't happen overnight. In most cases, it will take months, even years, for these efforts to have their desired impact. That's why it's important for community colleges to train…
Descriptors: Talent Identification, Talent Development, Empowerment, Leadership Training
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Felderman, Theresa A. – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2014
Interteaching has shown to be an effective alternative to traditional lecture in a number of studies, but thorough analyses of its components, including frequent exams, is limited. Research suggests that increasing the frequency of exams may improve student learning. This study assessed the effectiveness of interteaching's frequent exams component…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Tests, Lecture Method, Academic Achievement
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Quigley, Cassie F.; Dogbey, James; Che, S. Megan; Hallo, Jeffrey; Womac, Patrick – Qualitative Report, 2014
This study explores the potential of photovoice for understanding environmental perspectives of teachers in the Narok District of Kenya. The objective of this paper is to share this photo-methodology with environmental educators so they may use it as an innovative methodological tool to understand the construction of environmental perspectives.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Photography, Action Research, Environmental Education
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Lyons, Becky; Ray, Chris – Journal of Adult Education, 2014
This article poses a model for developing a book club to promote praxis. This model is built upon a basic four step framework for developing book clubs and includes specific recommendations to focus the book club on reflection of theory and how to incorporate it into practice. This model will be used to start a book club examining Continuous…
Descriptors: Total Quality Management, Praxis, Models, Clubs
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Kadlec, Alison; Rowlett, Isaac – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2014
This chapter focuses on how colleges can increase faculty, administrator, and staff engagement in reform processes, with the message that large-scale change is not merely technical work; there is a powerful human dimension that can make or break a reform.
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Change, Organizational Change, Change Strategies
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Wang, Xueli; Wickersham, Kelly – Research in Higher Education, 2014
Research examining diversifying college enrollment patterns has gradually gained attention in recent years. Yet, few studies have focused on postsecondary co-enrollment and its different forms such as co-enrolling at institutions of the same level (lateral co-enrollment) and attending a 4- and 2-year institution simultaneously (vertical…
Descriptors: Dual Enrollment, Graduation, Bachelors Degrees, Community Colleges
Colucci, Anthony – Educational Horizons, 2014
As a new teacher, what will you do when you realize there is an aspect of your practice that you want to improve? Will you make a plea to your administration to attend an expensive workshop? Will you try to cram a class into your already jam-packed schedule? You may even try to hide your weakness and hope nobody notices. Is there another option to…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Peer Teaching, Teacher Collaboration, Communities of Practice
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Drummer, Carlee; Marshburn, Roxann – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2014
As community colleges seek new revenue streams, philanthropic organizations, including college foundations and private funders, have already begun to influence both revenues and college programming. This chapter discusses the current role of philanthropy, especially private foundations such as the Lumina Foundation for Education and the Bill and…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Community Colleges, Philanthropic Foundations, Private Financial Support
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Phelan, Daniel J. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2014
This chapter describes the impact of major changes in community college funding on its open-access mission, as well as on the work and responsibilities of college leaders as they attempt to balance the increasing demands made of their institutions while concomitantly grappling with diminished public fiscal support.
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Finance, Financial Problems, Finance Reform
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