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The Status Of Faculty Professional Service And Academic Outreach In New England, Sharon Singleton, Cathy Burack, Deborah Hirsch
The Status Of Faculty Professional Service And Academic Outreach In New England, Sharon Singleton, Cathy Burack, Deborah Hirsch
New England Resource Center for Higher Education Publications
In 1994 the New England Resource Center for Higher Education surveyed New England colleges and universities about the professional service faculty are engaging in, and the policies and structures that support such activities. Information was obtained from 120 institutions. As seen through a wide lens, there is considerable institutional commitment to faculty professional service. A majority of respondents reported that service is both a stated part of their institutional mission and that faculty, administrators and staff supported that commitment. However, a sharper focus reveals a gap between statements and practice: only a third of the respondents were able to demonstrate …
Organisational Effectiveness In Higher Education : Towards An Operational Definition, James S. Pounder
Organisational Effectiveness In Higher Education : Towards An Operational Definition, James S. Pounder
Hong Kong Institute of Business Studies Working Paper Series
Although organisational effectiveness is central to organisational theory and practice, researchers continue to debate its meaning. In measurement terms, there is no generally agreed operational definition of organisational effectiveness. However, a Competing Values Framework or Model (Quinn & Rohrbaugh 1981,1983) has been proposed as “a general paradigm of organisational effectiveness" (1 981, p.139) yet the applicability of the Model to higher educational organisations has never been tested. This paper describes the development of a construct valid and reliable instrument for measuring the organisational effectiveness of higher educational organisations in Hong Kong. The method of development tested the relevance of the …
Writing For Their Lives, John Strassburger
Writing For Their Lives, John Strassburger
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This is the second in a series of occasional papers about the challenges confronting students and what Ursinus is doing to help them enter adult life.
Selected Institutional Characteristics, Bridgewater State College, Academic Year, 1996-1997, Office Of Institutional Research And Assessment, Bridgewater State College
Selected Institutional Characteristics, Bridgewater State College, Academic Year, 1996-1997, Office Of Institutional Research And Assessment, Bridgewater State College
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