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Wang, Qi; Zhang, Mu; Luo, Jing – Higher Education Studies, 2016
There exists mutual improvement and restriction between regional tourism industry and the development of the tourism subject. With the rapid development of the tourism industry, it has set up the tourism program in the universities of Yunnan Province. However, the regional development of the construction of tourism subject is not balanced and its…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Geographic Regions, Tourism, Population Distribution
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Khairunnisa; Purwito, Agus; Muljono, Pudji – Journal of Education and e-Learning Research, 2017
The gap between numbers of job seeker and employment opportunity had triggered HEIs in developing the best curriculum in equipping their graduates with relevant skills to face the competitive and challenging world of employment. Graduate Tracer Studies are essential as a way of understanding the relevance and quality of programs offered by the…
Descriptors: Community Development, Case Studies, Foreign Countries, Employment Opportunities
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Adekola, G.; Enyiche, C. C. – Journal of Education and Practice, 2017
The study examined the effects of insecurity on community development projects in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni and Ahoada East Local Government Areas of Rivers State, Nigeria. The study was guided by two research questions and one null hypothesis. The study adopted a descriptive survey design with a population of 3,211 members of various Community Based…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Security (Psychology), Community Development, Community Organizations
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Ekpiken, William E.; Ukpabio, Godfrey U. – International Education Studies, 2015
This paper was an attempt to examine youth empowerment in higher education for sustainable development of developing communities in Cross River State in Nigeria. In Cross River State developing communities, youths are in the majority and form a very strong formidable force in the society we live, study, but are not empowered while in school nor…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Sustainable Development, Community Development
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Gombe, Sani Yakubu; Bin Suandi, Turiman; Ismail, Ismi Arif; Omar, Zohara – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
Research in extension education is a serious and challenging task facing Nigeria today because of new trends that keeps on emerging continuously. This paper seeks to examine some of the common research techniques used in extension education and describe their applicability and workability in helping people to help themselves. Most of the…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Research, Foreign Countries, Action Research
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Adekola, G.; Egbo, Nwoye Charles – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
This study examined the influence of traditions and customs on community development in Nkanu West and Nkanu East Local Government Areas of Enugu State. The study was carried out with three objectives and three null hypotheses. The research adopted descriptive survey design with a population of 2,125 members of community Based Organizations in the…
Descriptors: Community Development, Traditionalism, Community Organizations, Community Surveys
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Wehbi, Samantha; El-Lahib, Y. – Disability & Society, 2007
This article presents the findings of a study on the employment situation of people with disabilities in a rural region in Lebanon. The study was conducted as one of the activities of a community development project that saw the establishment of a job centre for people with disabilities. The majority of the study's 200 participants were…
Descriptors: Community Development, Employment, Disabilities, Foreign Countries
Waite, Paul Daniel – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Based on ten months of ethnographic fieldwork, including more than 65 in-depth interviews with Chinese university students and higher education administrators, this study examines the roots of an emerging community service learning movement in mainland China. The dissertation focuses on a case study of a pioneering Chinese Party State-sponsored…
Descriptors: Caring, Community Development, Social Control, Service Learning
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Odhiambo Joseph, Christopher – Research in Drama Education, 2005
This paper is based on research that sought to investigate the procedures of theatre for community development in Kenya. This article was stimulated by this larger research and is particularly an interrogation of the ethics of practice in the enterprise of theatre for community development. It critically interrogates the roles of the different…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ethics, Community Development, Theater Arts
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Dawson, Shane; Burnett, Bruce; O' Donohue, Mark – International Journal of Educational Management, 2006
Purpose: This paper demonstrates the need for the higher education sector to develop and implement scaleable, quantitative measures that evaluate community and establish organisational benchmarks in order to guide the development of future practices designed to enhance the student learning experience. Design/methodology/approach: Literature…
Descriptors: Community Development, Higher Education, Educational Policy, Evaluation Methods