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Al-Shamli, Malik; Al Hijji, Khalfan Zahran; Shaikh, Abdul Khalique – Education and Information Technologies, 2023
This paper aims at reviewing Information Security Awareness (ISA) practices in general and at Omani Government Agencies (OGA) in particular. It also explores the concerns and challenges that may affect their implementation, and the reasons why ISA practices remained problematic for more than a decade at the OGAs. To inform the aim of this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Security, Federal Government, Public Agencies
Rodriguez, Jacinto – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This mixed method exploratory case study was used to explore the effect data overload has on project management, how data overload affects project management effectiveness, how prepared program office staff is to manage multiple projects effectively, and how the program office's organizational structure and data management systems affect project…
Descriptors: Knowledge Management, Program Administration, Public Agencies, Data Collection
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Shin, Junseob – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2011
This study investigated the prevalence of client violence toward child protection workers and its negative impacts on the work attitudes of those workers compared with community service workers in South Korea. This study is based on the assumption that child protection workers are more vulnerable to violence than are community service workers…
Descriptors: Work Attitudes, Child Abuse, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries
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Slattery, Peter; Cherry, Joan; Swift, Aaron; Tallon, Mary; Doyle, Ian – Journal of Sexual Aggression, 2012
The Baseline Project provided an assessment package and treatment for juveniles (aged 16-21 years) serving sentences for sexual offences, and was the only such programme available in Ireland (ROI). It was a venture between the Northside Inter-Agency Project and the Psychology Department of the Irish Prison Service and worked with juveniles on a…
Descriptors: School Security, Crime Prevention, Correctional Institutions, Risk
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Wehman, Paul; Schall, Carol; McDonough, Jennifer; Molinelli, Alissa; Riehle, Erin; Ham, Whitney; Thiss, Weston R. – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2013
Supporting youth with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the transition to adulthood is challenging. This article provides a description of how Project SEARCH, a model transition program for youth with disabilities, was used to help youth with ASD gain competitive employment. This article includes two case studies and a thorough description of the…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Disabilities, Transitional Programs
Bergeron, Caroline; Chamberlain, Tamsin; George, Nalia; Golden, Sarah; Mundy, Ellie; Southcott, Clare; Walker, Fiona – National Foundation for Educational Research, 2010
Outcomes Based Accountability (OBA) is an approach that Children's Trusts and Children's Services can use to assist with planning services and assessing their performance. The OBA approach focuses on outcomes that are desired and monitoring and evidencing progress towards those desired outcomes. OBA makes a distinction between two types of…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Case Studies, Accountability, Services
Pickering, Sharon Durham – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this qualitative case study was to examine the perceptions of partner teachers and graduate fellows in 1 school regarding the barriers and successes made during their participation in a National Science Foundation Grant. This study included 9 partner teachers and 7 graduate fellows who participated in the Science First! NSF GK-12…
Descriptors: Grants, Teacher Attitudes, Elementary School Teachers, Graduate Students
Grant, Jonathan; Brutscher, Philipp-Bastian; Kirk, Susan Ella; Butler, Linda; Wooding, Steven – RAND Corporation, 2010
In February 2009, the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) commissioned RAND Europe to review approaches to evaluating the impact of research as part of their wider work programme to develop new arrangements for the assessment and funding of research--referred to as the Research Excellence Framework (REF). The objectives were 1) to…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Research Utilization, Scoring, Foreign Countries
Kirlin, Mary; Shulock, Nancy – Institute for Higher Education Leadership & Policy, 2012
The challenge of producing the systemic changes that are needed to boost educational attainment and economic competitiveness across the country falls heavily on entities that coordinate public postsecondary institutions. Coordination of postsecondary education, whether of a single system of institutions or across an entire state, requires…
Descriptors: Self Evaluation (Groups), Technical Institutes, Governance, Program Effectiveness
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Millar, Dorothy Squatrito – Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 2008
IDEA mandates that all rights accorded to parents transfer to students when they reach the age of majority, unless their competence is questioned. Using case studies, this research examined the concern that when competence is challenged, guardian appointments may occur, thus negatively impacting the self-determination of school-aged young adults…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Young Adults, Public Policy, Program Effectiveness
Davenport, Richard W. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
A Department of Defense (DoD) M&S education task force is in the process of studying the Modeling and Simulation (M&S) education of the acquisition workforce. Historically, DoD acquisition workforce education is not referred to as education, but rather what the Defense Acquisition University (DAU) refers to as "practitioner training, career…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Validity, Program Effectiveness, Case Studies
McCombs, Jennifer Sloan; Bodilly, Susan J.; Orr, Nate; Scherer, Ethan; Constant, Louay; Gershwin, Daniel – RAND Corporation, 2010
High-quality out-of-school-time (OST) programs have a positive effect on youth development, but many cities have found it difficult to address the challenges of expanding and improving the quality of programs offered to underserved and high-need students. In response, The Wallace Foundation sponsored an initiative to help five cities increase…
Descriptors: Systems Approach, After School Programs, Grants, Data
Sleezer, Catherine M.; Kelsey, Kathleen D.; Wood, Thomas E. – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 2008
Needs assessment plays an important role in training and human performance improvement efforts, but the literature contains little research on this topic. This study extended previous research on the Performance Analysis for Training (PAT) model of needs assessment by examining its implementation to determine environmental and occupational health…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Needs Assessment, Occupational Safety and Health, Program Effectiveness
Cook, Robert F., Ed. – 1987
Case studies were made of the following dislocated worker programs: Cummins Engine Company Dislocated Worker Project; GM-UAW Metropolitan Pontiac Retraining and Employment Program; Minnesota Iron Range Dislocated Worker Project; Missouri Dislocated Worker Program Job Search Assistance, Inc.; Hillsborough, North Carolina, Dislocated Worker Project;…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Colleges, Dislocated Workers, Employment Programs
Tisne, Suzanne – 1985
The general decline in public resources has encouraged government agencies to consolidate job functions, and the internal program evaluator is becoming a scarce commodity. This paper briefly describes a case study about the circumstances and implications of merging two formally antagonistic job roles: program administrator and program evaluator.…
Descriptors: Adults, Case Studies, Community Programs, Delinquency
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