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Collins, Christopher S. – Review of Higher Education, 2017
In 2012, the United States Agency for International Development allocated $137 million to fund seven universities to create "development labs" to advance social/economic progress and reduce poverty. International economic development has become a booming field and industry but is also highly contested. The function of the university as a…
Descriptors: Poverty, Qualitative Research, Universities, Economic Development
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Horváth, Miklós – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2017
This article argues that action learning has been incorporated into the Chinese administrative system because of a functional need for Western learning technology. This finding contrasts with those presented in the existing literature, which assert that Western practices have only been partially implemented, if implemented at all, because they…
Descriptors: Western Civilization, Governance, Political Attitudes, Social Systems
Brown, Lenis Colton – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this qualitative, multiple case study was to illuminate the prevalence and configurations of peer mentoring programs at Central California Community Colleges with emphasis on how the programs impacted student retention. The study's sample was drawn from ten campuses and five centers that operate within five California Community…
Descriptors: Mentors, Peer Groups, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students
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Hussain, Rasel; Saha, Amit Kumar; Rabbani, Golam; Pervin, Irin; Shamma, Wasifa Tasnim; Khan, Sazzad Hossain – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
In the era of neoliberalism now the people especially the lower income group of people is suffering a lot for the scarcity of housing. After migrating from the rural areas for a better life they discovered themselves in the slum like areas of the city as they are not capable to afford housing in the influential areas of the city due to higher…
Descriptors: Housing, Slums, Foreign Countries, Program Descriptions
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Konca, Ahmet Sami; Tasdemir, Adem – Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Technology, 2018
This study describes a faculty technology mentoring project intended at providing support and mentoring a faculty member. The project took place in Ahi Evran University from February to June 2015. The mentor and mentee weekly met and explored new technologies which were suitable to the mentee's courses and discussed potential benefits and barriers…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Mentors, Cooperative Learning, Teaching Methods
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Zanoni, Katie – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2017
The role of women in peacebuilding efforts has been recognized through various international instruments that have advanced the ability of women to access the peace table. In order for women to act as leaders, they must possess the capacity to disrupt structural, cultural, and direct forms of violence, engage in peacemaking activities, and employ…
Descriptors: Females, Role, Peace, Violence
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Grotrian-Ryan, Sheri; Ryan, Kyle; Jackson, Alan – Journal of Education and Learning, 2016
Higher education continues to place an emphasis on service-learning, specifically within business and management sciences (Kenworthy-U'Ren & Peterson, 2005). A local academic business organization at a small institution chose to embark on a service-learning endeavor. The purpose of this study was for business majors, active in Phi Beta Lambda…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Business Administration Education, Case Studies, School Business Relationship
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vanOostveen, Roland; Childs, Elizabeth; Clarkson, Jessica; Flynn, Kathleen – College Quarterly, 2016
Engaging in an online course has traditionally been perceived to be a lonely experience, with students busy viewing video lectures, working on problem sets and interacting intermittently with others using asynchronous technologies. More recently, over the past 6-7 years, online courses have become recognized as viable delivery vehicles for online…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Problem Based Learning, Teaching Methods, Case Studies
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Fletcher, Edward C., Jr.; Dicicco, Michael – Teacher Educator, 2017
The purpose of this study was to explore whether the concerns of a group of pre-collegiate students enrolled in an urban teaching academy (UTA) program were unique or similar to those found in earlier studies using Fuller's model as a framework for analysis. Using an instrumental case study approach, findings indicated that the UTA students…
Descriptors: Urban Areas, Teacher Education, Case Studies, Teacher Effectiveness
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Morgan, David L.; Eliot, Susan; Lowe, Robert A.; Gorman, Paul – American Journal of Evaluation, 2016
Although evaluation researchers frequently make use of focus groups and individual interviews as sources of qualitative data, there has been far less attention to dyadic interviews that create a conversation between two research participants. This article describes dyadic interviews as a format that shares many of the advantages of focus groups,…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Interpersonal Communication, Focus Groups, Program Evaluation
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Lansing, Jade; Farnum, Rebecca L. – International Journal of Development Education and Global Learning, 2017
Study abroad in higher education is on the rise, marketed as an effective way to produce global citizens and undermine international boundaries. In practice, however, programmes frequently reify rather than challenge states: participants "study Morocco" rather than "exploring Marrakech." This framing reproduces real and…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Case Studies, Ethnography, Foreign Countries
Silva, Bethany – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Theories of writing process have informed the teaching of writing for the past forty years, providing writing mentors with a language of prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing that broadens ways to invite young writers to approach composition. In the past forty years, new technologies for composition have impacted the products,…
Descriptors: Urban Youth, Parks, Summer Programs, Qualitative Research
Walters, Renee Tatum – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This phenomenological qualitative case study investigates the lived experiences and perception of African-American undergraduate traditional college students who completed a structured transitional and academic success program. The program is known as the Learning Institute and Opportunities for New Students (LIONS) summer bridge program, and it…
Descriptors: Program Descriptions, Self Efficacy, Black Colleges, Summer Programs
Fleming, Antoine – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Advances in technological uses within public schools provide increased methods to collect and store non-public personal information (NPI) or personally identifiable information (PII) from both students and employees. Consequently, the sensitive information collected is susceptible to unauthorized disclosure, as various public school employees are…
Descriptors: Information Security, Case Studies, Qualitative Research, Holistic Approach
Thomas, Diona C. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Technology is now being utilized in schools in an effort to address the lack of engagement most students have experienced in mathematics when learning foundational skills at the elementary school level. While there are a number of studies that have described teacher perceptions of engagement through the use of technology during the school day,…
Descriptors: Role, After School Programs, Elementary School Students, Mathematics Skills
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