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Monica Stitt-Bergh; Dorothy Hirata; Sandra von Doetinchem – Intersection: A Journal at the Intersection of Assessment and Learning, 2024
While program- and institution-level learning assessment in higher education has received substantial attention, much less emphasis has been placed on the assessment of learning in noncredit continuing education in higher education institutions. Learning assessment is sparse in this area because these learning experiences may be shorter in…
Descriptors: Noncredit Courses, Continuing Education, Colleges, Evaluation Methods
Daniel A. Cutrer – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2016
In 2007, I began research for my doctoral dissertation on what a curriculum in an undergraduate degree in homeland security should look like. At that time, the field of homeland security was a nascent discipline, and as such it did not have a standardized academic curriculum. There were several institutions of higher learning in the United States…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Undergraduate Study, Academic Degrees, National Security
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Coates, Mitchell; Lamb, Janeen; Bartlett, Brendan; Datta, Poulomee – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2017
The content and structure of pre-service and teacher-aide programs has major implications for training, management, support and deployment of teachers and teacher-aides in mainstream schools working with students who have ASD. Data pertaining to course content and structure were collected from university and teacher-aide training websites, program…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Preservice Teacher Education
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Ling, Guangming; Wolf, Mikyung Kim; Cho, Yeonsuk; Wang, Yuan – ETS Research Report Series, 2014
Although English-as-a-second-language (ESL) programs for matriculated students have been a presence in U.S. higher education since the 1940s, little has been documented in the literature concerning ESL courses, ESL placement tests, and the procedures in which incoming students are placed into appropriate classes.The present study takes three…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Higher Education, Program Content
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Wang, Chengbo; Chen, Xuezhong; Edgar, David; Zhao, Yang – International Journal of Adult Vocational Education and Technology, 2013
In higher education institutes (HEIs), Operations Management programmes (OMPs) are among those programmes attracting a substantial amount of international student enrollment. With the current situation that the government is reducing its funding input, the UK HEIs' financial balance relies more than before on the international students who pay…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Organizational Effectiveness, Management Systems
Office of Safe and Healthy Students, US Department of Education, 2013
Our nation's postsecondary institutions are entrusted to provide a safe and healthy learning environment for students, faculty, and staff who live, work, and study on campus. Many of these emergencies occur with little to no warning; therefore, it is critical for institutions of higher education (IHEs) to plan ahead to help ensure the safety and…
Descriptors: Colleges, Emergency Programs, School Safety, Educational Environment