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Retention: rhetoric or realistic agendas for the future of higher education
Rowley, Jennifer - 2003
Full-text of this article is not available in this e-prints service. This article was originally published [following peer-review] in International Journal of Educational Management, published by and copyright Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009455165
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A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF THE PERCEIVED EFFECTIVENESS OF VIRGINIA TECHâS FACULTY DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE
Banks, Claretha Hughes - 2002
Virginia Tech's Faculty Development Institute (FDI) was developed to address issues related to the computer technology revolution; training and education of faculty; faculty professional development; and the university adjusting to change. The purpose of this study was to identify and compare...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009433820
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Trade and Industrial Education: A Climate For Reform
Rowland, Bryan K. - 1997
The purpose of this study was to assessthe climate for the adoption of aproposed reform model for secondarytrade and industrial (T&I) education inVirginia. Vocational administrators andT&I instructors beliefs about the extentto which the adoption of the proposedmodel would precipitate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009433967
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Perceptions of the Relative Importance of Conditions that Facilitate Implementation
Brown, Jeffrey A. - 2008
Implementation is a phase included in nearly all instructional development models, yet literature on instructional design and technology reveals little about implementationâs nature and the special conditions that must be considered as users go beyond adoption (Ely, 1999). Ely (1990b; 1999) contends...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009434094
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AN ASSESSMENT OF COOPERATIVE LEARNING EFFECTIVENESS IN TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY TEACHING – A CASE STUDY OF SELECTED STUDENT GROUPS AT STRATHMORE UNIVERSITY IN KENYA
Wadawi, Joe Kibuye - 2013
Cooperative Learning has been defined as a relationship in a group of students that requires positive interdependence … used to implement to advance learning amongst groups of tourism and hospitality students. While a number of methods have … a specified learning session. Students were then asked to complete a simple questionnaire to make judgement on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011316166
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Predictive Modeling of Alumni Donor Behavior
Prue, Lauren - 2010
In recent years, college and universities have relied increasingly upon the charitable contributions of its previous graduates; as the costs of tuition rise substantially, development offices are facing the challenge of creating annual fund campaigns that are minimally expensive while providing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009450203
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Education for the creative economy : innovation, transdisciplinarity, and networks
Hearn, Gregory N.; Bridgstock, Ruth S. - 2010
The question posed in this chapter is: To what extent does current education theory and practice prepare graduates for the creative economy? We first define what we mean by the term creative economy, explain why we think it is a significant point of focus, derive its key features, describe the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009483493
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Overcoming the "Do-Gooder Fallacy": Explaining the Adoption of Effectiveness Best Practices in Philanthropic Foundations
Ashley, Shena R. - 2007
An adoption model was proposed to examine the influence of four types of organizational factors- organizational capacity, organizational structure, operating environment and grantmaking orientation- on the adoption of four effectiveness best practices, formal evaluation, knowledge management,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475993
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Overcoming the "Do-Gooder Fallacy": Explaining the Adoption of Effectiveness Best Practices in Philanthropic Foundations
Ashley, Shena Renee - 2007
An adoption model was proposed to examine the influence of four types of organizational factors- organizational capacity, organizational structure, operating environment and grantmaking orientation- on the adoption of four effectiveness best practices, formal evaluation, knowledge management,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009463433
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Interior architecture in Australia and Canada, Part Two: A comparative study of the development of University Education for Interior Designers/Architects
Department of Architecture and Interior Architecture
This paper is the second in a series of comparative studies between education and practice in Interior Design/Interior Architecture between Canada and Australia. This paper discusses the similarities in the educational structure at universities within Australia and between Australia and Canada...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009434988