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Zong, Xiaohua; Zhang, Wei – Studies in Higher Education, 2019
The rapid advances of China's universities in major international league tables are generally believed to be an accomplishment of Project 985. A quasi-experimental study was, therefore, undertaken to test the belief and to evaluate the effectiveness of this policy intervention, using 15-year panel data between 1998 and 2013. Results from a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Higher Education, Reputation
Bottomley, Kevin; Schumacher, Jane; Burleigh, Cheryl; Lindsay, Pamela – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2020
The literature indicates that approximately 50% of those who seek a doctoral education complete the degree. Research indicates that persistence is one of the key issues that students struggle with and negatively impacts their ability to graduate. Other factors include the ability to maintain enrollment; topic selection; and ability to maintain a…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Academic Persistence, Doctoral Students, Doctoral Programs
European University Association, 2023
The "Innovative Leadership and Change Management in Higher Education" (NEWLEAD, 2020-2023) focused on capacity building of university leaders to steer change and address new priorities on the institutional transformation agenda. Findings from the NEWLEAD project demonstrate that leading and transforming universities is a complex…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Higher Education, Educational Innovation, Capacity Building
Rekalde-Rodríguez, Itziar; Barrenechea, Julieta; Hernandez, Yannick – Education Sciences, 2021
Universities are undertaking transformation projects that align their work with the Sustainable Development Goals. This paper describes how Ocean I3, an educational innovation project that aims to reduce plastic in the sea, has made an impact on its community over its three editions (2018/19 to 2020/21). Methodologically, it has been approached by…
Descriptors: Instructional Innovation, Teaching Methods, Capstone Experiences, Sustainability
Kezar, Adrianna; Bernstein-Sierra, Samantha – AERA Open, 2019
This study examines the Association of American Universities Undergraduate STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) initiative and the ability of a national organization and its member institutions to reshape norms about the importance and value of teaching and dedicated efforts to teaching improvement. The study is framed with…
Descriptors: Organizational Change, STEM Education, Educational Improvement, Organizational Theories
Pottick, Kathleen J.; Giordano, Stephanie; Chirico, Danielle E. – Journal of Social Work Education, 2015
Concerns about the cost of higher education and student loan debt have resulted in increasing efforts by policymakers and university administrators to find alternative ways to support the financing of higher education for students. The authors present a case study of a student-led philanthropy campaign to generate funding for social work student…
Descriptors: Universities, Fund Raising, Private Financial Support, Higher Education
Gonzalez Alonso, Gloria Amparo – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This qualitative within-case study explored how planned educational change in universities can be facilitated through academic professional development strategies. Thus this study attempted to shed some light on the dynamics of educational planned change in universities and their implications for academic professional development of faculty. The…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Professional Development, Change Strategies
Paris, Kathleen A. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2004
The author describes practical steps for infusing the strategic plan throughout the organization. These steps have carried the University of Wisconsin--Madison effectively through two cycles of reaccreditation and planning. (Contains 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Program Implementation, Program Development, Program Descriptions
Singleton, Sharon E.; And Others – 1997
This study examined faculty service at colleges and universities in New England to determine the characteristics of service enclaves on campus. Interviews were conducted with faculty and administrators at Bentley College, Lesley College, Salem State College, and the University of Massachusetts-Boston in Massachusetts; Trinity College and the…
Descriptors: Change Agents, College Role, Colleges, Higher Education

Ingalls, Wayne B. – Higher Education, 1995
The way in which the University of Botswana went about building the consensus necessary to develop a new administrative and management structure is described. The process began with a commission review to address increasing demand, and progressed to recommendations, governing council response, a task force for reorganization, and implementation.…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Case Studies, Change Strategies, College Administration
Laudato, Nicholas C.; DeSantis, Dennis J. – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1995
The approach used by the University of Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania) in designing a campus-wide information architecture and a framework for reengineering the business process included building consensus on a general philosophy for information systems, using pattern-based abstraction techniques, applying data modeling and application prototyping, and…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Change Strategies, College Administration, Higher Education

Hansen, Valerie R. – Planning for Higher Education, 1979
The University of Wisconsin-Stout is in the third year of developing and implementing a long-range planning process in response to the decline in the traditional college-age population and scarce resources. Several basic principles that evolved with Stout's planning process are described, and a perspective for considering planning is suggested.…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Case Studies, Change Strategies, College Administration

Houghton, John; Jurick, Donna M. – Liberal Education, 1995
The self-study process at St. Edward's University (Texas) is described. Features examined include its five focal areas (technology, knowledge explosion, experiential learning, multiculturalism, and values), involvement of both the campus and external communities in the self-study, and the vision of a redesigned university that resulted from the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, College Curriculum, College Planning