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Skolnik, Michael – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2022
With nearly half the states having authorized community colleges to award baccalaureate degrees, the community college baccalaureate (CCB) has become an increasingly common feature of the landscape of American higher education. While there has been an expansion of research on the CCB in recent years, the research to date consists mainly of studies…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Bachelors Degrees, Comparative Education, Foreign Countries
Hollands, Fiona M.; Tirthali, Devayani – Online Submission, 2014
The purpose of this study was to investigate the goals of institutions that are currently developing and delivering Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and to assess the current evidence as to whether these goals are being met. A qualitative study was conducted comprising interviews of 83 individuals across 62 institutions including public and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Large Group Instruction, Online Courses, Qualitative Research
Carbol, Barry C. – 1987
The General Educational Development (GED) testing program has been a part of the Alberta High School Equivalency Program since 1981. Between December 1981 and December 1983, 4,333 applicants passed the GED in Alberta, and 802 applicants failed to pass the test. Random samples of 200 individuals from each of these groups were studied to determine…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Adult Education, Comparative Analysis, Credibility