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NORDSCI, 2018
This volume includes two sections of the 2018 NORDSCI international conference proceedings: (1) Education and Educational Research; and (2) Language and Linguistics. Education and Educational Research includes 22 papers relating to scientific topics in the full spectrum of education, including history, sociology and economy of education,…
Descriptors: Employment Qualifications, Doctoral Programs, Graduate Students, Career Readiness
US Commission on Civil Rights, 2010
The Black College and University Act defined an historically black college and university (HBCU) as one that existed before 1964 with a historic and contemporary mission of educating blacks while being open to all. An HBCU must either have earned accreditation from a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association or be making reasonable…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, School Effectiveness, Civil Rights Legislation, Student Development
National Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC. – 1992
This report presents the results of a workshop, held in Arlington, Virginia, on November 17-19, 1991, to discuss with the larger community the National Center for Education Statistics' (NCES) effort to develop strategies for assessing college student learning in support of National Education Goal Five, Objective Five which supports a substantial…
Descriptors: College Outcomes Assessment, College Students, Educational Assessment, Educational Planning
Chickering, Arthur W.; Knefelkamp, L. Lee – 1980
Perspectives concerning the application of adult development theory to the education of college students are presented in two papers. In "Adult Development: A Workable Vision for Higher Education," Arthur W. Chickering suggests that the major dimensions of adult development are essentially the same objectives pursued by the university, and that by…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Cognitive Development, College Role, College Students
Bowling Green State Univ., OH. – 1985
Issues concerning student moral and ethical development during college are considered in three papers from a symposium sponsored by Bowling Green State University as part of the Academic Outcomes Project. Four major questions are addressed: the college's role in promoting students' moral and ethical development; what constitutes moral and ethical…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, College Environment, College Faculty, College Role
Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, Philadelphia, PA. – 1980
Proceedings are presented of the 1979 meeting of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, which includes speeches on outcomes assessment along with the business meeting of the Association. In the keynote address, "Outcomes Assessment--A New Era in Accreditation," Howard R. Bowen identifies goals an educational institution…
Descriptors: Accountability, Accreditation (Institutions), Aptitude Tests, College Admission
Astin, Alexander W.; And Others – 1979
The texts of three conference papers are presented in this volume. The papers are: Student-Oriented Management: A Proposal for Change (Alexander W. Astin); Goals, Outcomes, and Academic Evaluation (Howard R. Bowen); and A Summary of the 1978 COPA Summer Conference (Charles M. Chambers). The first addresses the definition of quality in…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), College Students, Conference Reports, Educational Objectives
Hargrave, O. T., Ed. – 1989
Papers from the conference proceedings of the National Academic Advising Association are as follows: "Advising, Writing Centers, and Academic Services: Applications and Extensions of Student Developmental Theories" (M. Brooks and C. Murphy); "Development of an Expert System for Student Advisement" (J. Sullivan et al.); "Evaluating Advising: The…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Athletics, Career Counseling, College Freshmen