Technology can play a key role in comprehensive reform, but the adaptive capacity of the institution is equally critical for success¶
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q2 i? Technology plays a key role in comprehensive reform, but institutional adaptive capacity is equally critical for reform success. → Nan L. Maxwell and Ann E. Person 2016
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Nan L. Maxwell and Ann E. Person 2016¶
Nan L. Maxwell and Ann E. Person, editors. (2016). Comprehensive Reform for 21st Century Success: New Directions for Community Colleges. Mathematica. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/comprehensive-reform-for-21st-century-success-new-directions-for-community-colleges
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The editors' synthesis of the volume's chapters states that "Technology can play a key role in comprehensive reform" while stressing that institutional adaptive capacity is equally critical. No effect size or test statistic is printed for this finding.
"Technology can play a key role in comprehensive reform, but the adaptive capacity of the institution is equally critical for the reform to be successful."
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Related Claims¶
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