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The State of Ohio Higher Education: 2020 Year in Review
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Ohio Department of Higher Education, 2021
It has been two years since Mike DeWine was sworn in to serve as Ohio's 70th governor, joined by Jon Husted as lieutenant governor. From the very beginning, Governor DeWine requested that his Cabinet listen carefully to the people of the state and then proceed to act with a sense of urgency to change Ohio. In 2019, Chancellor Randy Gardner began…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Benefits, Educational Attainment, Income
Why Are Associate Professors so Unhappy?
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Wilson, Robin – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2012
Life as an associate professor with tenure can be even more isolating and overwhelming than being an assistant professor on the tenure track. The path to achieving what amounts to higher education's golden ring is well marked and includes guidance from more-experienced peers. But once a professor earns tenure, that guidance disappears, the amount…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Tenure, Grants, College Faculty
Young Children Are Not Underconfident with Practice: The Benefit of Ignoring a Fallible Memory Heuristic
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Lipko, Amanda R.; Dunlosky, John; Lipowski, Stacy L.; Merriman, William E. – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2012
In this study the authors investigated whether children demonstrated the "underconfidence-with-practice" (UWP) effect. This effect is a highly robust metacognitive illusion in which adults become underconfident in their memory performance when asked to predict their memory for the same items across multiple study-test trials. One…
Descriptors: Heuristics, Prediction, Young Children, Memory
Family Experiences through the Autism Diagnostic Process
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Sansosti, Frank J.; Lavik, Katherine B.; Sansosti, Jenine M. – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2012
The primary aim of this study was to investigate common family experiences during the autism spectrum disorder (ASD) diagnostic process, and the child and family variables that may relate to different diagnostic outcomes. A secondary aim of this study was to evaluate families' knowledge of the research support for various interventions. To…
Descriptors: Autism, Clinical Diagnosis, Disability Identification, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Who Wants What? Lifelong Learning Centers Needs Assessment.
Donsky, Aaron P.; And Others – 1979
To examine characteristics and needs of participants and potential participants of nineteen lifelong learning centers in Lake County, Ohio, a study was conducted. Because of the great variety of agency offerings, no attempt was made to summarize or analyze results. A descriptive format was used, and agencies were encouraged to examine performance…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adults, Community Organizations
THE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS AND INTERESTS OF THE PART-TIME FARMERS IN HOCKING COUNTY.
YOUNG, DONALD G. – 1965
A QUESTIONNAIRE LISTING SEVERAL SPECIFIC AREAS IN ADULT EDUCATION WAS USED TO SURVEY THE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS AND INTERESTS OF A RANDOM SAMPLE OF 246 PART-TIME FARMERS. RESULTS FROM THE 142 RESPONSES WERE INTERPRETED BY THE THREE GROUPINGS OF AGE, EDUCATION, AND FARM INCOME. IT WAS FOUND THAT THE MEDIAN AGE WAS 47.7 YEARS, THE MEDIAN EDUCATIONAL…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Age Groups, Art Education, Cultural Activities