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NORMAL - The head of Illinois State University's College of Education will become provost of the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg, Mo., when she leaves ISU at the end of the semester.
Deborah Curtis has been at ISU since 1986, the last seven years as dean of the College of Education.
..."We will miss her leadership and expertise.". While serving as dean, Curtis ove... Certification Board and the Illinois State Action for Education Leadership Project. (Copyright 2012)...
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... of the land grant colleges in the United States is needed, which would tie an aggressive research ... transmit positive results into immediate action. I outline a tentative plan of action based upon e... effective than traditional development projects because the pirated products are at least utilized... originates from traditional university leadership and the lack of a collective ability to recognize ...
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... prison-based parenting program evaluation project as part of a collaborative effort with community p..., unclear or not agreed on objectives and action steps, excessive use of jargon by group members, a... fathers incarcerated in a minimum security state-operated facility. It began when university-based ... (Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation, 1994), for guidance and inspiration as.... Respect Shared Leadership. The researchers' ability to welcome practitioners...
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... (behavioral) refers to charismatic actions by the leader that are based on values, beliefs, o... that would be expected to change emotional states (Mayer, Salovey, & Caruso, 2004). Responses are th... the context of institutions of higher education. Unpublished dissertation, Capella University. . *... and emotional intelligence of the project manager and the success of complex projects. Unpub...
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This study examines how to fill the growing need for community college leaders by creating "grow-your-own" (GYO) leadership programs through a national interview study and a case study involving action research. The findings demonstrate design flaws that are typical in the development of GYO programs. Strategies for overcoming these flaws are recommended.
...In addition, the President of the United States has called on community colleges to play a leaders... across disciplines, developed innovative projects, and improved their problem-solving abilities and ... drawn from the literature on leadership education and on best practices for teaching adults and prof...
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NORMAL - Two Normal-based education leaders were appointed by Gov. Pat Quinn to a council that helps to shape the future of education in Illinois.
Superintendent Gary Niehaus of the Unit 5 school district and Erika Hunt, education researcher at Illinois State University, have been named to the statewide P-20 Council.
... Erika Hunt, director of the Illinois State Action for Education Leadership Project based at ISU, has...
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... to such matters as international educational and cultural affairs, information activities, fore... the Joint Force Commander's freedom of action, and provide the best logistics advice to the Chai...-related activities supporting force projection, sustainment, and redeployment/retrograde of milit...Additionally, N4 provides leadership in helping our Navy address future fiscal challeng...
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... by poverty programs at the federal, state, and local level. Like other manifestations of pov... as the raw data for the profiles in our project. . The research plan employed in this study has be... minimum wage, healthcare reform, and educational opportunities, the working poor, and others experi..., 2001) or how training programs like leadership development can positively impact human resources ... not promote a specific policy or course of action. That is because we firmly believe that any course...
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... than one-third of adults in the United States do not have adequate health literacy to manage the... government recently released a National Action Plan to Improve Health Literacy (U.S. Department o... disadvantages such as low levels of education, lack of medical insurance, and poverty, exacerbat... and contributions to this ongoing project and her colleagues Sandra Kopels, Lissette Piedra,...
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Teaching Organizational Theory to undergraduates poses some significant challenges. Their lack of work experience makes it very difficult to engage them and hold their attention. This article describes an action-learning approach to teaching the subject. Conditions are created for students to self-organize themselves around a service learning project using a complexity theory framework. By taking action and reflecting on their actions, students learn about organizing in the face of ambiguity. Specific examples of service learning classes and their results are discussed.
... is becoming more prevalent in business education. Service projects enable students to practice a va... normal, the system is pushed into a dynamic state. Second, small actions tend to get amplified and o... to prompt someone to take on a leadership role, no one did. I raised these issues in class a...