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Drysdale, Timothy D.; Kelley, Simon; Scott, Anne-Marie; Dishon, Victoria; Weightman, Andrew; Lewis, Richard James; Watts, Stephen – Higher Education Pedagogies, 2020
Traditional practical work for higher education in STEM subjects is under pressure from rising student numbers and a desired increase in active learning. Investing in more buildings and staff is financially challenging, while stretching existing resources affects outcomes, health, and participation. A more pragmatic approach is to embrace a less…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Education, STEM Education, Higher Education, Foreign Countries
Lewis, James L.; Menzies, Holly; Najera, Edgar I.; Page, Reba N. – Science Education, 2009
Blacks, Hispanics/Latinos, and Native Americans have long been underrepresented in schools and the workplace in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Although the monitoring of representation has become a larger and more important enterprise, existing databases make it difficult to discern trends in participation at different stages…
Descriptors: American Indians, Student Diversity, Biological Sciences, Minority Groups
Lewis, James H. – 1990
Throughout the Chicago Public Schools systematic differences exist between the performance of children of different racial and ethnic groups. In most schools where students of more than one group are found, Asians and Whites test at higher levels than Blacks and Hispanics. When income level and school type are controlled, small differences are…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Asian Americans, Black Students, Disadvantaged Youth
Lewis, James H. – 1995
The system for financing education in Illinois fails to deliver sufficient resources to the school districts that need them most. Although no individual or administrative unit acts to deprive particular groups, the system as a whole does. Using Census figures, state and local tax records and information from the Illinois Board of Education, this…
Descriptors: Educational Equity (Finance), Elementary Secondary Education, Equalization Aid, Finance Reform
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Lewis, James E. – Academic Medicine, 1995
Factors affecting the optimal size of an integrated health care delivery system in an academic medical center are discussed, including: the institution's structure for survival; technology, innovation, and health care costs; and specific characteristics of the institution's education, research, and patient care missions. Several alternative…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Health Services, Higher Education, Medical Education
Lewis, James H.; And Others – 1991
A study was done of the school reform and restructuring effort in the Chicago (Illinois) Public Schools specifically of the extent to which the legislative mandate for restructuring, new management, and constituent interests has been translated into educational policy and voter turnout in local school council elections. The study used data from a…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Change, Elections
Lewis, James H.; Taylor, D. Garth – 1989
A tax increase is necessary to improve Illinois public schools, as this analysis demonstrates. When Illinois is compared to the rest of the United States, it has high wealth, low taxes, and low commitment to education. In fact, it has the financial capacity to have much better funded schools. Illinois ranked 12th nationally in average buying…
Descriptors: Categorical Aid, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Finance, Educational Improvement
Lewis, Mary Ellen James – 1988
A decade ago, the business community began to pursue tentative, new relationships with schools; the focus was on long-term educational improvement, frequently targeted to core academic subjects. Now partnerships are everywhere, involving thousands of schools and hundreds of thousands of local people. This essay discusses the resources brought to…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Costs, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education