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Kaycee Budd – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine how the military and veteran services offices in public institutions are supporting student veterans in their higher education journey. This study was aimed to allow Chief Military and Veteran Services Officers (CMVSO) in 4-year public institutions to identify challenges and opportunities in…
Descriptors: Military Personnel, Veterans Education, Student Personnel Services, Public Colleges
Beaudoin, Fletcher; Brundiers, Katja – Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2017
Applied learning projects and programs are serving as a driver for advancing sustainability in communities around the world. The challenge, however, is that many of the projects and programs are only reaching a small portion of their full potential to influence change. This guide was developed to respond to that challenge, and to help scale the…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Sustainable Development, Higher Education, Program Development
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Arnim Wiek; Angela Xiong; Katja Brundiers; Sander van der Leeuw – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2014
Purpose: The article aims to describe the problem- and project-based learning (PPBL) program and the institutional context at Arizona State University's School of Sustainability (SOS), with the goal of offering experience-based guidance for similar initiatives in sustainability programs around the world. Design/methodology/approach: This case…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Sustainable Development, Experiential Learning
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Coombs, Steven; Sorensen, Nick – Professional Development in Education, 2010
The introduction of government-funded Postgraduate Professional Development in England has raised many questions about the true political purpose and agenda of such accredited continuing professional development (CPD). There are conflicting aspirations for a master's-level teaching profession between educators and the government, albeit agreement…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching (Occupation), Federal Aid, Faculty Development
Wilson, Stacy – California Postsecondary Education Commission, 2009
This annual report provides a summary of program planning and review activities conducted by California Postsecondary Education Commission (CPEC) during the 2008-09 academic year. During this period, CPEC staff conducted an extensive review of a proposal to establish a medical school at UC Riverside and a nursing school at UC Davis, and conducted…
Descriptors: State Universities, College Programs, Medical Schools, Nursing Education
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Griffin, Leslie L.; Cummins, Cheryl J. – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2008
Teacher preparation programs nationwide struggle to meet rigorous national standards, particularly as they relate to the assessment standard of the National Council of Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE). There are many issues which make decisions about program improvement complex, often confusing and frustrating faculty. These include the…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Theory Practice Relationship, National Standards, Program Development
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Moore, Janet – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2005
Purpose: This paper describes a set of recommendations that will aid universities planning to create sustainability education programs. These recommendations are not specific to curriculum or programs but are instead recommendations for academic institutions considering a shift towards "sustainability education" in the broadest sense.…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Change Agents, Workshops, Foreign Countries