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Ledyankina, Olga V.; Akimova, Olga B.; Fomin, Evgenii P. – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2016
Topicality of the issue researched is preconditioned by the need to describe the conceptual basis and significance of educational service resource support of at the current development stage of Russian vocational education, classification of its main components as well as significance of the need to transform resource support from the factor that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Certification, Mixed Methods Research
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Neufeld, Patricia J.; Purvey, Diane; Churchley, John; Handford, Victoria – International Journal for Leadership in Learning, 2015
This project analyzes a long-standing school district-based leadership development program in British Columbia, Canada, and its transition to a partnership with the local university in which the students receive credit toward a graduate degree. The intent of this study was to explore the change process in leadership development from a school…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, College School Cooperation, School Districts, Leadership
Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2011
The Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System[TM] (STARS) is a program of AASHE, the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education. AASHE is a member-driven organization with a mission to empower higher education to lead the sustainability transformation. STARS was developed by AASHE with input and insight from…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Social Justice, Sustainable Development, Sustainability
Philbin, Simon P. – Journal of Research Administration, 2011
Multidisciplinary research institutes provide universities with an important vehicle to conduct research across traditional disciplines, and this can be an attractive capability for external funding bodies. However, there can be particular challenges, including managing different reporting lines, the need for effective research coordination, and…
Descriptors: Management Systems, Investigations, Foreign Countries, Research Administration
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Hodson, Peter; Connolly, Michael; Younes, Said – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2008
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the introduction of a quality assurance system in a new, private university in Syria, and considers the extent to which the theoretical model based on institutional theory and isomorphism is reflected in practice. Design/methodology/approach: A five year longitudinal study which reviews the design,…
Descriptors: Private Colleges, Quality Control, Foreign Countries, Educational Quality
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Horowitz, Lisa R.; Flanagan, Patricia A.; Helman, Deborah L. – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2005
The MIT Libraries enthusiastically implemented real-time online reference service in September 2001. After 15 months, Ask Us!--Live was suspended due to ongoing software problems. This article describes the four-part assessment of the service with recommendations for the future. (Contains 6 figures and 21 notes.)
Descriptors: Reference Services, Formative Evaluation, Computer Mediated Communication, Communication Research