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Direct linkBradshaw, Geoffrey W. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2013
In 2010, Madison Area Technical College (Madison College), a comprehensive community college in Madison, Wisconsin, was selected by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs (ECA) to head a consortium project to expand the capacity of community colleges to offer study-abroad programs. The project focuses on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Community Colleges, Best Practices, Sustainable Development
Pawlowski, Krzysztof – Higher Education in Europe, 2009
Beginning with a view of the role of tertiary-level educational institutions in the globalizing world and the condition of the Polish higher education system in 2007, the author presents the factors affecting the regional development as well as those that exert the strongest influence on long-term regional development. While examining current…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Regional Programs, Economic Impact, Global Approach
Mullen, Adrienne Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The Basic Skills Report for California Community Colleges (2007) stresses the importance of comprehensive training and development opportunities for all faculty (tenured and part-time), administrators and staff members who work with underprepared students. With such a large number of academically underprepared students entering the community…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Communities of Practice, Regional Cooperation, Regional Programs
Stefanovic, Ingrid Leman – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2008
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to describe the role that the University of Toronto has had in helping to establish a Regional Centre of Expertise (RCE) on Education for Sustainable Development in Toronto, Canada. The way in which the RCE initiative has helped to move forward the university's own five-year plan will also be discussed.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sustainable Development, Expertise, Partnerships in Education
Ferrer-Balas, D.; Buckland, H. – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2008
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between the Technical University of Catalonia (UPC) and RCE-Barcelona in the context of two organisations with a strategic aim to further Education for Sustainable Development. A special emphasis is put in the role that UPC has had in the creation and development of this project,…
Descriptors: Systems Approach, Sustainable Development, Systems Analysis, Regional Planning
Filho, Walter Leal; Schwarz, Jens – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2008
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to describe the experiences of RCE Hamburg, one of the latest Regional Centres of Excellence (RCE) to be created. It outlines the activities performed by the RCE and describes its relationships with the various stakeholders. Design/methodology/approach: A description of the region where the RCE is located is…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Stakeholders, Regional Planning, Regional Programs
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). Centre for Educational Research and Innovation. – 1973
The Centre for Educational Research and Innovation Studies on innovation have tried to evaluate what is happening in different member countries to achieve a balance between organized processes for change and free initiative of the individual school or teacher, and to establish effective institutions in the different national circumstances. The aim…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, Comparative Education, Curriculum
Download full textO'Connell, William R., Jr.; Smartt, Steven H. – 1979
The outcomes of the Faculty Evaluation Project of the Southern Regional Education Board are reviewed. The project sought to promote principles of comprehensive, systematic faculty evaluation. During an 18-month period, the project worked closely with 30 institutions to assist them in developing such programs. Regional aspects of the project, the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Evaluation Criteria
Robottom, Ian; Sauvee, Lucie – Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, 2003
We reflect on methodological issues arising in two of our own research projects as a form of practice, as a way of engaging in a praxis of project research. The projects chosen for this purpose are themselves concerned with teacher education and curriculum development in environmental education: they include participatory "reflective…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Participatory Research, Informal Education, Environmental Education
