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Weerts, David J.; Sandman, Lorilee R. – Review of Higher Education, 2008
Recent reforms in the Carnegie Foundation classification system and regional accreditation standards have fueled momentum for community engagement in higher education. This study employs a knowledge-flow conceptual framework to identify barriers and facilitators that influence the adoption of an engagement agenda at land-grant and urban research…
Descriptors: Research Universities, Classification, Accreditation (Institutions), Higher Education
Eells, Walter Crosby; Haswell, Harold A. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1960
Much significance is attached to college degrees in modern society. The fact that many individuals have become victims of fraudulent institutions that award degrees without the rigorous courses of study prescribed by legitimate institutions, suggests that there may be too much emphasis upon the form rather than the substance of higher education.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Academic Degrees, Recognition (Achievement), Masters Degrees