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Stover, Bert; Lubega, Flavia; Namubiru, Aidah; Bakengesa, Evelyn; Luboga, Samuel Abimerech; Makumbi, Frederick; Kiwanuka, Noah; Ndizihiwe, Assay; Mukooyo, Eddie; Hurley, Erin; Lim, Travis; Borse, Nagesh N.; Bernhardt, James; Wood, Angela; Sheppard, Lianne; Barnhart, Scott; Hagopian, Amy – Journal of Research Practice, 2018
We report on the implementation experience of carrying out data collection and other activities for a public health evaluation study on whether U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) investment improved utilization of health services and health system strengthening in Uganda. The retrospective study period focused on the PEPFAR…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Health, Data Collection, Program Implementation
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Jance, Marsha – Journal of Learning in Higher Education, 2014
A case study that focuses on building a website for a woodworking business is discussed. Project management and linear programming techniques can be used to determine the time required to complete the website project discussed in the case. This case can be assigned to students in an undergraduate or graduate decision modeling or management science…
Descriptors: Program Administration, Case Studies, Woodworking, Business
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Rhodes, Gary; Loberg, Lisa; Hubbard, Ann – New Directions for Student Services, 2014
This chapter provides a historical and practical background on the evolution and responsibilities of administering study abroad programs for U.S. college and university students.
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Educational Opportunities, Global Approach, Global Education
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Rhodes, Gary – New Directions for Student Services, 2014
This chapter provides a practical background to the health and safety risks and challenges for U.S. colleges and universities and other program providers. Potential risks, field-based guidelines, good practices, and resources to support the management of risks by study abroad offices will be covered.
Descriptors: Risk Management, Study Abroad, Program Development, Program Administration
Hoover, Matthew Amos – RAND Corporation, 2014
Often, development organizations confront a tradeoff between program priorities and operational constraints. These constraints may be financial, capacity, or logistical; regardless, the tradeoff often requires sacrificing portions of a program. This work is concerned with figuring out how, when constrained, an organization or program manager can…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Education, Social Networks, Children
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Cheng, Eric C. K. – International Journal of Educational Management, 2017
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to present a model to assist school leaders in managing the professional development activities of teachers. The model illustrates the important role of principals in promoting continuing professional development (CPD), chiefly by cultivating a collaborative learning culture and formulating policy.…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Faculty Development, Models, Professional Continuing Education
Murillo, Rose L. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine how Southern California community colleges have implemented best practices based on the 8 Keys to Veterans' Success as identified by the U.S. Departments of Education, Defense, and Veterans Affairs to effectively support and retain military and veteran students in higher education programs. The…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Veterans Education, Program Implementation, Best Practices
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Schwieger, Dana; McDonald, Michael – Information Systems Education Journal, 2015
Coastal Pacific Doctor Associates (CPDA) is a multi-physician medical practice located along the west coast. CPDA decided to replace their inadequate and outdated medical office system during a time of tremendous restructuring in the medical software industry. In their impatience, CPDA chose an electronic medical record (EMR) and practice…
Descriptors: Medical Services, Information Systems, Database Management Systems, Database Design
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Liao, Li-Ling; Liu, Chieh-Hsing; Chang, Fong-Ching; Cheng, Chi-Chia J.; Niu, Yu-Zhen; Chang, Tzu-Chau – Journal of School Health, 2015
Background: Taiwan has advocated health-promoting schools (HPS) since 2001 and established the Health-Promoting School Supporting Network (HPSSN) in 2005 to offer administrative support and consultation. Respondents' opinions about HPSSN and the relationship between these perceptions and HPS implementation were examined. Methods: In 2011, 800…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Health Promotion, Elementary Schools, Middle Schools
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Wilson, Maureen E.; Hirschy, Amy S.; Braxton, John M. – Journal of College and University Student Housing, 2016
To protect the welfare of students, staff, and other clients in housing and residence life (HRL), administrators must understand what behaviors are unacceptable. Professionals might make idiosyncratic and unconstrained decisions when there is no conduct code or set of informal rules. Informal rules may become norms comprising normative structures…
Descriptors: Regression (Statistics), College Housing, Program Administration, Resident Advisers
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O'Reilly, Erin N. – International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology, 2016
As access to information and communication technology grows, educators have increasing opportunities to experiment with and to adapt both hardware and software to their current practice. Technology's integration, however, can vary widely between teachers within the same program for numerous reasons. Understanding the challenges practitioners face…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Technology Integration, Needs Assessment, Educational Indicators
Phillips, Beth M.; Mazzeo, Debbie; Smith, Kevin – Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast, 2016
This Self-Study Guide has been developed to support Florida Voluntary Prekindergarten Providers (VPK) who are required to complete an improvement plan process (i.e., low-performing providers). The guide has sections that can be used during both the process of selecting target areas for an improvement plan and the process of implementing new or…
Descriptors: Self Evaluation (Groups), Preschool Education, Voluntary Agencies, Educational Improvement
Neves, Celine A. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The federal government spends much money on information technology (IT) projects each year, yet numerous IT projects continue to underperform. For instance, in Fiscal Year 2008, OMB and federal agencies identified approximately 413 IT projects ($25.2 billion) as being poorly planned, poorly performing, or both. Agencies struggle to implement sound…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Administrative Organization, Program Administration, Federal Government
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Bajada, Christopher; Kandlbinder, Peter; Trayler, Rowan – Higher Education Research and Development, 2019
Systematic changes to higher education curriculum typically occur within the extended timeframes of formal curriculum review processes. Programmes need to be reviewed periodically for internal and external accountability or to determine whether the curriculum has lost its coherence due to the accumulative effect of continual small-scale changes.…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Accountability, Instructional Innovation, Teaching Methods
Gambardella, Marisa Lauren – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this study was to explore policy as it exists amongst literacy professors working with linguistically diverse students in higher education. The goal of this study was to provide research-based guidance on how explicit and implicit policies are created and implemented within a higher education setting. This study explored the…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Case Studies, Bilingualism, Educational Policy
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