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Neugebauer, Roger – Child Care Information Exchange, 1995
Discusses nine key findings of the "Cost, Quality, and Child Outcomes in Child Care Centers" study conducted in 1993. Also highlights a 1994 Child Care Information Exchange survey in which day care center directors rated various determinants of quality in a day care center on a scale of 1 to 10. Center leadership was rated the most…
Descriptors: Administrators, Caregiver Attitudes, Child Caregivers, Day Care Centers
Download full textGersten, Russell; Carnine, Douglas – 1981
An attempt to identify methods of human resource management that emerge as schools and classrooms become more effective, this literature review emphasizes the importance of administrator "support functions," which include feedback to teachers, monitoring of teacher and student performance, incentives for teachers, and visible commitment…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Change Strategies, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Change
Wolverton, Mimi – 1993
This policy brief examines the fundamental principles that undergird the current Total Quality Management (TQM) movement, describes application examples and discusses application problems particular to higher education. An opening section reviews the basic premises of TQM and differentiates between two perspectives on the approach: the first see…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Administrative Problems, College Administration, Colleges
Ellis, Jeanine – 1984
Since its inception 20 years ago, adult basic education (ABE) has been implemented successfully at the state and local levels. The statute that originally authorized ABE has proven successful largely because of three factors--its tractability, its ability to structure implementation, and its success in gaining both sovereign and media support…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Adult Basic Education, Cost Effectiveness, Delivery Systems
Freedman, Leonard – 1987
Criteria for determining quality in continuing education at the college level are addressed. After considering conceptual and practical difficulties to assuring quality in continuing higher education (CHE), the background characteristics, capabilities, and performance of adult learners and traditional college students are compared. The following…
Descriptors: Adult Students, College Faculty, College Instruction, College Programs
Peer reviewedHoldaway, Edward A. – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 1996
Drawing on literature; conferences; interviews in Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom; and two surveys in Canada, the organization and administration of graduate study is examined. Focus is on program design and administration, supervision of graduate students, student progress and completion, and quality. Recommendations are made for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Administration, Comparative Education, Educational Attitudes
Littman, Michael J. – 1994
A study synthesized findings of research in marketing education (ME) from 1979-89 in these 10 categories: administration, curriculum, evaluation, guidance/counseling, human resource, instruction, learner characteristics, philosophy and objectives, program design, and teacher education. During the 1980s, continued environmental threats and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Bound Students, Core Curriculum, Curriculum Development
