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Kristy Plander; Renee Hathaway; Deb Maeder – Online Learning, 2025
The purpose of this explanatory sequential mixed methods study was to examine faculty perceptions of distance course quality review feedback at a small healthcare-focused college in the United States. The Examining the Evaluator Feedback Survey tool was adapted and used to determine faculty perceptions (N=16) of five key aspects of reviewer…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Distance Education, College Faculty, Value Judgment
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Perry, Cody J.; Lausch, David W.; McKim, Courtney; Weatherford, Jennifer – Journal of International Students, 2020
Universities throughout the United States struggle with fiscal issues that can be improved by greater retention and graduation rates. One step often taken is to cut student service spending, which hurts students' ability to finish a degree. While some have advocated for greater spending in student services, we contend that current services may…
Descriptors: Knowledge Level, Use Studies, Value Judgment, Student Personnel Services
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Murray, Alan – Education & Training, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to concentrate on how assessment is used to support the aims of enterprise education leading to recommendations for improvements to the current approach to the assessment of enterprise. Design/methodology/approach: This paper presents a review of entrepreneurship education literature and a qualitative case…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, College Role
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France, Derek; Lee, Rebecca; Maclachlan, John; McPhee, Siobhán R. – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2021
The extent of how mobile devices, such as smartphones and tablets, are seamlessly incorporated into the personal day-to-day life is not often considered by University instructors. Unfocused incorporation of mobile technologies into the classroom can de-emphasize intended learning objectives if students struggle to use the technology itself or by…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices
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Carroll, Jan. B.; Dinstel, Roxie Rogers; Manton, Linda Marie – Journal of Extension, 2015
In every era, publicly funded programs seek to document their value. During the centennial celebrations of Cooperative Extension's legislation and establishment, this cry for data became even louder and the demand more intense. The Western Extension Directors Association (WEDA) tasked their Western Region Program Leadership Committee (WRPLC) to…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Management Information Systems
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Gray, Deborah M.; Smart, Karl L.; Bennett, Misty M. – Journal of Education for Business, 2017
The authors explore the disconnect between espoused and enacted values in assurance of learning activities--assessment is said to be encouraged, valued, and rewarded--but is it? The data from an analysis of 200 pages of the contractual rules (bylaws) for reappointment, tenure, and promotion at Central Michigan University demonstrate little…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Administration, Rewards, Recognition (Achievement)
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Waryas, Diane E. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2015
This chapter explores the importance of systematic evaluation of co-curricular activities directed at graduate- and professional- school students. Approaches to assessment and benefits of sound practice are presented along with the critical role that institutional researchers can play.
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Professional Education, Program Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
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Hammersley, Laura A.; Bilous, Rebecca H.; James, Sarah W.; Trau, Adam M.; Suchet-Pearson, Sandie – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2014
Geographers are increasingly grappling with the theoretical and practical implications of integrating an ethics of reciprocity into undergraduate learning and teaching. This paper draws on the unexpected experiences of a third-year human geography research methods fieldtrip to examine the process of balancing undergraduate student learning and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Undergraduate Study, Human Geography
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Sujitparapitaya, Sutee – Journal of Case Studies in Accreditation and Assessment, 2014
Despite the great value of student learning outcome assessment (SLOA), faculty have not fully embraced the assessment movement, and many remain locked in debates on its merits. To gain faculty buy-in and explain why many faculty were motivated to engage in outcome assessment, the modified CANE (Commitment And Necessary Effort) model was used to…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Motivation, Attribution Theory, Program Evaluation