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El-Tahan, Emad Abdel Khalek Saber; Houcine, Benlaria; Eltahir, Ibrahim Ahmed Elamin; Mostafa, Sanaa; Mohammed, Mohammed – International Journal of Higher Education, 2021
This research aimed to study the effects of The Role of Jouf University in serving and developing the society for Vision 2030, by understanding the influence of training, continuous education, technical consultations, and applied researches on management development for employees and organizational development of institutions. For this purpose, a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Role, Management Development, Continuing Education
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
Perry, Lane; Farmer, Betty; Onder, David; Tanner, Benjamin; Burton, Carol – Metropolitan Universities, 2015
As a descriptive case study from Western Carolina University (WCU), this article describes the development of a measuring, monitoring, and tracking system (the WCU Community-based Activities Survey) for faculty engagement in, adoption of, and impact through community engagement practices both internal and external to their courses. This paper will…
Descriptors: Community Surveys, Case Studies, Teacher Participation, College Faculty
Bourn, Douglas; Cara, Olga – Development Education Research Centre, 2013
Linking between schools in the United Kingdom and schools in sub-Saharan Africa has been a feature of the educational landscape for more than twenty years, but became a government priority between 2000 and 2010. Whilst the interest in Ireland was less, both countries resourced linking programmes primarily as a means of raising awareness of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Partnerships in Education, Models, Educational Cooperation
Zeller, William J., Ed. – National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, 2008
Residence life programs play a key role in recruiting students, helping them make a successful transition to a new institution, and in retaining them, whether students are enrolling for the first time, transferring from another institution, or entering graduate school. Chapters in this book address theories of learning and development, new…
Descriptors: College Housing, Dormitories, Student Adjustment, College Freshmen
Narang, R. H. – 1989
Efforts at education for all in India began with the expansion of the night school concept in the late 1800s. The government took responsibility for adult education in 1937. With independence came general acceptance of the broader concept of adult education. Despite literacy efforts through the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, the number of illiterate…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, College Faculty, College Role
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Carlson, Robert V. – Rural Educator, 1992
Uses a case study approach to determine how a rural supervisory union school district and its communities attempted to improve the union's economic feasibility and address important school needs. Efforts appear to have resulted in greater teacher involvement, commitment, and ownership of subsequent changes and promotion of teachers to…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Development, Educational Change, Educational Planning
Wagner, Delmer – Momentum, 1999
Tries to encourage teachers, principals, and others to strive to achieve authentic practices of teacher leadership and community building. Narrates the efforts of St. Patrick School in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada since 1996 to build a collaborative culture based on trust and good will so that the entire staff was transformed into a team of…
Descriptors: Community Development, Educational Change, Educational Practices, Faculty Development
Gaines, Sherry K.; Kelley, Susan J.; Spencer, Lorine – Metropolitan Universities: An International Forum, 1997
Partnerships with communities help universities respond to contemporary societal issues, enrich educational experiences, and offer opportunities for research and faculty service. At Georgia State University, three health-related programs link campus and community in projects for grandparents raising grandchildren, migrant farm workers, and…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, College Faculty, College Role, Community Development
Burgstahler, Sheryl; Swift, Catherine – 1996
This report, in support of the project "Enhanced Learning through Electronic Communities," investigated successful practices of electronic communities. A literature review was conducted and a survey was sent to 15 system operators of networks that had a community-based focus with ancillary educational components and networks that focused primarily…
Descriptors: Community Benefits, Community Development, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks