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De Sawal, Danielle M.; Peck, Adam; Rosch, David M. – Journal of Campus Activities Practice and Scholarship, 2022
Professional burnout is a growing concern in campus activities units. We have collected several anecdotal reflections from student affairs professionals, which we share to illustrate how the dimensions of exhaustion, cynicism, and a lack of self-efficacy can show up in our daily work. We will provide suggestions reexamining organization structures…
Descriptors: Burnout, Student Personnel Services, Fatigue (Biology), Self Efficacy
Dee, Jay R.; Collinsworth, Amy E. – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2023
Researchers have developed the concept of organizational stupidity to explain why some organizations lack the ability or willingness to create and use knowledge resources. Indicators of organizational stupidity include a lack of reflexivity, failure to provide justifications for decisions and actions, and avoidance of substantive reasoning. The…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Practices, Barriers, Decision Making
Donaldson, Joseph L.; Hastings, Shirley – Journal of Extension, 2020
In 2010, University of Tennessee Extension conducted a strategic planning effort focused on the subsequent 10 years. The process involved approximately 3,000 Tennesseans in online surveys, area meetings, opinion polling, and focus group sessions. This article describes the process, tools, and outcomes--which included a comprehensive strategic…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Statewide Planning, Extension Education, Universities
Quackenbush, Cara; Keniston, Josh – CURRENTS, 2012
The trend toward expanding the role of foundations has intensified during the recent recession and is likely to continue. More than 40 states this year cut funding for public higher education, according to Grapevine, an annual study of state support of public higher education produced by Illinois State University's Center for the Study of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, State Aid, Fund Raising, State Universities
Simplicio, Joseph – Education, 2010
This article discusses work inequalities that currently exist within many of the nation's colleges. It does so by identifying two distinct groups of individuals who possess unique qualities that make them stand apart from one another. Each practice a special type of work ethic philosophy that helps define it as employees and as people. Through the…
Descriptors: Employees, Work Ethic, College Environment, Work Environment
Billett, Stephen; Henderson, Amanda; Choy, Sarojni; Dymock, Darryl; Kelly, Ann; Smith, Ray; James, Ian; Beven, Fred; Lewis, Jason – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2012
Continuing education and training is an emerging priority for the nation's tertiary education and training system. Changing work, new work requirements, an ageing workforce and lengthening working lives are some of the factors now influencing this priority. Yet, many of the purposes and processes of the Australian tertiary education and training…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Continuing Education, Postsecondary Education, Education Work Relationship
Wojecki, Andrew – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2007
In the Australian vocational education and training (VET) context, attention is often given to what youth work training programs should consist of, resulting in less attention on how youth work education and training programs might be imagined, constructed and implemented. In this paper, a particular South Australian youth work training program is…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Vocational Education, Competency Based Education, Theory Practice Relationship
Anderson, Marc H. – Journal of Management Education, 2007
Management educators teaching topics such as motivation and leadership face the challenge of clearly explaining why so many diverse theories exist and why each represents a useful tool worth learning. The large number of "core" theories in these and other management domains often frustrates students, who see the lack of a single, comprehensive…
Descriptors: Theory Practice Relationship, Motivation, Organizational Theories, Class Activities
Robbins, Nora Reinburg – CUPA-HR Journal, 2003
The morale of employees in higher education has plummeted in recent years due to fiscal crises, program cuts, staff reduction and bulging enrollments. In this article, an HR consultant offers suggestions for removing demotivators and creating new motivating strategies that can help higher education human resource organizations boost morale and…
Descriptors: Morale, Human Resources, Personnel Management, College Administration
Re-Inventing the Wheel? Divergent Conceptions of the Role of Internal Verifiers within Organisations
Warmington, Paul; Wilmut, John – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2004
The work of internal verifiers (IVs) is integral to ensuring that the operation of vocational qualifications meets the local needs of learners and employers, while also maintaining reliable quality nationally and throughout occupational sectors. Arguably, though, the role of IVs in the management of vocational learning often remains narrowly…
Descriptors: Quality Control, Vocational Education, Interviews, Job Performance
Smith, Claire; Akhtar, Yaseen; Reynolds, Soneeta; Tatton, Allison; Tucker, Stan – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2005
This article discusses the research approach adopted by one higher education institution in the United Kingdom (UK) to explore employers' and employees' responses to local skills, recruitment and training issues and how these responses were used to develop a curriculum for Foundation degrees. The article discusses skills issues, the varying…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Private Sector, Research Methodology, Foreign Countries