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Ostroff, Michael E. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The United States of America has seen a decline in the number of individuals pursuing degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics or STEM. With an understanding that in order to stay competitive in the global economy, the United States must enhance its pipeline towards STEM disciplines. Schools must find a way to motivate and…
Descriptors: Best Practices, STEM Education, Position Papers, Elementary Secondary Education
Brodzik, Michael C. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This Executive Position Paper is a one-to-one laptop implementation plan for Pittsgrove Township Schools that can be used as a template for other districts with similar interests. Each of the three chapters fulfills a major purpose. In Chapter One the paper is designed to substantiate the need for the Pittsgrove Township School District to…
Descriptors: School Districts, Position Papers, Laptop Computers, Program Implementation
Batcheller, Archer L. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Software has an important role in supporting scientific work. This dissertation studies teams that build scientific software, focusing on the way that they determine what the software should do. These requirements engineering processes are investigated through three case studies of climate science software projects. The Earth System Modeling…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Computer Software, Design Requirements, Computer Science Education
Jenkins, Damian Elizabeth Corbin – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Over the past three decades, researchers have studied doctoral research training programs using large scale surveys making visible trends in numbers of and kinds of research courses required, or using focused qualitative methods to gain rich, textured accounts of graduate school experiences. Both kinds of studies fail to capture the local,…
Descriptors: Program Development, Researchers, Doctoral Programs, Research Methodology
Menon, Siddhartha Shankar – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Broadband holds a critical position in the progress of economic and social indicators by connecting consumers, businesses and governments. South Korea has consistently been the global leader in broadband deployment since 1999. In the last ten years the Korean government has pursued several strategies for its broadband policy. The purpose of this…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Social Indicators, Information Technology, Foreign Countries
Fairchild-Pierce, Jennifer Elis – ProQuest LLC, 2008
This dissertation provides historical insight into the design and implementation of one strategic plan of a public higher education system in an effort to inform future similar strategic planning processes. On July 1, 1994, the Board of Regents appointed Stephen R. Portch the ninth Chancellor of the University System of Georgia. The timing was…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Oral History, Leadership Styles, Leadership