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Showing 1 to 20 of 30 for “"Institutional transformation"”.
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Institutional Transformation: A Case Study of an Urban Midwestern University
This study is a case study of an institutional transformational change effort in an urban research university. The study's focus is on the impact of The Milwaukee Idea on faculty and students as the soul of the university. Literature on transformational change in higher education focuses on the …
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In pursuit of continuity : engaged scholarship for personal and institutional transformation
… curriculum has been driven in large part by institutional pressures far removed from practical application or development of new planning knowledge. The placement of scholarship grounded in service and practice along the margins of planning curriculum has led many in the academy, particularly …
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Institutional Transformation: An Analysis of Change Initiatives at NSF ADVANCE Institutions
The purpose of this study was to examine how institutional culture promoted or impeded the implementation of round one and two NSF ADVANCE initiatives designed to improve academic climates for women in science and engineering. This study was conducted in two phases. In phase one, 35 participants …
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Negotiating institutional transformation : a case study of gender-based change in a South African university
… the complex dynamics that are inherent in the transformation of institutional culture in the higher education environment in South Africa. Innovative use was made of gender-based change as a case study of social transformation in a case institution, the University of Cape Town. A feminist, …
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Transitional justice, judicial accountability and the rule of law- a Nigerian case study
… It is also relevant to the crucial task of institutional transformation which is a key objective of transitional justice. The paucity of critical perspectives on the role of the judiciary during a society’s troubled period would appear to be because of the view that it lacks a distinct role …
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Student development in the University of Cape Town residences : a training needs analysis of house commitees
… climate, which focused on personal and institutional transformation.
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STATECRAFT IN BLACK: SOCIAL MOVEMENTS, PARTY POLITICS, AND THE RISE OF ETHNORACIAL INSTITUTIONS IN BRAZIL
… governments have established a range of institutional measures, including anti-discrimination laws, affirmative action policies, participatory councils, and dedicated bureaucratic agencies. Despite the expansion of these initiatives, however, we know little about the political conditions …
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Southwest Texas Junior College: Organizational transformation along the border.
This study sought to identify components of the institutional transformation of Southwest Texas Junior College from its participation in the Rural Community College Initiative (RCCI) The RCCI was centered on increasing access to educational opportunities and regional economic development in four …
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Institutional complementarities in business systems and labour markets
… markets and workplace relations in the course of institutional transformation.
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Inserting non-muslims into the Islamic party : the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) between political pragmatism and ideological coherence
… and strategic decisions of the party within its institutional transformation. The findings reveal that the transformation of PKS from informal politics to a political party underscores its initial moderation process while maintaining Islamic conservative principles. This dynamic interplay between …
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A Praxis of Transformative Care: Centering Historically Resilient Students at a PWI
… have historically endured the structural load of institutional exclusion, carry the compounded weight of navigating systemic barriers while driving institutional change. This qualitative study disrupts traditional narratives of surviving and thriving to examine how undergraduate students …
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Learning to Burn, Burning to Learn: Transforming Professionals and Organizations through the US Fire Learning Network
… landscape scale ecological restoration. While institutional transformation has yet to occur, the FLN sets the stage to address the core challenges that fire management practitioners and organizations face as they engage in landscape scale ecological fire restoration. This work provides …
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The analysis and prediction of student progression through degree programmes : a cohort analysis of undergraduate students at the university of Cape Town
… type will be essential in the attainment of the institutional transformation goals set out in the 1997 White Paper on the transformation of higher education in South Africa. Significant relationships between the matriculation criteria and the final academic outcomes of students within each cohort …
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Labour Market Dynamics of Self-employment in China: The Interplay of Institutions and Gender
… in rural and urban regions, and the impact of institutional transformation on the opportunities available for men and women of different social groups. I argue that self-employment in contemporary China constitutes a reaction to structural disadvantages in access to the labour market and is …
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An Exploratory Study on the Experiences of Emerging Academics at the University of Cape Town (UCT)
The quest for institutional transformation has created a need to continually challenge traditional notions of what an academic is and should be. While several studies have explored academics' experiences to engender transformation systems, few studies have focused strictly on emerging academics …
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The Changing Structure of Inequality in Canada: A Multi-Level Analysis of Licensing and Education Effects on Wages Within and Across Occupations
… is only one part of a larger societal process of institutional transformation in the Canadian labour market.
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Transformative lines: a mapping approach to explore urban imaginaries and opportunities for socially sustainable change in Beirut, Lebanon
… conditions, and continuous physical and institutional transformation. Within this context, persistent disconnections often exist between formal urban development initiatives and the lived realities and aspirations of local communities, particularly those who may be considered marginalised …
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Transforming Whiteness: Exploring Transformation at Stellenbosch University
… a theoretical case study, seeks to contextualise transformation at SU and questions its (in)efficacy thus far. The focus on transformation is divided into two levels: “institutional” and “relational”. The analysis of transformation in relation to these two levels is grounded in Critical Race …
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Platformizing higher education : computer science and the making of MOOC infrastructures
… investigates the role of software in institutional transformation using the example of Massive Open Online Courses or MOOCs. It ethnographically tracks the development of the software infrastructure being built for MOOCs, focusing on three communities-programmers, instructors, and …
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Generations Apart: A Mixed Methods Study of Black Women's Attitudes About Race and Social Activism
… survival while at the same time fighting for institutional transformation to eliminate or change discriminatory policies, practices, and procedures. With each passing generation, Black women have led efforts of resistance against racial discrimination, gender bias, and class exploitation. …
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