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Educators' Perceptions Of Collaborative Planning Processes For Students With Disabilities, Nari Carter
Educators' Perceptions Of Collaborative Planning Processes For Students With Disabilities, Nari Carter
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When students with disabilities are included in general education classes, collaboration between special and general education teachers is necessary to ensure that the students have access to the general education curriculum and also have supports that enable them to benefit from their education. This paper reports the results of a phenomenological study that investigated the nature of a collaborative planning experience for pairs of special and general education teachers. From the teachers' descriptions of their experience, sharing common philosophies about educating students with disabilities was an important aspect of successful collaborative planning. Collaboration in this experience was voluntary and was …
The Relationship Between Academic And Student Affairs Collaboration And Student Success In Research Universities, Elizabeth Boggs
The Relationship Between Academic And Student Affairs Collaboration And Student Success In Research Universities, Elizabeth Boggs
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This study investigated the relationships, if any, between the number, nature, and organization of partnerships between academic and student affairs and measures of institutional success and student learning. Specifically, this research sought to: (a) investigate the relationships between the number, nature, and organization of partnerships with institutional retention rates, graduation rates, and students' engagement in educationally purposeful activities, (b) test the feasibility of a classification system for the organization of partnerships developed by O'Halloran (2005), and (c) explore the alignment between reported goals for engaging in collaboration and the actual nature of existing partnerships. The population for the study consisted …