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Comprehensive Assessment for Teaching and Learning Centres: A Field-Tested Planning Model
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Ellis, Donna E.; Brown, Veronica M.; Tse, Crystal T. – International Journal for Academic Development, 2020
Educational developers need to assess the work of their Centres, from program participation and impact to underlying organizational processes. Various frameworks exist, but developers may feel unsure how to get started. We developed a planning model that offers a structured, systematic approach for developing comprehensive assessment systems that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Resource Centers, Educational Facilities, Faculty Development
Toward Institutionalizing Successful Innovations in the Academy
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Wise, Sarah B.; Ngai, Courtney; Corbo, Joel Christopher; Gammon, Mark A.; Rivard, Jaclyn K.; Smith, Clara E. – To Improve the Academy, 2022
Due to the "wicked problem" of the Academy's resistance to innovation, new teaching and learning programs struggle to become integrated into the fabric of the Academy, which slows the uptake of evidence-based practices. This wicked problem is rooted in the lack of slow, intentional mechanisms for cultural change in the Academy. In this…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Educational Change, Higher Education, Resource Centers
Evaluating Centers for Teaching and Learning: A Field-Tested Model
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Hines, Susan R. – To Improve the Academy, 2017
This paper provides a program evaluation model, along with field-testing results, that was developed in response to the need for an evaluation model able to support systematic evaluation of teaching and learning centers (CTLs). The model builds upon the author's previous studies investigating the evaluation practices and struggles experienced at…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Models, Resource Centers, Educational Development
American Indian Undergraduate Student Voices for Student Success
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Juan Antonio Alvino Luna – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Access to higher education is believed to be one of the most important factors to promote social equity across diverse segments of the U.S. population, including American Indians. However, little has changed in terms of key metrics for success regarding retention rates for American Indian students in higher education. What is often debated…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian Students, Undergraduate Students, Cultural Background
Serving Our Veterans in Higher Education: An Evaluation of a Collegiate Veteran Affairs Program
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Wheelus, Angela – ProQuest LLC, 2019
In 2012, more than five percent of all postsecondary students were veterans or currently serving in the military, and 43% attended a public 2-year institution (Ahern, Foster, & Head, 2012). The Collegiate Veteran Affairs Program, at a public 2-year college in the southeastern part of the United States, serves as the point of contact for…
Descriptors: College Students, Veterans, Veterans Education, Program Evaluation
Readiness for Shifting from a Traditional Higher Education Learning System to an E-Learning System: A Case Study from the Sultanate of Oman
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Al-Gattoufi, Said; Al-Naabi, Salem; Gattoufi, Bechir – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2007
The Ministry of Higher Education in the Sultanate of Oman initiated recently a restructuring program for the General Directorate Colleges of Education aiming to replace the existing six colleges with more applied and highly IT assisted institutions. A particular emphasis is directed towards improving the learning methods by developing and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Schools of Education, Learning Resources Centers