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Building Supply Chain Management Programs for the Economic Development of the Region
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Jamie Daigle; Ashley Hall – Industry and Higher Education, 2025
At times, universities are charged with helping stimulate the local economy. This study considered how the supply chain management programs at a regional university could be modified in order to provide a positive impact on the economic development of the region. Through a mixed methods action research approach that incorporated a neural network,…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Supply and Demand, Information Management, Universities
Vertically Integrated Project: Uniting Teaching, Research, and Community in Favor of Sustainability
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Cristiano Morini; Edmundo Inacio Junior; Anibal Tavares de Azevedo; Francisco Elíseo Fernandes Sanches; Eduardo Avancci Dionisio – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2025
Purpose: Higher education institutions (HEIs) are crucial in sustainable development. To this end, they must infuse sustainability into all their endeavors. This study aims to delve into the unique vertically integrated project (VIP), a project-based learning approach and its impact on students' skills and the surrounding community.…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Colleges, Active Learning, Student Projects
International Development Higher Education: Looking from the Past, Looking to the Future
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Chankseliani, Maia – Oxford Review of Education, 2022
International development higher education is a distinct space in a vibrant and growing field of higher education studies. This paper examines international development higher education scholarship to highlight its thematic, disciplinary, methodological, and analytical eclecticism. At the heart of international development higher education is the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Scholarship, Economic Development, Civil Rights
From STEAM to CHEER: A Case Study of Design Education Development in Taiwan
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Lin, Chinlon; Huang, Jianping; Lin, Rungtai – Education Sciences, 2021
The purpose of this study is to provide other developing countries in the region a reference on the successful design education reformation in Taiwan. The study first reviews Taiwan's economic and design development to show their interconnection with local culture and the global market. Next, the study explores Taiwan's design education…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Developing Nations, Educational Change, Economic Development
Cross-Border Higher Education: Global and Local Tensions within Competition and Economic Development
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Owens, Taya L.; Lane, Jason E. – New Directions for Higher Education, 2014
In this chapter, the authors explore various types of cross-border higher education, considering equity and quality issues within these developments. With a particular focus on international branch campuses, the authors discuss the ways in which global competition for knowledge and economic development interact with tensions at the local level.
Descriptors: Higher Education, Global Approach, Competition, Economic Development
Perceived Benefits and Barriers to Local Food Procurement in Publicly Funded Institutions
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Knight, Andrew J.; Chopra, Hema – Journal of Extension, 2013
Community-Based Social Marketing is presented as a technique to add to Extension's community economic development toolbox by examining perceived benefits and barriers to local food procurement at publicly funded institutions. Data were gathered through 86 in-person interviews with representatives across the supply chain. The findings revealed that…
Descriptors: Food, Marketing, Barriers, Public Agencies