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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
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Korn, James H. – Teaching of Psychology, 2009
I review the development of the Fund for Excellence, which provides financial support for the Society for the Teaching of Psychology teaching awards. James McConnell provided funds in the early years of the awards before the Fund was established in 1987. I review the growth of the Fund and its administration by a Board of Directors, then make…
Descriptors: Awards, Psychology, Financial Support, Endowment Funds
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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
Sork, Thomas J. – 1979
Research was conducted to develop and gather evidence of validity for a normative process model to be used by community adult education councils in establishing priority among community-level needs. The study design was based on a five-stage problem solving, systems model involving exploration, model building, design and development, validation,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Community Education, Conceptual Schemes
Heyerdahl, Lawrence; And Others – 1978
A study was conducted to identify and clarify the stated missions, goals, and relationships of three institutions (Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation [BCSC], Indiana Vocational Technical College [IVTC], and the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Campus [IUPUI]) to each other and the Columbus community to determine the…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Cooperation, Community Leaders, Comparative Analysis
Thomas, Hollie B.; And Others – 1979
The Florida State Advisory Council on Vocational Education funded a study to determine the extent to which programs involved in vocational training represent a consistent, integrated, and coordinated approach to meeting vocational education, employment, and training needs of Florida, and to determine present and emerging patterns of governance of…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Agency Role, Articulation (Education), Communication Problems