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Sedivy-Benton, Amy; Strohschen, Gabriele; Cavazos, Nora; Boden-McGill, Carrie – Adult Learning, 2015
Bullying in higher education is an increasingly common phenomenon that negatively affects organizational climate, completed work's quality and quantity, and students' educational experiences. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to investigate the lived experiences of women adult educators who were targets of bullying. Six…
Descriptors: Phenomenology, Adult Educators, Women Faculty, Bullying
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Tusting, Karin – Language and Education, 2012
Literacies are always learned in particular social places and spaces, and the nature of a site shapes the experiences people have of learning literacies there. This paper considers the experiences of staff in two contrasting workplaces: an early years centre, and an adult education college. Both are educational workplaces, and staff are engaged in…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Early Childhood Education, Accountability, Literacy
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Houck, Christiana – Performance Improvement, 2011
This article looks at virtual mentoring programs through a lens of generational differences, technological preferences, and communication styles. Best practices are framed to address the need to prepare the incoming millennials to lead the workforce as baby boomers exit. After a review of the literature, ideas are culled to apply the theory to a…
Descriptors: Mentors, Interpersonal Relationship, Virtual Classrooms, Baby Boomers
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Wallace, Raymond H. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2008
The flattening world, growing expectations of accountability, and retiring baby boomers are just a few of the issues in the rapidly changing work environment that make it essential for colleges and universities to understand a wider variety of business affairs data in order to be competitive and effective. To meet these challenges, institutional…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Institutional Research, Institutional Evaluation, Outcomes of Education