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Catalyzing Organizational Change for Equity in Graduate Education: A Case Study of Adopting Collective Impact in a College of Engineering
العنوان: | Catalyzing Organizational Change for Equity in Graduate Education: A Case Study of Adopting Collective Impact in a College of Engineering |
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المؤلفون: | Walter C. Lee, Teirra K. Holloman, David B. Knight, Natali Huggins, Holly M. Matusovich, Julia Brisbane |
المصدر: | Education Sciences, Vol 14, Iss 3, p 292 (2024) |
بيانات النشر: | MDPI AG, 2024. |
سنة النشر: | 2024 |
المجموعة: | LCC:Education |
مصطلحات موضوعية: | engineering, change theory, decentralization, graduate students, equity in higher education, Education |
الوصف: | Graduate education in engineering is an extremely challenging, complex entity that is difficult to change. The purpose of this exploratory research paper was to investigate the applicability of the Collective Impact framework, which has been used within community organizing contexts, to organize the change efforts of a center focused on advancing equitable graduate education within engineering. We sought to understand how the conditions of Collective Impact (i.e., common agenda, backbone organization, mutually reinforcing activities, shared measurement system, and continuous communication) could facilitate the organization of equity-focused change efforts across a college of engineering at a single institution. To achieve this, we took an action research approach. We found the Collective Impact framework to be a useful tool for organizing cross-sectional partnerships to facilitate equity-focused change in graduate education; we also found the five conditions of Collective Impact to be applicable to the higher education context, with some intentional considerations and modifications. Through coordinated efforts, the Collective Impact framework can support the goal of reorienting existing decentralized structures, resource flows, and decision processes to foster bottom-up and top-down change processes to advance equitable support for graduate students. |
نوع الوثيقة: | article |
وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
اللغة: | English |
تدمد: | 14030292 2227-7102 |
Relation: | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/14/3/292; https://doaj.org/toc/2227-7102 |
DOI: | 10.3390/educsci14030292 |
URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/1d178866b26c4b0898bed46457e9bc3f |
رقم الأكسشن: | edsdoj.1d178866b26c4b0898bed46457e9bc3f |
قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
تدمد: | 14030292 22277102 |
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DOI: | 10.3390/educsci14030292 |