Building Collaborative Cultures: Seeking Ways To Reshape Urban Schools
This monograph concentrates on the components of collaborative cultures and how schools develop such collaborative cultures. Urban schools face unique challenges in the frequent lack of resources and the special needs of their often disadvantaged populations.
Infusing Multicultural Education: A Process of Creating Organizational Change at the College Level
A case study uses the concept of second-order organizational change to conceptualize the nature of change associated with infusing multicultural education within a large college of education. A four-year process is described, in which qualitative changes to the organization's culture occurred.
Internationalizing the Business School--Responding to the Customer's Needs
Efforts to internationalize the business curriculum in the United States must be supported by strong institutional commitment and implementation, and reflect the world business community and the country's multicultural business environment. Programs should conform to new accreditation standards and respond to client demand concerning emerging markets, international competition, and economic, social, political, and technological trends.
Organizational Structures to Promote Teacher Engagement in Urban Schools
This monograph considers the prospects for improving teacher engagement in urban schools through professional and organizational reform…. This paper does not focus on the characteristics of urban schools that may make them less effective, but on those that affect motivation and ability to teach all students who appear at the classroom door….
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