Describes the implementation of state-level (MN) policy initiatives to 'mainstream' students with disabilities into regular classes at technical colleges.
General Change Strategies
Across the Grain: Learning from Reform Initiatives in Undergraduate Education
Author:EwellYear:2002Is It a Challenge or a Threat? A Dual-Process Model of Teachers Cognition and Appraisal Processes During Conceptual Change
Author:GregoireYear:2003An excellent background piece that summarizes several belief change models and proposes a new model.
Knowledge Dissemination and Use in Science and Mathematics Education: A literature review
Author:Hutchinson, HubermanYear:1994Focused on innovations in K-12 (mainly High School). Very nice history of STEM educational change strategies through 1990's.
Examining the Institutional Transformation Process: The importance of sense making, interrelated strategies, and balance
Author:Kezar, EckelYear:2002Uses teleological change lens to examine six institutions' "transformational change" processes.
Leading Change: Why Transformation Efforts Fail
Author:KotterYear:1995John Kotter is a professor at Harvard Business School and a leading expert on organizational change.
Post-tenure Review: The disparity between intent and implementation
Author:Patriquin, Bensimon, Polkinghorne, Bauman, Bleza, Oliver, SotoYear:2003Conducted interviews with 36 faculty at 2 institutions that had adopted post tenure review practices. They found that post tenure review has not been effective in changing faculty practices.