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Langan, A. M.; Harris, W. E.; Barrett, N.; Hamshire, C.; Wibberley, C. – Studies in Higher Education, 2018
There is an increasing requirement in higher education (HE) worldwide to deliver excellence. Benchmarking is widely used for this purpose, but methodological approaches to the creation of benchmark metrics vary greatly. Approaches require selection of factors for inclusion and subsequent calculation of benchmarks for comparison. We describe an…
Descriptors: Benchmarking, Nursing Education, Prediction, Graduation Rate
Bonsu, Pam; Goertzen, Heidi; Howard-Brown, Beth; Kaase, Kris; LaTurner, Jason; Times, Chris – Southeast Comprehensive Center, 2016
The Southeast Comprehensive Center (SECC) at SEDL, an affiliate of American Institutes for Research (AIR), partnered with the Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE) in 2014 to assist in evaluating Alabama Plan 2020, mainly focusing on learners and the graduation rate. SECC provided professional development and analytic technical assistance…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Graduation Rate, Strategic Planning, Faculty Development
Powell, Allison; Roberts, Verena; Patrick, Susan – International Association for K-12 Online Learning, 2015
Our country has been trying to address the graduation crisis in many ways. We are seeing the impact of the efforts to improve graduation rates over the past twenty years including agreement among states to implement a common cohort-based graduation rate, research-based efforts to improve the transition to 9th grade, increased academic and social…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Blended Learning, Graduation, Graduation Rate
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Altman, Miriam; Meis, Alexandra – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2013
The American K-12 grade education system is experiencing a truancy crisis. Nationally, 15%, or 7.5 million students, miss an entire month of school annually [1], with that rate frequently doubling or even tripling among students from underserved communities [2]. Research has identified attendance as one of three primary indicators of high school…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Attendance Patterns, Intervention, Dropout Prevention
Lafon, Valerie, Ed. – OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2007
IMHE-Info is the newsletter published by the Institutional Management in Higher Education (IMHE) programme. This issue includes: (1) Giving Knowledge for Free; The Emergence of Open Educational Resources; and (2) Education at a Glance 2007. IMHE News, publications of interest and upcoming events are included. (Contains 1 figure and 1 table.)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Institutional Administration, Foreign Countries, Educational Resources