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Building the Field of Higher Education Engagement: Foundational Ideas and Future Directions. Revised and Expanded Edition of the 20th Anniversary Issue of the "Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement"
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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
Internationalizing Honors. National Collegiate Honors Council Monograph Series
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Klein, Kim, Ed.; Mulvaney, Mary Kay, Ed. – National Collegiate Honors Council, 2020
Internationalization of honors programs and colleges enriches students' undergraduate education and expands their post-graduate options, opening doors to a new world of experiences and opportunities. This monograph takes a holistic approach to internationalization. The monograph highlights how honors programs and colleges have gone beyond…
Descriptors: International Education, Honors Curriculum, Case Studies, Models
Student Learning Abroad: What Our Students Are Learning, What They're Not, and What We Can Do about It
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Vande Berg, Michael, Ed.; Paige, R. Michael, Ed.; Lou, Kris Hemming, Ed. – Stylus Publishing LLC, 2012
A central purpose of this book is to question the claims commonly made about the educational benefits of study abroad. Traditional metrics of enrollment increases and student self-report, and practices of structural immersion, are being questioned as educators voice growing uncertainty about what students are or are not in fact learning abroad.…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Program Effectiveness, Cultural Differences, Cultural Awareness
Organizing for Student Success: The University College Model. The First Year Experience Monograph Series No. 53
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Evenbeck, Scott E.; Jackson, Barbara; Smith, Maggy; Ward, Dorothy – National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, 2010
Organizing for Student Success draws on data from more than 50 institutions to provide insight into how university colleges are organized, the initiatives they house, and the practices in place to ensure their effectiveness. Twenty case studies from 15 different campuses offer an in-depth understanding of institutional practice. Ultimately,…
Descriptors: Models, College Programs, Success, Institutional Characteristics
Beyond Paradigms: Coherentism and Holism in Educational Research.
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Lakomski, Gabriele, Ed. – International Journal of Educational Research, 1991
Six papers explore applications/implications of the unity thesis in discrete areas of educational research. The unity thesis argues that knowledge is all of a piece and allows for methodological diversity in educational research. Topics include a coherentist validity theory; policy analysis; hermeneutics; meta-analysis; and coherentist empiricism…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Educational Theories, Epistemology, Hermeneutics
Basic Instruction Programs in Physical Education--A Foundation for an Active Tomorrow.
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Davis, Kathryn L., Ed. – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, 1993
Presents a collection of articles that address the importance of basic instruction programs in college physical education, focusing on the history of basic instruction, issues and answers, effective teaching, faculty renewal, teacher development, and research in basic instruction programs. (SM)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational History, Faculty Development, Higher Education
The Craft of Teaching Adults.
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Barer-Stein, Thelma, Ed.; Draper, James A., Ed. – 1989
The chapters and authors in this volume are as follows: "The New World of Continuing Education" (Thomas); "Compared to What? Comparison Studies as an Added Dimension for Adult Learning" (Kidd); "Culture in the Classroom" (Barer-Stein); "Planning for Learning: A Model for Creative Decision Making" (Herman);…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Andragogy, Comparative Education