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Advancing Student Learning and Opportunity through Voluntary Academic Summer Learning Programs. EdResearch for Recovery Design Principles Series
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McCombs, Jennifer; Augustine, Catherine – EdResearch for Recovery Project, 2021
This brief is one in a series aimed at providing K-12 education decision-makers and advocates with an evidence base to ground discussions about how to best serve students during and following the novel coronavirus pandemic. It begins with an at-a-glance view of an effective voluntary academic summer learning program structure (duration, class…
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, Summer Programs, Program Design, Program Length
Incubators: Building Community Networks and Developing Open Educational Resources to Integrate Bioinformatics into Life Science Education
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Ryder, Elizabeth F.; Morgan, William R.; Sierk, Michael; Donovan, Samuel S.; Robertson, Sabrina D.; Orndorf, Hayley C.; Rosenwald, Anne G.; Triplett, Eric W.; Dinsdale, Elizabeth; Pauley, Mark A.; Tapprich, William E. – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2020
While it is essential for life science students to be trained in modern techniques and approaches, rapidly developing, interdisciplinary fields such as bioinformatics present distinct challenges to undergraduate educators. In particular, many educators lack training in new fields, and high-quality teaching and learning materials may be sparse. To…
Descriptors: Information Science, Open Educational Resources, Science Education, Biological Sciences
Eliminating Community Services--The Leisure Services Example.
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Crompton, John L.; Lamb, Charles W. – Community Development Journal, 1980
Illustrates the importance of adopting a formal strategy for eliminating programs. Outlines a three-step procedure for identifying candidates for elimination, evaluating these programs, and implementing the decision. The procedure provides community service agencies with guidelines for better serving the needs of their clientele. (SK)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Services, Cost Effectiveness, Leisure Time
Radical Reform of German Higher Education Imminent.
Bildung und Wissenschaft, 1992
Predictions are made, based on emerging policy and evidence of trends, about likely changes in the German higher education system including changes in funding sources, scope, and timing; faculty incentives to increase workload; changes in program length and graduates' salary levels; promotion of teaching as an occupation; increased labor market…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Change, Educational Finance
Longitudinal Studies of the Effects of Alternative Types of Early Intervention for Children with Disabilities. Annual Report for Project Period October 1, 1993-September 30, 1994.
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Innocenti, Mark S. – 1994
This report is the fourth in a series of follow-up analyses of nine longitudinal studies addressing the costs and effectiveness of alternative types of early intervention for children with disabilities. An introduction provides an historical perspective and conceptual framework for the studies, including common study elements and how research…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cost Effectiveness, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education
"Small Is Beautiful" for Its Ph.D. Programs, Washington U. Decides.
Magner, Denise K. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1997
Going against conventional wisdom that larger doctoral programs are better, Washington University (Missouri) has been scaling back its doctoral enrollments, recruiting more selectively, providing every student with full financial support for six years, and increasing contact between faculty and doctoral students. The new approach has brought…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, College Administration, College Admission