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Cook-Sather, Alison – Higher Education Research and Development, 2018
Discussions in higher education have proliferated in recent years regarding not only how to recruit a greater diversity of students but also how to support their success. The voices of students themselves, particularly those students traditionally underrepresented in and underserved by higher education, have important contributions to make to…
Descriptors: Student Experience, Partnerships in Education, Academic Achievement, Learner Engagement
Pulley, John – CURRENTS, 2013
The alumni relations profession has undergone profound changes in the past century. Alumni officers have responded to opportunities and threats presented by advancing technologies, shifting cultural norms, and unstable world economies. Innovations such as Facebook and smartphones have changed everything, and in a flat world, alumni relations…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Administration, Alumni Associations, Administrators
Zirkel, Perry A.; Guditus, Charles W. – 1979
In 1960, French and Raven postulated five bases of supervisory power: legitimate, expert, referent, reward, and coercive. Research studies in the middle and late 1960s in various work settings revealed the effectiveness of legitimate and expert supervisory power on worker behavior and satisfaction. The purpose of this study was to determine if…
Descriptors: Correlation, Elementary Secondary Education, Individual Power, Power Structure
Prince-Embury, Sandra; Rooney, James – 1984
The primary purpose of the present study was to examine how prevalent were concerns about restarting Three Mile Island nuclear reactor Unit I among people within a five-mile radius of the plant four years after the accident involving reactor Unit II. Also explored were concerns related to expectations about the restart of Unit I, perception of…
Descriptors: Accidents, Emergency Programs, Individual Power, Literature Reviews
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Uskiewicz, Vincent D.; Willower, Donald J. – Urban Education, 1973
Reports a study which investigated perceived pupil control ideology consensus among teachers, their colleagues, and their principal, and its relation to teacher job satisfaction, using as subjects a sample drawn from the eastern and central regions of Pennsylvania. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Discipline Policy, Elementary School Teachers, Individual Power, Interprofessional Relationship
Clarke, Robert; Keating, W. Francis – 1995
Sixty-one graduate student teachers (from seven urban, rural, and suburban districts) responded to five questions relating to how they viewed their involvement and importance in making decisions in the operation of their schools. Questions were designed by 14 teachers who met twice for about 2 hours each meeting. This development group believed…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Individual Power, Job Satisfaction
Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit 16, Lewisburg, PA. – 1974
The 3-day Institute investigated the adequacy of social agencies and institutions which provide services and assistance to migrant families during their stay in Pennsylvania. Institute activities included presentations by three principal speakers, followed by panel discussions and "action workshops". The workshops provided an opportunity…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Agricultural Laborers, Cultural Differences, Disadvantaged