At a time when many regions are grappling with economic challenges and universities are struggling to demonstrate their public value, the question of how regions and universities might partner effectively begs to be addressed. This qualitative case study examines the engagement of six land-grant institutions in regions not proximate to their…

A variety of factors are putting great pressure on residential treatment centers to justify their role in the child serving system through evidence of impact on the lives of children, youth, and families. The present study describes the role of residential treatment from an outcomes perspective in a midsized state over the course of a 5 year…

Explores four propositions about evaluation within institutions of higher education. (Author/PG)

This paper briefly traces the historical development and purposes of American higher education from the colonial and early national period, through the growth of the modern university, to contemporary attitudes and practices. (JS)

Among the purposes of this study were: (1) to investigate, in a small number of institutions with differing characteristics, what on-campus and off-campus groups perceive the goals of their institutions to be, as well as what they believe their goals should be; (2) to evaluate whether the Delphi technique produces opinion convergence among…

The author presents a few discussion notes on the role and purposes of teacher centers as they function in the United Kingdom. (Author/SJL)

New River Community College, Dublin, Virginia, has a continuing education philosophy based upon the understanding that education is never complete. They view themselves, and similar institutions, as true community education and cultural centers. (AG)

Public libraries should not try to be social welfare agencies. Their primary function should be providing information by the printed word. (JS)

In 2009, Excelencia in Education launched the Ensuring America's Future initiative to inform, organize, and engage leaders in a tactical plan to increase Latino college completion. This initiative included the release of a benchmarking guide for projections of degree attainment disaggregated by race/ethnicity that offered multiple metrics to track…

Recognizing that a necessary and significant role change is underway in faculty development, this book calls for centers to merge their traditional responsibilities and services with a leadership role as organizational developers. Failing to define and outline the dimensions and expertise of this new role puts centers at risk of not only…

This monograph discusses how to make England's further education (FE) system genuinely responsive to learner demand, as well as stable, affordable, and of high quality. It looks at how a demand-driven system can be organised and funded, at what is required of governments, and what can be left to learners themselves and to the education and…

Professional development that improves teaching and student learning meets research-based standards to ensure high-quality educator learning experiences. Since the quality of professional learning affects its results, many states, districts, and schools want to measure the effectiveness of their professional development to make targeted…

A decade ago, when "Current Issues in Comparative Education" ("CICE") published its first issue "Are NGOs Overrated?" both academic debates and development policy discussions were focused on the expanding role played by NGOs in the developing world. Today the language has changed--and so too, in some ways, has…