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Direct linkPatricia A. Cuff, Rapporteur; Erin Hammers Forstag, Rapporteur; Health and Medicine Division, Contributor; Board on Global Health, Contributor; Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education, Contributor – National Academies Press, 2024
The National Academies Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education hosted a hybrid public workshop in March 2024 to consider the use of admissions strategies for ensuring a sustainable, high-quality workforce that is adequately staffed, reflects the population being served, and is equitably distributed. Speakers explored the…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Allied Health Occupations Education, Student Recruitment, College Admission
Download full textMcCoy, Leah P., Ed. – Online Submission, 2023
This document presents the proceedings of the 27th Annual Research Forum held June 29, 2023, at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Included are the following fifteen action research papers: (1) The Effects of Real-World Mathematics Activities on High School Students' Attitudes (Alexa Altizer); (2) An Investigation of the…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Mathematics Activities, High School Students, Student Attitudes
Costes, Nathalie; Curvale, Bruno; Kraft, Michael G.; Llavori, Rafael; Malan, Thierry; Szanto, Tibor – ENQA (European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education), 2010
This report is a product of an ENQA (European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education) seminar on the first external evaluations of quality assurance agencies, held in Paris in July 2008. The seminar took stock of the achieved reviews of agencies to learn lessons from these first outcomes and, hence, provided a platform for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Seminars, Quality Control, Organizational Effectiveness
Bitusikova, Alexandra; Bohrer, Janet; Borosic, Ivana; Costes, Nathalie; Edinsel, Kerim; Hollander, Karoline; Jacobsson, Gunilla; Jakopovic, Ivan Filip; Kearney, Mary-Louise; Mulder, Fred; Negyesi, Judith; Pietzonka, Manuel – ENQA (European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education), 2010
The present report follows an ENQA (European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education) Workshop on Quality Assurance and Postgraduate Education, hosted by the Romanian Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ARACIS) in Brasov, Romania on 12-13 March 2009. The workshop was an excellent opportunity for ENQA members to exchange…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Credentials, Graduate Study, Graduate Students
Aas, Gro Hanne; Askling, Berit; Dittrich, Karl; Froestad, Wenche; Haug, Peder; Lycke, Kirsten Hofgaard; Moitus, Sirpa; Pyykko, Riitta; Sorskar, Anne Karine – ENQA (European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education), 2009
This report is a product of an European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA) Workshop "Assessing educational quality: Knowledge production and the role of experts" hosted by the Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education (NOKUT) in Oslo in February, 2008. The workshop gathered representatives from higher…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Quality, Quality Control, Workshops
Bozo, Dhurata; Damian, Radu; Gonzalez, Cecilia de la Rosa; Helle, Emmi; Imoda, Franco; Kohler, Alexander; Papazoglou, Vassilios J.; Dalmau, Gemma Rauret; Shopov, Todor – ENQA (European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education), 2009
The present report is a product of two ENQA (European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education) seminars, held in 2007, on current trends in European Quality Assurance. The first seminar, hosted by the Bulgarian National Evaluation and Accreditation Agency (NEAA), examined the situation in South-Eastern Europe. The second seminar…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Educational Quality, Quality Control
Bennett, Paul; Bergan, Sjur; Cassar, Daniela; Hamilton, Marlene; Soinila, Michele; Sursock, Andree; Uvalic-Trumbic, Stamenka; Williams, Peter – ENQA (European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education), 2010
The present report is the product of an ENQA (European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education) Bologna Seminar "Quality Assurance in Transnational Education: from words to action" hosted by the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA, UK) in London in December, 2008. The seminar discussed the current trends in Transnational…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Seminars, Quality Control
Wisconsin Univ., Madison. Inst. for Research on Poverty. – 1995
The following background papers and rapporteurs' comments are presented: (1) "Criteria for Indicators of Child Well-Being" (Kristin A. Moore); (2) "Children in Dire Straits: How Do We Know Whether We Are Progressing?" (William Prosser and Matthew Stagner); (3) "Indicators of Children's Well-Being: A Review of Current…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Childhood Needs, Children, Conferences
Watson, Bernard C. – New Directions for Testing and Measurement, 1981
The history of test development and the current controversy over standardized testing are reviewed. The consequences of testing, particularly for minority groups, are outlined, and criticism of some viewpoints of professors Robert Ebel and Melvin Tumin is made. (Author/AL)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Minority Groups, Scores, Standardized Tests
Dixon, Rebecca R. – New Directions for Testing and Measurement, 1981
The emphasis placed on test scores in college admissions is discussed. The need for colleges to periodically analyze and define their admissions policy is recommended. (Author/AL)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Entrance Examinations, Predictive Validity, Scores
Holtzman, Wayne H. – New Directions for Testing and Measurement, 1981
The impact of self-regulation by testing professionals on test quality is discussed. Public attitudes toward testing, particularly with respect to college admissions, are outlined. Consequences of regulation be legislation of admissions testing are presented. (Author/AL)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Entrance Examinations, Government Role, Legislation
Tumin, Melvin M. – New Directions for Testing and Measurement, 1981
Admissions testing and its consequences are looked upon as a reflection of the current debate occurring in Western capitalist democracies concerning the optimization of freedom, fairness, and wealth. In dealing with the competition and conflict of values and interests, there can be no factual but political resolution. (Author/AL)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Entrance Examinations, Minority Groups, Test Use
Wisconsin Univ., Madison. Dept of Continuing and Vocational Education. – 1987
The second of two volumes, this report provides a brief description of a 1987 conference on distance education together with 21 papers that were presented in the informational sessions. The papers included in this volume are: (1) "Evaluation of Student Outcomes in Distance Education" (Charles Feasley); (2) "Principles of Effective Video…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Educational Technology, Educational Television, Evaluation Criteria
Melin, William E., Ed. – 1986
The College Music Society is an international organization whose members represent all areas and disciplines of music education. The proceedings from both the 1985 annual meeting of the National Society and the regional meetings reflect the larger educational concerns and problems that face the profession. Papers included from the National meeting…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Higher Education, Music, Music Activities
Chance, Paul – 1979
Summarized in this volume are concepts, presented and developed at a roundtable discussion by scientists and child health professionals, focusing on aspects of children's play behavior. Participants sought to answer three questions: (1) What is play behavior and what is known about it? (2) How does play contribute to infant and child development?…
Descriptors: Child Development, Childrens Games, Early Childhood Education, Evaluation Criteria
