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Direct linkGewertz, Catherine – Education Week, 2011
The General Educational Development program, or GED, is undergoing the biggest revamping in its 69-year history, driven by mounting recognition that young adults' future success depends on getting more than a high-school-level education. Potent forces have converged to stoke the GED's redesign. A labor market that increasingly seeks some…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Education Work Relationship, High School Equivalency Programs, Developmental Studies Programs
Download full textVirginia Department of Education, 2011
Virginia's "College and Career Ready English Performance Expectations" grade 12 capstone course contains high-interest contextualized content designed to give certain students an additional boost for competent and successful entry into college and careers. The course will add to students' preparation for critical reading, college and…
Descriptors: Course Content, Grade 12, Educational Objectives, Behavioral Objectives
Peer reviewedHussey, Trevor; Smith, Patrick – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2010
This paper offers ideas towards a solution of some of the problems that arise due to the extension of higher education to an ever wider range of students: especially student drop-out. It suggests that, as far as is practical, the design and delivery of higher education should be based upon the major changes or transitions which the students…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Instructional Design, Instructional Development, Transitional Programs
Carbone, Gilbert J.; Torgerson, Alan – 1983
In recognition of the need to improve the delivery of basic skills instruction and other learning assistance services to its students, the Washington community colleges established a statewide support system to encourage resource sharing, promote professional growth, and assess the status of developmental education in the state's 27 two-year…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Databases, Developmental Studies Programs, Information Dissemination
Hendrick, Larry – 1980
As a supplement to the Los Rios Community College District Master Plan, this paper provides a model for student diagnosis within the district's instructional programs. The report first identifies three diagnostic areas: determination of the remedial instruction needed by students, identification of their preferred learning styles, and survey of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Community Colleges, Competency Based Education, Developmental Studies Programs
Fincher, Cameron, Ed.; And Others – 1986
Higher education assessment, evaluation, and accreditation in Georgia are addressed in these proceedings of a 1986 conference sponsored by the University of Georgia and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS). Panel papers cover: assessing student performance and outcomes, academic standards and needs assessment for specific…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accreditation (Institutions), Adult Students, College Admission
