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Napier, Rebecca D.; Clark, Julie; Halsey, R. John – Australasian Journal of Gifted Education, 2023
The Psychosocial Theoretical Model of Gifted Adolescent Girls' Career Development (PTM) is a framework which reveals the interrelated factors that influence career development for gifted adolescent girls. The model was developed during the completion of a PhD thesis (Napier, 2020) and provides important new insights to support their career…
Descriptors: Females, Adolescents, Gifted, Career Development
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Sajid Khan; Phil Ramsey; Majid Khan – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2025
Higher education institutions must prepare students for success in the dynamic knowledge economy by providing a high-quality educational experience. As the world and our understanding of learning processes continually evolve, educators face the challenge of developing innovative strategies to engage and motivate students in their own learning.…
Descriptors: College Students, College Faculty, Educational Innovation, Learner Engagement
Castellanos, Jeanett; White, Joseph L.; Franco, Veronica – Stylus Publishing LLC, 2022
Mentoring demonstrably increases the retention of undergraduate and graduate students and is moreover invaluable in shaping and nurturing academic careers. With the increasing diversification of the student body and of faculty ranks, there's a clear need for culturally responsive mentoring across these dimensions. Recognizing the low priority that…
Descriptors: Mentors, Minority Group Teachers, White Teachers, Minority Group Students
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Pifer, Meghan J.; Reisboard, Dana; Staulters, Mimi; Li, Xiaobao; Gozza-Cohen, Mary; McHenry, Nadine; Schaming, Susan; Gilio, Brenda – Journal of Faculty Development, 2014
This article describes the evolution of a faculty scholarship symposium within the school of education at a regional comprehensive university. The article outlines the initial structure and goals of the symposium as well as the development of the model over time. The influence of leadership, culture, and individual goals and backgrounds are…
Descriptors: Scholarship, College Faculty, Schools of Education, Meetings
Cope, Robert G. – 1987
Appropriate and inappropriate uses of the strategic planning concept are identified, and significant literature on the subject is reviewed that gives both conceptual and practical guidelines. Included is a series of very simple to more complex planning models that colleges and universities can adopt or modify, depending on their circumstances, to…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Case Studies, Change Strategies, College Administration
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Schuetz, Pam – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2008
This article presents a study that uses iterative searches of literature, guided by data from campus observations, interviews, and surveys, to locate and test a theory that can be used to strengthen institutional leverage over student engagement and outcomes. A review of literature was conducted to frame a preliminary theoretical framework for…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Models, Urban Areas, School Holding Power
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Crocker, Allen C. – Mental Retardation, 1992
This paper presents a schema for measuring the effects of prevention programs in mental retardation, using 43 items that are quantifiable, accessible, and pertinent to disability outcomes. The items relate to service indicators, risk indicators, and incidence/prevalence information in the prenatal, perinatal, and childhood periods. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Check Lists, Delivery Systems, Evaluation Methods
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Bingham, Frank G., Jr. – Journal of Marketing for Higher Education, 1993
A general research analysis model that can be used by colleges and universities is presented. The model may be useful to institutional leaders with no formal training in marketing and can assist in understanding the delicate interaction between activities and components critical to the overall marketing process. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: College Administration, Enrollment, Enrollment Influences, Higher Education
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Young, Michael E.; Reyes, Pedro – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 1987
A model of student enrollment behavior based on the concept of consumer choice is proposed as an alternative to traditional models of college choice. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Applicants, College Choice, Consumer Economics, Enrollment Influences
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Rutherford, Desmond; And Others – Higher Education, 1985
Three models (structural, social, and personal) giving insight into factors that promote or inhibit change in higher education institutions are described, and themes in which the models support and complement each other are discussed. The models are then applied to the rapid expansion of continuing education in a traditional university.…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Continuing Education, Educational Change, Higher Education
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Morgan, Anthony W. – Review of Higher Education, 1992
The use of selective, as contrasted with across-the-board, state funding as an incentive for program improvement in higher education institutions is discussed, and the experiences of four states (New Jersey, Florida, Ohio, and Tennessee) are examined for forces that work against the long-term feasibility of this approach. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Higher Education, Incentives, Models
Hepburn, Mary A., Ed. – 1983
This bulletin of the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) sets forth the philosophic grounds for democratizing schools and the evidence from research as to why this task should be undertaken. In the first part of the booklet, a brief NCSS position statement indicates that schools should practice democracy and be able to instruct through…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Case Studies, Citizen Participation, Citizen Role
American Association of State Colleges and Universities, Washington, DC. – 1988
A process by which institutions of higher education can plan for change with the times, come to terms with the dynamics of change, and initiate adaptation to a perceived future is presented. This guide is intended to be an outline for action that can be adapted to the diverse range of operations and governance current in American colleges and…
Descriptors: Change, Educational Assessment, Educational Policy, Futures (of Society)
Spiro, Louis M.; Campbell, Jill F. – 1985
Perceptions of college institutional research directors concerning the quality of executive decision making at their institutions were studied. Perceptions were assessed using a theoretical model of Groupthink developed by Janis, who postulates that a high amount of environmental stress should lead to a greater degree of…
Descriptors: Administrators, College Administration, Decision Making, Governance
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Collins, James – Anthropology and Education Quarterly, 1988
Examines the effects of linguistic and cultural diversity on the educational achievement of working class and minority students by reappraising the deficit/difference controversy of the 1960s and 1970s and examines how class and politics shape both cultural-linguistic and school-based assumptions about language and literacy. (Author/BJV)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cultural Differences, Educational Theories, Elementary Secondary Education
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