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John Aubrey Douglass – Center for Studies in Higher Education, 2023
Since establishing its first campus in 1868, the University of California (UC), California's land-grant university, developed into the nation's first multi-campus system in the United States, and is today widely recognized as the world's premier network of public research universities. This short essay provides an historical brief on the role that…
Descriptors: Public Colleges, Educational Development, Participative Decision Making, Governance
Pelfrey, Patricia A. – Center for Studies in Higher Education, 2016
The University of California, the nation's first multicampus system, is unique in its central organizing principle, known as the oneuniversity idea. Its premise is simple: that a large and decentralized system of campuses, which share the same mission but differ in size, interests, aspirations, and stage of development, can nevertheless be…
Descriptors: Universities, Multicampus Colleges, Governance, College Administration
Grogan, Rita D. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Purpose: The purpose of this case study was to determine the impact of utilizing predictive modeling to improve successful course completion rates for at-risk students at California community colleges. A secondary purpose of the study was to identify factors of predictive modeling that have the most importance for improving successful course…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Case Studies, Models, Academic Persistence
Johnson, Lynn – American Journal of Business Education, 2012
Faculty in the College of Business Administration at California State University-Stanislaus struggled to find places within the curriculum in which to embed programmatic assessment. An assessment model emerged from their discussions that meaningfully assesses the knowledge and skills of graduating seniors for programmatic improvement while…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Program Evaluation, Models, Student Evaluation
Ableidinger, Joe; Hassel, Bryan C. – National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NJ1), 2012
This issue brief is part of the National Association of Charter School Authorizers' (NACSA's) "Cyber Series," which addresses issues in policy and practice that relate to authorizing online and blended charter schools. This brief aims to improve authorizer understanding and oversight of blended charter schools, which combine digital…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Blended Learning, Models, Evaluation
Kaucher, Ellie – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The problem. Educational leaders face challenges in the 21st century, make numerous decisions daily, and have the choice to make decisions based on ethics. Educational leaders may follow a corporate model regarding expenses and revenues while ignoring the best interests of children and their academic achievement. The alternative to the corporate…
Descriptors: Integrity, Leadership Effectiveness, Decision Making, Ethics
Campo-Contreras, Susana – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of the study was to develop a better understanding of the allocation of resources used to improve student learning outcomes in three middle schools within a Charter Management Organization (CMO). The three middle schools that participated in the study have similar demographics and serve students in low socio-economic areas of Los…
Descriptors: Resource Allocation, Charter Schools, Middle Schools, Academic Achievement
Watson, Larry; Hegar, Rebecca L.; Patton, Joy D. – Residential Treatment for Children & Youth, 2011
This article presents a model of collaboration between a state child welfare licensing division and a public university to develop and administer online examinations for persons seeking licensure as administrators of residential child care facilities or child placing agencies. The exams assess knowledge of state standards and various practice…
Descriptors: Placement, State Standards, Child Welfare, Cooperation
González, Cristina – Berkeley Review of Education, 2011
Following Clark Kerr's distinction between hedgehogs, or visionary leaders who know "one big thing," and foxes, or shrewd leaders who know "many things," this paper studies Kerr, an archetypical hedgehog, and David Gardner, a quintessential fox, as models for these two types of leaders. The paper also analyzes the hedgehog…
Descriptors: College Administration, Leadership Styles, Leadership Qualities, Models
DeVillers, Kristal L. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
California is facing a critical need for trained school leaders in the coming years. As current leaders retire, schools could be faced with teachers stepping out of the classroom and into the increasingly demanding job of the principalship with little or no preparation. With few leadership development opportunities available in entry-level…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Occupational Aspiration, Motivation, Interviews
Corbett, Julie – National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, 2015
Persistently low-achieving public schools around the country have received $5.8 billion from the federal School Improvement Grant (SIG) program, in addition to districts and state funds, and other supplementary federal funds. Despite all of these sources of funding, most of the schools receiving them have failed to make a dramatic difference in…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Public Schools, School District Autonomy, School Turnaround
Gomez, Martin Omar; Marcoulides, George A.; Heck, Ronald H. – International Journal of Educational Management, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to propose and test a model of school culture and examine data from schools in Southern California to identify educationally important aspects of teacher-perceived cultural variables and how these perceptions differentially impact school performance in K-8 and middle school structures.…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, School Culture, Structural Equation Models, Educational Administration
Brewer, Dominic J.; Smith, Joanna – Education Finance and Policy, 2008
Governance is widely believed to be an important determinant of the effectiveness of educational systems. Yet there are few systematic evaluations of the linkages between educational governance and student outcomes, or cogent frameworks for evaluating the effectiveness of governance arrangements in a way that can guide potential policy changes. In…
Descriptors: Governance, Educational Administration, Models, Educational Indicators
Toyoda-Smart, Kumi – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study examines how five diverse California elementary schools--two underperforming and three high achieving, with statistically significant subgroups of English Learner, socioeconomically disadvantaged, and minority students--have allocated resources to improve student achievement. The applied research contributes new information to the…
Descriptors: Evidence, Elementary Schools, Finance Reform, Educational Finance
Agbassekou, Hanouvi – California Postsecondary Education Commission, 2009
Over the last year, the Improving Teacher Quality (ITQ) program staff have been looking at the scope of professional development for K-12 teachers in California. Staff are assessing current models of professional development offered, how they are funded, and how widespread are the kinds of professional development that research finds best at…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Faculty Development, Models, Elementary School Teachers