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Brown, Blakely; Komlos, Barbara Z. – New Directions for Higher Education, 2019
This chapter describes the development and implementation of an Indigenous Mentoring Program (IMP) for faculty who mentor American Indian/Alaska Native graduate students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. The chapter also reviews steps taken in adapting and translating the IMP to non-Montana institutions that are…
Descriptors: Program Development, Program Implementation, American Indian Students, Alaska Natives
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Mac, Jacqueline; Sarreal, Adrianne D.; Wang, Amy C.; Museus, Samuel D. – New Directions for Higher Education, 2019
Increased knowledge about the conditions that have catalyzed and enabled institutions to seek and effectively acquire federally recognized and supported Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISI) status can inform the work of potential and emerging AANAPISIs.
Descriptors: Asian American Students, Pacific Islanders, Federal Aid, Knowledge Level
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Windchief, Sweeney – New Directions for Higher Education, 2019
This chapter provides a rationale for supporting American Indians and Alaska Natives in the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) fields particularly at the graduate level through Pacific Northwest Circle of Success: Mentoring Opportunities in STEM (PNW-COSMOS) Alliance activities and offers direction for the development of programming…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Mentors, American Indian Students, Alaska Natives
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Franker, Karen; James, Dennis – New Directions for Higher Education, 2016
A key step in distance learning project management is the creation of a course development plan. The plan should account for decisions related to materials, curriculum, delivery methods, staffing, technology applications, resources, reporting lines, and project management--issues that may require administrator involvement and support, particularly…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Curriculum Development, Decision Making, Electronic Learning
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Sáenz, Victor B.; Ponjuan, Luis; Segovia, Jorge, Jr.; Del Real Viramontes, José – New Directions for Higher Education, 2015
This chapter highlights the development of Project MALES (Mentoring to Achieve Latino Educational Success). At the center of Project MALES is a mentoring program that aims to cultivate an engaged support network for males of color at the University of Texas at Austin and across surrounding communities. Specifically, there is a discussion of the…
Descriptors: Mentors, Males, Supervisory Methods, Social Networks
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Meade, Tracy – New Directions for Higher Education, 2012
In March 2008, The City University of New York (CUNY) Chancellor Matthew Goldstein formally launched an initiative to create the university's seventh community college. The development of the concept for this new college is informed in part by the knowledge and practices acquired through working with high school and GED students. Specifically,…
Descriptors: Expertise, Student Needs, Community Colleges, Dual Enrollment
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Jass, Lori K. – New Directions for Higher Education, 2012
Bethel University in St. Paul, Minnesota, comprises three primary units that each serve a distinct population: the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) is a residential college for roughly 2,800 traditional-age undergraduates; the College of Adult and Professional Studies and Graduate School (CAPS/GS) serves roughly 2,200 adult learners at both the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Adult Students, Adult Programs, Systems Approach
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Stodden, Robert A.; Brown, Steven E.; Roberts, Kelly – New Directions for Higher Education, 2011
What constitutes a supportive environment for all students with disabilities in postsecondary settings? After more than ten years of collecting data focused on the provision of educational supports to students with disabilities in postsecondary education, the authors have discovered numerous intervening variables that contribute to a supportive…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Intervention, Disabilities, Program Effectiveness
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Williams, Carol G. – New Directions for Higher Education, 2012
Abilene Christian University uses a hybrid governance model. Centralized structures include traditional program departments that supply the faculty and curriculum development for online graduate programs. Decentralized structures include an associate provost and separate student services for the online program.
Descriptors: Church Related Colleges, Program Development, Adult Programs, Online Courses
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McGuire, Patricia A. – New Directions for Higher Education, 2009
Participation in accreditation processes, on visiting teams as well as through institutional self-study, is an excellent opportunity for individual academics to augment their professional expertise in a range of higher education issues: strategic planning and assessment, resource management and capital investments, curriculum planning and program…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Strategic Planning, Organizational Change, Accreditation (Institutions)
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Voorhees, Richard A. – New Directions for Higher Education, 2008
Institutions that have organized and centralized their data enjoy an obvious advantage in grappling with strategic planning and other issues. As the drumbeat for accountability, planning, and demonstrating effectiveness to internal and external stakeholders intensifies, the stature and importance of institutional research offices on most campuses…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Institutional Research, Institutional Role, Role Perception
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Meyer, Katrina A. – New Directions for Higher Education, 2009
Distance education in its many forms had been around for decades, but the Western Governors University (WGU) was arguably the first "virtual university" (VU) in the United States, or at least the first VU that gained widespread attention from the press and public. After the governors in the Western Governors Association announced they would create…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Virtual Universities, Institutional Research, Educational Research
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Broughton, Connie – New Directions for Higher Education, 2009
People do not want to know the history, minutiae of policy, or operations, or even the political intrigues of a virtual consortium. People want to know if the consortium has value, whether it can help them, and if it is a threat. In this article, the author focuses on the operating principles and policies that have proven successful in the…
Descriptors: Technical Institutes, Community Colleges, Consortia, Educational Environment
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Alley, Keith E. – New Directions for Higher Education, 2007
Building undergraduate and graduate programs simultaneously highlighted the tensions between disciplinary-based undergraduate programs and interdisciplinary graduate programs.
Descriptors: Research Universities, Graduate Study, Masters Programs, Institutional Role
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Dotolo, Lawrence G. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1999
Describes the evolution and implementation of the Summer Institute on College Teaching, a faculty development program created by the Virginia Tidewater Consortium as part of a foundation-funded exercise through the Kansas City Regional Council for Higher Education. Guiding principles in program development and lessons learned are discussed. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Consortia, Faculty Development, Higher Education
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