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Amoo, Sikiru A. – African Higher Education Review, 2014
This paper examines the quality of teaching and research in developing human resources to facilitate the development of tertiary education in the nation. It discusses the challenges and the roles of research in higher education. The author argues that the combination of content and pedagogical knowledge could help to develop human resources for…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Research and Development, Instructional Effectiveness, Educational Quality
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Gasman, Marybeth; Commodore, Felecia – Journal for Multicultural Education, 2014
Purpose: The purpose of this article is to examine the salient literature on historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) with an overarching goal of setting a future research agenda for scholars interested in these institutions. Design/methodology/approach: This literature review is organized into two main sections: strengths and…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Educational Research, Research and Development, Literature Reviews
Stanwick, John; Hargreaves, Jo – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2012
This guide describes the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) approach to measuring impact using examples from its own case studies, as well as showing how to maximise the impact of applied social science research. Applied social science research needs to demonstrate that it is relevant and useful both to public policy and…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Educational Research, Social Science Research, Outcome Measures
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Du, Fengning – College Student Journal, 2012
Self-directed learning has been lauded as a powerful learner-centered approach to involve students in every aspect of their learning. This article depicts a pilot project utilizing study plan as a vehicle to promote self-directed learning in an intensive and teacher-dominant college language program. This article seeks to identify both the…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Pilot Projects, Teaching Methods, Feedback (Response)
Cook, Bryan; Gerber, Michael; Hong, Li-Yu; Mannan, Hasheem; Zhang, Weng-jing – Journal of International Special Needs Education, 2012
Early identification and intervention for children with disabilities can significantly improve longer term outcomes, but in developing nations like many in the Pacific Rim, such programs and practices can be expensive and must compete against other needs. We argue that early identification and intervention by schools leads not only to life…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Identification, Special Education, Well Being
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Smith, Peter A. C. – Learning Organization, 2012
Purpose: This Special Issue is intended to heighten awareness of the importance of organizational learning in addressing the demands of organizational sustainability, and in particular triple bottom line (TBL) sustainability. A definition of TBL sustainability is provided, together with an exploration of the practical issues relevant to adopting…
Descriptors: Cybernetics, Organizational Development, Organizational Culture, Learning
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Eid, Ashraf – Education Economics, 2012
This paper is a macro study on higher education R&D and its impact on productivity growth. I measure the social rate of return on higher education R&D in 17 high-income OECD countries using country level data on the percentage of gross expenditure on R&D performed by higher education, business, and government sectors over the period…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Advantaged, Developed Nations, Research and Development
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Hollenbeck, Amy Feiker; Kalchman, Mindy – Professional Development in Education, 2013
In this paper we examine American inservice teachers' instructional methods in reading comprehension following professional development (PD), illustrating the prolonged and significant gap between research and practice in the field of reading comprehension. We explore this gap from a conceptual change perspective, positing that some level of…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Teaching Methods, Reading Instruction, Faculty Development
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Birx, Donald L.; Anderson-Fletcher, Elizabeth; Whitney, Elizabeth – Journal of Research Administration, 2013
The emerging research college or university is one of the most formidable resources a region has to reinvent and grow its economy. This paper is the first of two that outlines a process of building research universities that enhance regional technology development and facilitate flexible networks of collaboration and resource sharing. Although the…
Descriptors: Research Universities, Educational Development, Developing Institutions, College Administration
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Rodman, Karmen; Biloslavo, Roberto; Bratoz, Silva – Minerva: A Review of Science, Learning and Policy, 2013
The present paper proposes a theoretical model of institutional quality of a higher education institution (HEI) which, in addition to the internal dimensions of quality, incorporates also the external dimension, i.e. the outcomes dimension. This dimension has been neglected by the quality standards and models examined in our paper. Furthermore,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Educational Quality, Models
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Bano, Shah; Taylor, John – Higher Education Research and Development, 2015
This paper considers the role of universities in the creation of a knowledge-based economy (KBE) in a developing country, Pakistan. Some developing countries have moved quickly to develop a KBE, but progress in Pakistan is much slower. Higher education plays a crucial role as part of the triple helix model for innovation. Based on the perceptions…
Descriptors: Knowledge Economy, Universities, Developing Nations, College Role
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Ndille, Roland – African Educational Research Journal, 2015
The British colonial policy of education in the Southern Cameroons was guided by the philosophy of adapting education to the mentality, aptitude and occupations of the local population. This policy was gradually abandoned in the 1950s when it was realized that it was serving the colonial exploitative agenda of keeping natives to a permanently…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Educational History, Postcolonialism
Gimeno, Ana, Ed. – European Association for Computer-Assisted Language Learning (EUROCALL), 2015
"The EUROCALL Review" is EUROCALL's open access online scientific journal. Regular sections include: (1) Reports on EUROCALL Special Interest Groups: up-to-date information on SIG activities; (2) Projects: reports on on-going CALL or CALL-related R&D projects; (3) Recommended websites: reports and reviews of examples of good practice…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Web Sites, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Board of Governors, State University System of Florida, 2015
This Accountability Report shows the status and progression of the Florida International University (FIU) from one year to the next. The Executive Summary is divided into the following sections: (1) Dashboard; (2) Performance Funding Metrics; (3) Key Achievements; and (4) Narrative. Data tables on FIU's financial resources, personnel, enrollment,…
Descriptors: Enrollment, Bachelors Degrees, Masters Degrees, Doctoral Degrees
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Ismail, Maimunah; Ramly, Efizah Sofiah – Journal of European Industrial Training, 2011
Purpose: This paper seeks to compare the influence of self-efficacy, organizational socialization and continuous improvement (CI) practices on the career aspirations of research and development (R&D) professionals in government research institutes (GRIs) and multinational corporations (MNCs) in Malaysia. R&D professionals in this study…
Descriptors: Occupational Aspiration, Professional Personnel, Research and Development, Socialization
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