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Jackie Aman; Piere Washington; Justin Hollis – Wilder Research, 2025
In 1998, the University of Wisconsin-Madison began offering opportunities for staff, faculty, and students to engage in reflection of their lived experiences in learning communities. In 2012, the Learning Communities for Institutional Change & Excellence (LCICE) unit formally launched, providing dialogue- and cohort-based professional learning…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, State Universities, College Faculty, School Personnel
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Huggins, Susan; Smith, Peter – Open Praxis, 2015
Navigating learning, formal or informal, can be overwhelming, confusing, and impersonal. With more options than ever, the process of deciding what, where, and when can be overwhelming to a learner. The concept of Open College at Kaplan University (OC@KU) was to bring organization, purpose, and personalization of learning caused by vast resources…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Models, Open Education, Educational Innovation
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Crisp, Gloria; Taggart, Amanda – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2013
A narrative review was developed to add to the discussion and dissemination of research on community colleges. The review adds to existing work by synthesizing and critiquing the empirical research to date specific to three of the most prevalent programmatic efforts presently seen on community college campuses: (a) learning communities, (b)…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Educational Research, Program Effectiveness
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Commission for International Adult Education, 2012
The Commission on International Adult Education (CIAE) of the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE) provides a forum for the discussion of international issues related to adult education in general, as well as adult education in various countries around the globe. The following purposes summarize the work of the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Foreign Countries, Lifelong Learning, Religion
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Edwards-Wiley, Tina L.; Chivers, Nadia – Journal of Correctional Education, 2005
To examine the perception of instructors who teach in prison college programs, two studies were conducted, the first in 1993 and the second in 2003. Three areas of measurement were included in the survey instrument sent to professors working in the Ball State University's Prison Program, Muncie, IN. The first measurement was that of instructors'…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Correctional Institutions, Correctional Education, Institutionalized Persons
Martin, Deanna C.; Arendale, David – 1994
This paper discusses the Supplemental Instruction (SI) model of student academic assistance, a program recognized as exemplary by the U.S. Department of Education and developed at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) to help students in difficult postsecondary courses master course content while they acquire and integrate effective…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Programs, College Students, Courses
Montgomerie, Craig; And Others – 1991
This document reports on a study on educational leadership training opportunities and needs in Alberta, Canada. After an overview of study objectives and methodology, a detailed review of the literature on leadership is presented, including various leadership and educational leadership definitions and information on preservice preparation and…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, College Programs, Courses, Educational Opportunities