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Romanowski, Michael H. – Teaching Education, 2022
The Internationalization of Higher Education has led to uneasiness among non-US universities about their international reputation, ranking, and local legitimacy generating a growing interest in US accreditation. Specifically, non-US Colleges of Education pursue accreditation through the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP)…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Higher Education, Teacher Education Programs, Accreditation (Institutions)
Alexandra Hegji – Congressional Research Service, 2024
Title IV of the Higher Education Act (HEA; P.L. 89-329), as amended, authorizes programs that provide financial assistance to students to pursue postsecondary education at eligible institutions of higher education (IHEs). In academic year (AY) 2022-2023 (July 1, 2022-June 30, 2023), 5,918 domestic institutions had written agreements with the U.S.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Student Financial Aid
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Ferguson, Jennifer; Ludman, Naomi – NADE Digest, 2018
Accreditation is a process by which programs demonstrate their academic quality; that is, they demonstrate that they are making decisions for programmatic changes based on: (1) a sound theoretical foundation; (2) clearly stated mission, goals, and objectives; (3) a comprehensive self-study and thoughtful use of best practices; and (4) consistent,…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Academic Achievement, Demonstration Programs, Program Validation
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Hammer, Sara; Abawi, Lindy; Gibbings, Peter; Jones, Hazel; Redmond, Petrea; Shams, Syed – Higher Education Research and Development, 2018
Within the higher education context, capstone units can be viewed as a significant means of assuring intended learning outcomes for programmes. They provide students with the opportunity to consolidate and apply prior and new disciplinary learning, as well as employability skills and graduate attributes. This paper describes the first stage of an…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Quality Assurance, Evaluation Criteria, Higher Education
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Samuels, Keisha; Estes, M. Todd; Eckman, Heather; Gillerlain, Kelly; Jenkins, Shanda; Miller-Edwards, Wendy; Reinauer, Olivia; Walker, Nicole – Inquiry, 2019
Community colleges offer an array of programs designed to help students meet different goals. Noncredit education provides training for students seeking targeted, often shorter, courses for personal and professional enrichment (Cohen, Brawer, & Kisker, 2014). Many community colleges are now increasingly emphasizing noncredit workforce…
Descriptors: Credits, Noncredit Courses, Best Practices, Community Colleges
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Pitas, Nicholas; Murray, Alison; Olsen, Max; Graefe, Alan – Journal of Extension, 2017
This article describes a modified importance-performance framework for use in evaluation of recreation-based experiential learning programs. Importance-performance analysis (IPA) provides an effective and readily applicable means of evaluating many programs, but the near universal satisfaction associated with recreation inhibits the use of IPA in…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Recreational Programs, Program Evaluation, Statistical Analysis
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Yakubu, Abdallah; Suzuki, Takayoshi; Kita, Masakazu – Journal of Chemical Education, 2017
This paper describes the development of a simple magnetic circular dichroism (MCD) apparatus from a wood base and neodymium magnets and its configuration in the Faraday alignment. The applicability and effectiveness of the apparatus for MCD spectra measurements have been examined. The apparatus was used by undergraduate students to conduct MCD…
Descriptors: Magnets, Material Development, Science Equipment, Spectroscopy
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Hipólito-Nájera, A. Ricardo; Moya-Hernandez, M. Rosario; Gomez-Balderas, Rodolfo; Rojas-Hernandez, Alberto; Romero-Romo, Mario – Journal of Chemical Education, 2017
Validation of analytical methods is a fundamental subject for chemical analysts working in chemical industries. These methods are also relevant for pharmaceutical enterprises, biotechnology firms, analytical service laboratories, government departments, and regulatory agencies. Therefore, for undergraduate students enrolled in majors in the field…
Descriptors: Program Validation, Evaluation Methods, Chemistry, Laboratory Experiments
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Raven, Neil – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2016
The need for a robust evidence base able to demonstrate the impact of widening participation activity across the student lifecycle has been emphasised in recent guidance to the higher education sector. However, with competing demands on their time this is likely to represent a challenge for practitioners. Yet, there is wide recognition of the need…
Descriptors: Evidence, Evidence Based Practice, Student Participation, Progress Monitoring
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Demmans Epp, Carrie; Park, Gina; Plumb, Christopher – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2015
The increased linguistic and cultural diversity of undergraduate classrooms at English language institutions has imposed additional pedagogical and assessment challenges on instructors, many of whom lack the knowledge necessary to design classroom activities and assessments that are fair to all students regardless of students' background and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Interdisciplinary Approach, Instructional Design, Instructional Development
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Landry, Jeffrey P.; Pardue, J. Harold; Daigle, Roy; Longenecker, Herbert E., Jr. – Information Systems Education Journal, 2013
This paper describes an instrument designed for assessing learning outcomes in data management. In addition to assessment of student learning and ABET outcomes, we have also found the instrument to be effective for determining database placement of incoming information systems (IS) graduate students. Each of these three uses is discussed in this…
Descriptors: Database Management Systems, Evaluation Methods, Graduate Students, Information Systems
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Iorio, Josh; Decker, Mark Lowry – InSight: A Journal of Scholarly Teaching, 2011
Although universities acknowledge that teacher training is critical for ensuring quality undergraduate education, research has repeatedly demonstrated that universities typically do an inadequate job of preparing graduate students for their instructor role. In this paper, we show that both graduate students and universities find the pedagogical…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Teaching Assistants, Teacher Education, Case Studies
Paliokas, Kathleen – Center on Great Teachers and Leaders, 2014
Implementing new college and career readiness standards, along with readying teachers and students for new assessments, is a monumental undertaking by multiple national, state, and local education leaders and organizations. One critical policy area for states to consider is supports for educator preparation programs to ensure that new teachers…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, State Standards, Alignment (Education), Preservice Teacher Education
Koonce, Glenn L.; Hoskins, Joan J.; Goldman, Katie D. – Online Submission, 2012
This study illustrates the development, usability, and advantages of an electronic exhibit for the TEAC (Teacher Education Accreditation Council) academic audit from the perspective of program education faculty. The examination of the successful utilization of electronic exhibits for teacher licensure and educational leadership program IBs…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Evidence, Program Effectiveness, Program Improvement
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Hur, Eun Hye; Glassman, Michael; Kim, Yunhwan – Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability, 2013
This paper developed a Democratic Classroom Survey to measure students' perceived democratic environment of the classroom. Perceived democratic environment is one of the most important variables for understanding classroom activity and indeed any type of group activity, but actually measuring perceptions in an objective manner has been…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Test Construction, Program Validation, Democratic Values
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