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Horn, Laura; Li, Xiaojie – National Center for Education Statistics, 2009
In light of the growing labor market demand for jobs requiring a minimum of subbaccalaureate credentials, this Statistics in Brief presents recent changes in subbaccalaureate awards in the decade between 1997 and 2007, using 2002 as a midpoint. It describes changes in the number and types of awards conferred, overall and within particular fields…
Descriptors: Credentials, Awards, Females, Labor Market
Committee for Economic Development, 2009
This report examines higher education through the lens of openness. The goal is to understand the potential impact of greater openness on colleges and universities. Like other service industries such as finance or entertainment, higher education is rooted in information--its creation, analysis, and transmission--and the development of the skills…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Outcomes of Education, Educational Resources, Educational Improvement
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Tompkins, Patrick – Inquiry, 2007
In a College Composition II (ENG 112) class offered during the spring of 2005 at John Tyler Community College (JTCC), the author implemented an information-literacy curriculum whose salient features include: students collaborated on a semester-long, original-research project. The Metro Richmond Supermarket Price Comparison provided a focused,…
Descriptors: Research Projects, Higher Education, College English, Writing (Composition)