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Direct linkKezar, Adrianna – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2013
Government agencies, foundations, business and industry, and other important higher education stakeholders continue to invest in important and deep changes they think are necessary for the vitality and health of higher education particularly interdisciplinary teaching and research. But we know little about how transformational changes happen,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Stakeholders, Public Agencies, Educational Change
Kezar, Adrianna; Elrod, Susan – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2012
Many major funding organizations, policymakers, government agencies, and other higher education stakeholders want higher education to encourage interdisciplinary learning so that students graduate with the requisite skills to take on complex jobs in science, policy, business, and industry. Calls for this kind of change have been most urgent within…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Higher Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Public Agencies
Kezar, Adrianna – Education and Urban Society, 2011
Given the importance of postsecondary institutions partnering with community agencies and groups to meet a variety of essential goals such as access and success of students, this study investigated one such partnership with the aim of attempting to understand the experience of community-led partnerships and the role of culture in partnerships…
Descriptors: Organizational Culture, Low Income, Partnerships in Education, Cultural Differences
Kezar, Adrianna; Lester, Jaime; Yang, Hannah – Educational Policy, 2010
This article reports on a three year case study and interview project of a federal initiative to help low income students access college called individual development accounts (IDA). The study focused on partnership development between community agencies that offer IDAs and postsecondary institutions, examining challenges and facilitators. A set…
Descriptors: Low Income, Familiarity, Partnerships in Education, Nonprofit Organizations
Download full textKezar, Adrianna – Liberal Education, 2009
While widespread financial illiteracy and reduced opportunities for low-income students to participate in higher education may seem unrelated, both challenges can be addressed through Individual Development Accounts (IDAs), an existing but widely underutilized tool. IDAs have the potential both to increase access and retention of low-income…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Low Income, Money Management, Illiteracy
Kezar, Adrianna – Center for Higher Education Policy Analysis, University of Southern California, 2009
The overarching goal for this project was to examine the potential for increasing IDA use for educational purposes and to explore higher education's involvement with IDAs, as well as the potential for greater participation. The three main objectives for the project were to: (1) describe and understand current education IDA initiatives,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Postsecondary Education, Scholarships, Income
