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Download full textUNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training, 2016
This virtual conference took place from September 28 to October 3 on UNESCO-UNEVOC's e-Forum and brought together 165 participants from 57 countries. This virtual conference was the twelfth in a series of moderator-driven discussions introduced by UNESCO-UNEVOC in 2011. Conducted on the UNEVOC e-Forum--a global online community of over 4,000…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Videoconferencing, Vocational Education, Educational Principles
Grantmakers for Education, 2010
College attainment rates are increasing in every industrialized and post-industrialized nation in the world--except America. Stagnating postsecondary graduation rates in the United States leave millions of Americans cut off from economic prosperity and impede our nation's ability to compete globally. Education philanthropy, which has long worked…
Descriptors: Scholarships, Politics of Education, Private Financial Support, Graduation Rate
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Direct linkVoorhees, Richard A. – New Directions for Higher Education, 2008
Institutions that have organized and centralized their data enjoy an obvious advantage in grappling with strategic planning and other issues. As the drumbeat for accountability, planning, and demonstrating effectiveness to internal and external stakeholders intensifies, the stature and importance of institutional research offices on most campuses…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Institutional Research, Institutional Role, Role Perception
Brittingham, Barbara; O'Brien, Patricia M.; Alig, Julie L. – New Directions for Higher Education, 2008
American regional accreditation serves two basic functions: quality assurance and quality improvement. Through its public function of quality assurance, accreditation signals to prospective students, parents, employers, and others that the institution meets fundamental standards of quality. Through its private function of quality improvement,…
Descriptors: Institutional Research, Institutional Evaluation, Accreditation (Institutions), Institutional Role
Yohalem, Nicole; Wilson-Ahlstrom, Alicia – Forum for Youth Investment, 2005
Parks, libraries, museums and other cultural organizations represent a diverse array of assets and share a broad mission to serve their communities, however, some may not realize the roles that these institutions can and do play in supporting young people during out-of-school time hours. This issue of the "Out-of-School Time Policy Commentary"…
Descriptors: Museums, Libraries, Community Resources, Parks
Ingram, George; Wils, Annababette; Carrol, Bidemi; Townsend, Felicity – Academy for Educational Development, 2006
The Academy for Educational Development (AED) offers this report, "Education for All: Opportunities for Public-Private Partnerships," to help focus and inform the discussion of the September 2006 Conference on Business and Education. The Academy is pleased to be cosponsoring this program with the Conference Board and acknowledges the…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Partnerships in Education, Private Sector, Public Sector
