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J. Pareigis; M. Kvarnström; B. Cefa; J. Y. H. Bai; O. Zawacki-Richter; L. Uhlin; N. Jakobsson; G. Theilmeier – International Journal for Academic Development, 2024
Open Networked Learning (ONL) is a collaborative open online course for higher education educators worldwide, focusing on open education, collaborative learning, and course design. The interorganizational course welcomes both institutional and open learners from around 30 nations. Delivered 17 times since 2014 with up to 120 participants in each…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Communities of Practice, Open Education, Problem Based Learning
Sana Kim; Roberta Comunian – Industry and Higher Education, 2024
This article examines the role creative and cultural higher education plays in the top-down development of Astana -- the new capital of Kazakhstan. Drawing on a mapping of higher education institutions in Kazakhstan's old (Almaty) and new capital cities as well as qualitative interview data with creative and cultural practitioners, academics and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Cultural Education, Creativity
Sandmann, Lorilee R., Ed.; Jones, Diann O., Ed. – Stylus Publishing LLC, 2019
Community engagement has evolved as a respected field and now occupies a seat at the academic table. In the past, this work had often been relegated to the institutional fringes of higher education, its practitioners marginalized, and the work often portrayed as service, not scholarly. Today, higher education community engagement is a dynamic and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, School Community Relationship, Universities, Community Involvement
Canestrari, Alan S., Ed.; Marlowe, Bruce A., Ed. – John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2018
"The Wiley International Handbook of Educational Foundations" features international scholars uniquely qualified to examine issues specific to their regions of the world. The Handbook provides readers with an alternative to the traditional texts in the foundations of education by taking aim at the status quo, and by offering frameworks…
Descriptors: Foundations of Education, Educational Change, Teaching (Occupation), Curriculum
Butler-Mokoro, Shannon A. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church, like many historically black denomination over the years, has been actively involved in social change and racial uplift. The concepts of racial uplift and self-determination dominated black social, political, and economic thought throughout the late-eighteenth into the nineteenth century. Having…
Descriptors: African Americans, Higher Education, Race, Literacy Education
Perraton, Hilary – Teaching at a Distance, 1976
The author describes his experience in the establishment of Botswana Extension College in Africa. Difficulties of assessing educational needs and experimentation with radio-correspondence courses and various forms of face-to-face group work in village study centers are described with focus on different roles for teachers and for institutions with…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Development, Developing Nations, Educational Development
Oregon Governor's Office, Salem. – 1990
This report presents the findings and recommendations of the Governor's Commission on Higher Education for the Portland Metropolitan area. The Commission found that Portland needs educated citizens, that Portland's postsecondary education facilities are deficient particularly in systematic coordination, and that area strengths provide an…
Descriptors: Community Coordination, Community Development, Educational Development, Higher Education

Neave, Guy – European Journal of Education, 1979
Case studies concerning the impact of the "traditional sector" of higher education and "nonformal" education upon regional development are presented. The interplay between education and regional developments, effects of education on aspects of cultural and social mobilization, and problems of control that result from…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Development, Cultural Enrichment, Economic Development
Swee-Hin, Toh – WCCI Forum: Journal of the World Council for Curriculum and Instruction, 1987
Argues that developing nations' educational systems have fallen short of providing requisite skills, knowledge, and values for citizen participation in social, economic, political, and cultural development. Suggests alternative educational structures which would better serve the basic needs and rights of the poor majorities in developing nations.…
Descriptors: Community Development, Democracy, Developing Nations, Economic Development

Dickson, Alec – Community Development Journal, 1977
Discusses the school's and college's roles in helping foster a sense of citizenship and concern for human need. Major areas covered are the school community relationship, social problems, and relating the curriculum to social service and human needs. (SH)
Descriptors: Citizenship, Community Development, Educational Development, Educational Needs
Ekanayake, S. B. – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Education, 1980
Describes and evaluates a project undertaken to reform teacher training in Sri Lanka so that it would be more focused toward community development. Major successes of the program were that it helped educators understand the potential resources available at the village level and encouraged them to stress multi-disciplinary approaches toward…
Descriptors: Community Development, Comparative Education, Developing Nations, Educational Development

Wolpe, Harold – Comparative Education, 1995
As a legacy of apartheid, South Africa's higher education system is differentiated along racial lines in terms of institutional areas of specialization, research production, and graduate education. The University of the Western Cape's 1982 mission statement, which defined its oppositional role under apartheid, might be revised to address the tasks…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Black Colleges, College Role, Community Development
Searles, P. David – 1995
This book documents the story of Alice Lloyd, a Massachusetts woman who founded Caney Creek Community Center and Caney Junior College (now Alice Lloyd College) in eastern Kentucky during the early 20th century. For the past 70 years, the college has enabled thousands of students from Appalachia to obtain a college education at little or no cost.…
Descriptors: Appalachian Studies, Change Agents, College Role, Colleges
Legaspi, Perla E. – 1997
The delivery of literacy services by state universities in the Philippines is embedded in their academic functions of instruction/teaching, research and development, consultancy, and extension services. To reach a larger clientele and democratize access to education, the University of the Philippines (UP) has established the Open University. The…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Community Development, Cooperative Programs
Federal Ministry of Education, Lagos (Nigeria). – 1977
Recent educational developments in Nigeria reflect an attempt to replace British colonial influences with a system more suited to the needs of the Nigerian people. In accordance with the objectives of redefining educational values and practices, a new national educational policy was established in 1973 to emphasize lifelong learning, community…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Colonialism, Community Development, Comparative Education
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