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Enkin, Elizabeth – Foreign Language Annals, 2015
The 2007 Modern Language Association report spurred research regarding the professional development of foreign language graduate students. This article first reviews existing proposals for the professional development of graduate students, then addresses the relevance of helping graduate students to develop the knowledge and skills that are needed…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Graduate Students, Professional Development
Tabatadze, Shalva; Gorgadze, Natia; Gabunia, Kakha – Online Submission, 2020
This document is a report on the research which was designed to evaluate the affirmative action policy for ethnic minorities in Georgia. The mixed research methods were utilized in the study. Specifically, the following research methods were used: (1) Survey of 12th graders in non-Georgian schools; (2) Survey of the students in the One-Year…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Students, Minority Group Students, High School Seniors
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Vinopal, Jennifer – College & Research Libraries, 2012
In highly dynamic, service-oriented environments like academic libraries, much staff time is spent on initiatives to implement new products and services to meet users' evolving needs. Yet even in an environment where a sound project management process is applied, if we're not properly planning, managing, and controlling the organization's work in…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Program Administration, Library Administration, Library Services
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Ngololo, Elizabeth N.; Nekongo-Nielsen, Haaveshe – International Education Studies, 2017
The study explores teachers' views on the impact of the English Language Proficiency Programme in Namibian schools that was implemented over a period of five years, from 2011 to 2015. The program aimed at improving teachers' proficiency in English. The summative evaluation was conducted in 2016 in the following five (5) regions: Erongo, Hardap,…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Program Implementation, Language Proficiency, Foreign Countries
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Scott, Richard I.; Smith, Patricia J.; Cognard-Black, Andrew J. – Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 2017
Beginning in 2013 and spanning four research articles, we have implemented an empirical analysis protocol for honors education that is rooted in demography (Scott; Scott and Smith; Smith and Scott "Growth"; Smith and Scott, "Demography"). The goal of this protocol is to describe the structure and distribution of the honors…
Descriptors: Honors Curriculum, College Faculty, College Students, Two Year Colleges
Okongo, James – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The failure rate of information technology (IT) development projects is a significant concern for today's organizations. Perceptions of IT project risk and project performance have been identified as important factors by scholars studying the topic, and Wallace, Keil, and Rai (2004a) developed a survey instrument to measure how dimensions of…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Computer Software, Risk, Performance
Mushi, Francis Jeremiah – ProQuest LLC, 2014
High rates of Information Technology (IT) project failures continues; fail to meet established deadlines, exceeding budget, or not agreed-upon functionality. Failure often results from a fundamental confusion over what is involved in the project. Methods that have provided project success in Service and Manufacturing industries have not been…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Statistical Analysis, Quality Control, Measurement Techniques
Durbin, Michael P. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study examined the perspectives of IT managers working in colleges and universities regarding their use of and value for project management. Descriptive and inferential analyses were used to understand individual innovativeness, innovation characteristics of project management, and the perceived use of and value for project management best…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Higher Education, Program Administration, Educational Innovation
Wright, Gerald P. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Despite over half a century of Project Management research, project success rates are still too low. Organizations spend a tremendous amount of valuable resources on Information Technology projects and seek to maximize the utility gained from their efforts. The author investigated the impact of software development methodology choice on ten…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Information Technology, Statistical Analysis, Online Surveys
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Meade, Whitney W.; O'Brien, Jason – Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 2018
In this case, a child with a spinal cord injury was denied access to an afterschool care program that her nondisabled siblings were allowed to attend because she did not meet "eligibility requirements." Specifically, the independent contractor who ran the program mandated that students be able to function in an environment with a student…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Educational Opportunities, After School Programs, Disabilities
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Guillotin, Bertrand – Journal of International Education in Business, 2018
Purpose: Anti-globalization and protectionism movements have transformed strategic internationalization, international business (IB) student engagement and enrollment growth into very complex endeavors. Whereas the literature is rather scarce on solutions, this paper aims to offer some best practices at a highly ranked IB program that can be very…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Global Approach, International Trade, Public Policy
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Gola, Alice Ann H.; Burdg, Jinee – Journal of Child Nutrition & Management, 2018
The FNS Research Corner provides a continuing series to summarize recently completed and current research conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) in the area of child nutrition. Summaries of recently completed research projects and in-progress research are provided in this article.
Descriptors: Food, Nutrition, Lunch Programs, Program Evaluation
Jenkins, Davis; Lahr, Hana; Fink, John; Ganga, Elizabeth – Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2018
Guided pathways reforms can take several years to implement at scale because they require a thoroughgoing redesign of a college's major functions, including: (1) organizing programs into career-focused meta-majors to enhance student recruitment and exploration and program improvement; (2) mapping clear paths to degrees, employment, and further…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Program Administration, Educational Change, Change Strategies
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Zabolotna, Oksana – Comparative Professional Pedagogy, 2015
The article is devoted to the academic mobility projects management on the example of Pavlo Tychyna Uman State Pedagogical University in the Erasmus Mundus Projects, namely, EMINENCE and EMINENCE II. It has been pointed out that modern university is a constantly developing system possessing a hidden potential for innovations. Thus, the…
Descriptors: Professional Education, Universities, Student Mobility, International Cooperation
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Heinerichs, Scott; Bernotsky, R. Lorraine; Danner, Loretta Rieser – Research & Practice in Assessment, 2015
Institutions of higher education are faced with challenges when implementing an assessment initiative. These challenges include constraints on time and resources, the demands of specialized accreditation, and faculty motivation to comply. In addition, the communication of the expectations around assessment must be clear to all constituents in…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Educational Principles, Higher Education, Accreditation (Institutions)
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