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Kwauk, Christina – Commonwealth of Learning, 2022
The climate crisis presents an unprecedented global challenge, which can also be an opportunity for Commonwealth ministers of education to demonstrate what science-driven, justice-centred, and civic-minded climate leadership can do to help put small island developing states and climate-vulnerable countries on a path to climate resilience and…
Descriptors: Climate, Justice, Social Action, Environmental Education
Cameron, Stuart – Global Partnership for Education, 2023
Many children in GPE partner countries remain out of school or are unable to complete even primary education. This working paper aims to bring attention to the ongoing challenges of reaching universal access to education and completion of at least primary education in many GPE partner countries. [This working paper was written with support and…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Equal Education, Access to Education, Educational Attainment
McKown, Joe; Schick, Laura; Miles, Karen Hawley – Education Resource Strategies, 2020
In turnaround schools, traditional approaches to school improvement (and some say, even the recent seven billion dollar federal investment in school improvement) aren't enough -- but why? Schools that successfully achieve turnaround "do school" differently to break cycles of underperformance and maximize learning for all students, and…
Descriptors: School Turnaround, School Districts, Educational Improvement, Models
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Sparks, Cheryl; Chang, Heewon – Christian Higher Education, 2021
This article draws from a keynote address presented at the 2019 Doctoral Education Forum sponsored by the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities (CCCU). A review of the literature reveals growth in doctoral education in the United States and the proliferation of types of doctoral degrees. The article describes an increase in the variety…
Descriptors: Christianity, Religious Colleges, Doctoral Programs, Capstone Experiences
Myung, Jeannie; Kimner, Hayin; Cottingham, Benjamin W.; Luna, Sergio Diaz; Shiels, Socorro; Hough, Heather – Policy Analysis for California Education, PACE, 2021
When K-12 schools in California closed for in-person instruction in response to COVID-19 in March 2020, few would have predicted that most schools would remain physically closed for more than one year. Throughout this period, California's educators and students have continued teaching and learning remotely for the most part, demonstrating…
Descriptors: Educational Change, COVID-19, Pandemics, Educational Improvement
Office of Educational Technology, US Department of Education, 2016
Across the country, districts are choosing to #GoOpen and transitioning to the use of openly licensed educational resources to improve student learning in their schools. Openly licensed educational resources enable districts to reallocate significant funds currently spent on inflexible, static learning materials to resources and activities that…
Descriptors: Educational Resources, Program Implementation, Faculty Development, Resource Allocation
Ash, Katherine; Rahn, Madelyn – National Governors Association, 2020
Research conducted by the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center), Fab Foundation and FHI 360, in partnership with more than 150 national and international experts and leaders from 28 states, found that to prepare their future workforces, governors and state leaders must develop a comprehensive agenda made up of three…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Government Role, Educational Policy, Leadership Responsibility
Frank, Stephen; Hovey, Don – Education Resource Strategies, 2014
Recently, there has been growing interest in adapting Return-on-Investment thinking to education--sometimes called educational productivity, or academic-ROI. Education leaders do not seek a monetary return on their spending, rather greater student learning, or other outcomes like student citizenship, higher graduation rates, or increased lifetime…
Descriptors: Investment, Outcomes of Education, Educational Strategies, Systems Approach
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Priest, Ann – London Review of Education, 2012
This paper is written in the context of practice at Nottingham Trent University, using elements of its management as example or counterbalance to the literature. The challenge at the heart of the paper is that of practically balancing a managerial and business-focused culture and processes to support the aspirations and motivations of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Universities, College Administration
California Community Colleges, Chancellor's Office, 2013
The "System Strategic Plan for the California Community Colleges" provides a comprehensive road map for restoring student access and improving student success. The Plan addresses the major demographic, economic and educational challenges that California will face over the coming decades. It presents clear system goals, specific…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Strategic Planning, Access to Education, Success
Ricci, Frederick A. – Online Submission, 2011
The vision of academic and business leaders often sets a pattern for all activities to follow. Organizational objectives, tasks, performance, and uses of resources are needed to obtain and reach current and future society trends influencing organizational goals. This paper identifies 5 steps leaders need to create a systems approach toward…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Instructional Leadership, Organizational Objectives, Leadership Responsibility
Zeppos, Nicholas S. – Trusteeship, 2010
To get a feel for the last time Vanderbilt University confronted economic volatility and stress similar to what U.S. colleges and universities have experienced over the past two years, the author carefully reviewed his predecessors' notes. His conclusion: the early 1930s. That was the last time a chancellor at Vanderbilt University detailed…
Descriptors: Universities, Medical Schools, Educational Finance, Administrative Organization
Scully, Maura King – CURRENTS, 2010
Increasingly, there is a growing realization in alumni relations that successful alumni programs, benefits, and services are not ends in and of themselves. Rather, alumni engagement is ultimately all about the institution. Success in alumni relations ideally advances an institution's overall forward progress. Twenty years ago, alumni strategic…
Descriptors: Alumni Associations, Strategic Planning, Institutional Mission, Institutional Advancement
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McGirr, Dale; Kull, Ronald – Planning for Higher Education, 2011
For many it's a dollars and cents issue; for others, it's a heritage or spiritual issue. In reality campus heritage is both a spiritual and a monetary/economic issue. Some say that heritage should reflect institutional values, tradition, academic stature, and the role graduates have played in society, and others cast aside tradition and pay…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Campuses, Universities, Heritage Education
Fernandez, Kim – CURRENTS, 2010
Most colleges and universities that launch into social media do so by dipping one toe in the water rather than swan diving into the deep end. And while many people define "social media" as Facebook and perhaps Twitter, the term actually encompasses everything from blogs to photo- and video-sharing sites to LinkedIn to any of dozens of…
Descriptors: Institutional Advancement, Social Networks, Internet, Web Sites
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