Focus groups follow School District 40 survey that drew over 1,200 responses The New Westminster School District is moving forward with its anti-racism efforts. The district recently completed an investigation into issues surrounding anti-racism, diversity, equity and inclusion. Superintendent Karim Hahlaf said the district heard from more than 1,200 respondents, including parents, students and staff. …

Throughout this academic year, the university Public Safety Advisory Committee (PSAC) examined the views and experiences of students, faculty and staff at the Ithaca campus regarding public safety and policing on our campus. Last month we reported the results a quantitative survey of the Ithaca campus community, which was followed by a series of qualitative …

The Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) hosted student focus groups as part of its second DEI Climate Assessment via Zoom on May 3-4. The students met in small groups with a leader from the Glasgow Group, a consultancy service for independent schools, to discuss the issues and successes of the school’s recent DEI …

Posted: February 25, 2021 / 2:06 PM EST / Update: February 25, 2021 / 2:06 PM EST A girl wears a face mask as students sit in a classroom at Petri Primary School in Dortmund, western Germany, June 15, 2020 amid the novel coronavirus pandemic COVID-19 . (Ina FASSBENDER / AFP) SYRACUSE, NY (WSYR-TV) – …

Last fall, faculty and students found themselves teaching and learning in new contexts, from online courses to hybrid classrooms. In October and November 2020, the Provost’s Office Teaching Center conducted a series of focus groups with students to better understand their learning experiences in these environments. “Given our regular work with faculty, we have a …

by Mike Knaak [email protected] The search for a new Sartell-St. Stephen’s school district superintendent gets off to a quick start. A survey is expected to go live on Friday January 8 and focus group meetings will take place next week, according to a schedule approved by the school board on January 4. The district hired …

Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, and Futures, will present the “Finding Focus: Library Assessment Focus Groups” webinar, on Tuesday, December 1, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Central Time. Assessment techniques are usually learned on the job rather than taught in an MLIS degree program. While some are easy to learn without formal training, focus groups can …

The profile of Joe Biden’s supporters is unusually diverse. (Photo by Demetrius Freeman / The Washington Post via Getty Images) For many Joe Biden supporters this American election, beating Donald Trump has often seemed matters above all. The motley coalition of liberals, moderates and conservatives supporting the Democratic candidate is unusually large. In August, 62% …

ARLINGTON, Va. (AFNS) — The Department of the Air Force will soon host focus groups with Total Force Airmen and space professionals about their experiences with interpersonal violence. The focus groups are scheduled to begin the week of October 26 and consist of interpersonal violence survey participants who have volunteered to participate in …

With ISD Dallas students now back in classrooms and some still learning at home, the effort continues to find ways to ensure students don’t fall behind. The district is now considering possibly changing the school calendar with a few different models, including summer learning, intersession, and full year redesign. Summer learning would mean the least …

The Pew Research Center organized a series of focus groups to better understand how people think about their own cellphones and the impact these devices have on their society. Five focus groups were organized in each of the following four countries: Kenya, Mexico, Philippines and Tunisia. Each focus group consisted of 10 adults gathered for …

Article in brief Clinicians used focus groups at a facility to identify sources of burnout before beginning to address them through systemic changes. When Deborah Young Bradshaw, MD, FAAN, decided to tackle burnout in her department, she took advice from the Mayo Clinic, a leader in clinician wellness research and strategies for attenuation over the …

Focus groups are, in my opinion, a fuzzy approach to marketing, sales, and product development. The groups are an exercise in pseudoscience, not an example of a scientific method, because no law emerges from these sessions. If focus groups were the result of a series of controlled experiments – if companies could apply the results …

I love inventors. They are usually dreamers who feel they can change the world with their ideas. I really appreciate that trust. However, some inventors are so enamored with their concepts that they feel like once an idea is launched, everyone will buy it. Oh, if it were that simple. Focus groups are what they …

Carefully executing multiple phases of research can help you understand your internal audience (your team), your external audience (your customers), and your competition. Qualitative research requires conversations with customers that go beyond survey questionnaires. (Photo Bigstockphoto.com/PHOTO BIGSTOCKPHOTO.COM) Qualitative research involves either in-depth interviews, also called IDI, or focus groups. IDIs and focus groups allow you …

When Wendy Marron was testing an audio program developed by her company to help people overcome their fears of public speaking, she gathered eight people and ran a focus group — and she learned that people get stressed out about talk in situations she hadn’t even imagined. One participant revealed she got nervous during phone …