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Download full textGoeman, Katie; Dijkstra, Wiebe – Higher Education Studies, 2022
In recent decades, higher education has embraced the concept of blended teaching, the design and facilitation of online and face-to-face learning activities. As such initiatives are embedded in the formal context of an institution, educational managers and other decision makers are in search of evidence for creating sustainable conditions that…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Blended Learning, Online Courses, In Person Learning
Direct linkSegarra, Verónica A.; Vega, Leticia R.; Primus, Clara; Etson, Candice; Guillory, Ashley N.; Edwards, Ashanti; Flores, Sonia C.; Fry, Catherine; Ingram, Susan L.; Lawson, Mark; McGee, Richard; Paxson, Stephanie; Phelan, Laura; Suggs, Kirsta; Vuong, Elizabeth; Hammonds-Odie, Latanya; Leibowitz, Michael J.; Zavala, MariaElena; Lujan, J. Luis; Ramirez-Alvarado, Marina – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2020
Diversity-focused committees continue to play essential roles in the efforts of professional scientific societies to foster inclusion and facilitate the professional development of underrepresented minority (URM) young scientists in their respective scientific disciplines. Until recently, the efforts of these committees have remained independent…
Descriptors: Professional Associations, Inclusion, Travel, Scientists
Pierce, Dennis – Community College Journal, 2017
When Crystal Bridgeman joined the Siemens Foundation as senior director of workforce development programs in 2014, she pored over research and led conversations about what kind of projects the foundation should invest in to have the biggest impact. Her findings suggested there were a growing number of job opportunities in fields such as advanced…
Descriptors: Financial Support, Philanthropic Foundations, Community Colleges, Educational Finance
Modern Language Association, 2021
The report of the MLA Task Force on Ethical Conduct in Graduate Education calls on administrators, departments, and faculty members to embrace "student-centered graduate education informed by an ethics of care." To confront long-standing issues in graduate education--such as precarity, bias and favoritism, harassment, mental health,…
Descriptors: Ethics, Professional Associations, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Office of Educational Technology, US Department of Education, 2021
In spring 2020, the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and the shift to hybrid and remote learning for most schools turned what was once a "homework gap" into a "learning opportunity gap" as devices and internet access became necessary in order to keep students connected and learning. The purpose of this brief is to…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Access to Computers, COVID-19
Rhoades, Gary – Thought & Action, 2013
Policy and practice in higher education today are defined and limited by what many have claimed are "new realities" confronting colleges and universities. Gary Rhoades contends that three of these are embedded in the just-in-time hiring practices, the at-will conditions of work, and the depersonalized curricular delivery models assigned…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Adjunct Faculty, Teacher Selection, Teacher Attitudes
Cavanagh, Sean – Education Week, 2012
A handful of prominent charter school networks that have won praise for their academic performance and unorthodox models are expanding to new parts of the country, in some cases after receiving recruiting pitches from state and local officials determined to bring proven operators into their communities. Until now, organizations such as Aspire…
Descriptors: Accountability, Charter Schools, Nonprofit Organizations, Networks
Pierce, Dennis – Community College Journal, 2016
Low-income students face a number of obstacles that go beyond the cost of tuition and fees. For instance, their schooling often requires expenses that aren't covered by financial aid, such as books and commuting costs. What's more, education is often competing for their time with other responsibilities, such as the need to work or take care of…
Descriptors: Student Financial Aid, Tuition, Community Colleges, Financial Support
Canadian Literacy and Learning Network, 2014
The Canadian Literacy and Learning Network (CLLN), in partnership with Aboriginal community leaders and literacy experts, is leading an initiative to create a National Table for Aboriginal Literacy and Essential Skills (NTALES). A potential role of the National Table will be to represent First Nation, Metis and Inuit literacy and essential skills…
Descriptors: Literacy, Canada Natives, American Indians, Eskimos
Fisher, Julia Conrad; Kim, Juli – Public Impact, 2018
Led by Newark Opportunity Youth Network (Newark OYN) in New Jersey, key public and private organizations in Newark came together to focus efforts on supporting disconnected youth and transforming how they are educated and prepared for life, postsecondary learning, and careers. This report describes how Newark OYN emerged and is charting its path…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Youth Opportunities, Youth Employment, Youth Programs
McTighe Musil, Caryn – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2014
In a September 2013 interview, Thomas Ehrlich and Ernestine Fu--whose passion for public service is manifested in differing ways and from two dramatically different generational standpoints--discussed insights from their co-authored book, "Civic Work, Civic Lessons: Two Generations Reflect on Public Service (2013)." Septuagenarian Tom…
Descriptors: Public Service, Service Learning, Citizen Participation, Interviews
McCarthy, Dianne; Rands, Marc – Studies in Higher Education, 2013
Learned societies play a number of roles in countries around the world, including national representation of the research community; recognising and rewarding research achievement; and as funding agents for fellowships, research grants or research institutes. They have a networking role both within national research communities and in linking with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, National Organizations, Research and Development, Institutional Role
Bush, Lee – Journal of Advertising Education, 2015
Student-run advertising, public relations or integrated communications agencies at colleges and universities give students hands-on client experience, help them develop their professional skills and provide students with an understanding of how to work within an agency structure. For faculty advisers, managing a successful student-run agency can…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Projects, Agencies, Advertising
Henderson, Michael; de Zwart, Melissa – Australian Educational Computing, 2014
This article represents the submission of the "Australian Council for Computers in Education's" (AACE) response to the Australian Government's Department of Communications' initiative for "Enhancing Online Safety for Children." Henderson and de Zwart agree that children and their educators and caregivers are in serious need…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Mediated Communication, Social Networks, Child Safety
Tomassini, Jason – Education Week, 2012
"Educator day" is one of the most important and nerve-racking for the people taking part in Imagine K12, the biggest incubator program in the United States specifically for education technology startups. Many entrepreneurs in K-12 believe technology can solve education's problems, but don't work to understand those problems before prescribing…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, School Business Relationship, Elementary Secondary Education, Social Networks
