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Garcia, Herman S. – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2012
Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) colleges and universities were initiated as an enterprise for investing in the academy as a way to provide opportunities for Latin@ students. However, HSIs in colleges and universities have had measured success in that significant numbers of Latin@ students continue to leave campuses with unfinished business. An…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Hispanic American Students, Educational Opportunities, Organizational Climate
Beabout, Brian R. – Online Submission, 2012
While scholarship on educational change has long accepted that disruptions to the status quo are an essential part of the change process, disruption has never been more central to planned change than it is in the current political context in the USA, where legislation has mandated school closure, reconstitution, and turnaround as required remedies…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Institutional Environment, Educational Practices, Performance Factors
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Sevilla, Christine; Wells, Timothy D. – Performance Improvement, 1999
Discusses six initiatives that organizations can support to ensure peak performance: individual knowledge portfolios; mentoring and apprenticeship relationships; electronic conferencing systems; organizational knowledge repository; community of practice; reward and recognition. Defines each initiative and describes how to make each one work in an…
Descriptors: Employee Attitudes, Improvement Programs, Institutional Environment, Job Enrichment