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Joseph Kelly – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Higher education institutions play a key role in achieving sustainable development and creating a pathway toward a sustainable future by reducing the adverse impact that campus operations have on the environment and make positive contributions to society by conducting research and teaching students, faculty, staff, and the community about…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Sustainability, Achievement, Higher Education
Smith, Andrew J. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of this study was to examine students' and academic advisors' experiences in advisory from the Appreciative Advisement Framework through surveys and interviews. Many academic advising directors indicated there is no specific or required framework for their staff, although they have stressed the importance of advisement training,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Program Implementation, Correlation, College Freshmen
Fletcher, Jeffrey; Grant, Markeisha; Ramos, Marisol; Karp, Melinda Mechur – Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2016
This paper examines the current state of the literature on Integrated Planning and Advising for Student Success (iPASS), an increasingly popular approach to technology-mediated advising reform. We limit our analysis to sixty relevant documents that have been released since 2010. We categorize these items into four different groups based on their…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Success, Planning
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Novo-Corti, Isabel; Badea, Liana; Tirca, Diana Mihaela; Aceleanu, Mirela Ionela – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2018
Purpose: This paper aims to emphasize how economics courses offered at higher education institutions can influence sustainable development, in general, and Romania's sustainable development, in particular. Design/methodology/approach: The conclusions are based on a pilot questionnaire conducted by the authors on the level of Romanian students…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Economics Education
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Ismail, Roqia; Ali, Muhammad – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
The basic purpose of the study was to explore the influence of workplace incivility on the total quality management practices implementation in higher education institutes of balochistan. The data was collected through questionnaire and the sample size of the study was 381. The reliability and validity of the questionnaire was checked through…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Work Environment, Antisocial Behavior, Barriers
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Argente-Linares, Eva; Pérez-López, M. Carmen; Ordóñez-Solana, Celia – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2016
The need of a guided and supervised learning has become the cornerstone of the new model of higher education. One response to such need has been the introduction of mentoring programs to facilitate student learning and to provide guidance. In this way, the main aim of our study is to determine the extent to which the implementation of information…
Descriptors: Mentors, Higher Education, Information Technology, Student Evaluation
Stoyanoff, Dawn Galadriel Pfeiffer – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study examined the enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementations that utilized a shared services model in higher education. The purpose of this research was to examine the critical success factors which were perceived to contribute to project success. This research employed a quantitative non-experimental correlational design and the…
Descriptors: Information Systems, Planning, Student Projects, Shared Resources and Services
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Argia, Hassan A. A.; Ismail, Aziah – Higher Education Studies, 2013
This current research paper investigates the role of transformational leadership on impacting the level of TQM implementation in the higher education sector. In addition, TQM, as a management philosophy, can be implemented successfully only when incorporated into the prevailing learning organization and adequate understanding of transformational…
Descriptors: Transformational Leadership, Total Quality Management, Program Implementation, Higher Education
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Reed, Peter; Watmough, Simon – E-Learning and Digital Media, 2015
Inconsistency in the use of Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) has led to dissatisfaction amongst students and is an issue across the Higher Education sector. This paper outlines research undertaken in one faculty within one university to ascertain staff and student views on minimum standards within the VLE; how the VLE could reduce student…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Virtual Classrooms, Higher Education, Academic Standards
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Romenti, Stefania; Invernizzi, Emanuele; Biraghi, Silvia – Quality in Higher Education, 2012
This paper explores how employer engagement can enhance potential employability of graduates, which represents a fundamental institutional achievement to ameliorate quality of higher education. While the role of student and staff engagement in quality improvement has received in-depth research attention, the need for listening to expectations of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Quality, Higher Education, Employers
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Tafel-Viia, Külliki; Loogma, Krista; Lassur, Silja; Roosipõld, Anne – Vocations and Learning, 2012
The effective implementation of educational reform is an issue that confronts both those that plan and sponsor those reforms and those that are affected by them. This article discusses networking processes in the context of reform in vocational and professional higher education. When exploring failures in educational change processes, issues…
Descriptors: Networks, Educational Change, Vocational Education, Higher Education
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Moran, Mark; Hawkes, Mark; El Gayar, Omar – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2010
Many educational institutions have implemented ubiquitous or required laptop, notebook, or tablet personal computing programs for their students. Yet, limited evidence exists to validate integration and acceptance of the technology among student populations. This research examines student acceptance of mobile computing devices using a modification…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Computer Uses in Education, Adoption (Ideas), Technology Integration
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Oliver, Ron – Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 1994
Discusses the results of a study that investigated the level of computer use among beginning primary and secondary teachers in Western Australia. Correlations between the instructional technology courses in teacher training programs and the level of computer usage in the classroom are described, particularly regarding curriculum issues and…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Computer Assisted Instruction, Correlation, Curriculum Development
Felder, Jonathan E.; Finney, Joni E.; Kirst, Michael W. – National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, 2007
"Informed math self-placement," a program implemented at American River College in Sacramento, California, to determine students' readiness for college-level math, has been in place for three years. This case study describes the development and implementation of math self-placement at American River. Math self-placement consists of a…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Algebra, Community Colleges, Case Studies