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Download full textComplete College America, 2022
Across the country, colleges using Complete College America (CCA) strategies are improving graduation rates. But despite these overall gains, data continues to show persistent institutional performance gaps for BILPOC (Black, Indigenous, Latinx, People of Color) students and students ages 25 and older. Students in both of these groups…
Descriptors: College Students, Minority Group Students, Adult Students, Achievement Gap
Direct linkCase, Bettye Anne; Guan, Yuanying Michelle; Paris, Stephen – PRIMUS, 2014
Some challenges to increasing actuarial science program size through recruiting broadly among potential students are identified. Possible solutions depend on the structures and culture of the school. Up to three student cohorts may result from partition of potential students by the levels of academic progress before program entry: students…
Descriptors: Student Recruitment, Enrollment Management, Risk Assessment, Business Administration Education
Scott-Clayton, Judith; Minaya, Veronica – Center for Analysis of Postsecondary Education and Employment, 2014
Student employment subsidies are one of the largest types of federal employment subsidies, and one of the oldest forms of student aid. Yet it is unclear whether they help or harm students' long term outcomes. This document contains the appendices to the report "Should Student Employment Be Subsidized? Conditional Counterfactuals and the…
Descriptors: Student Employment, Financial Support, Student Financial Aid, Program Effectiveness
Dysvik, Anders; Martinsen, Oyvind Lund – Educational Psychology, 2008
The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between students' reactions to teaching and their consequent performance as measured by course grades. Reactions to teaching were reported by 189 adult part-time students enrolled in postgraduate studies over two consecutive academic semesters across six different study programs in a large…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Program Effectiveness, Trainees, Foreign Countries
Fish, Lynn A. – Journal of Education for Business, 2008
Part-time graduate students at an Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business-accredited college complete a unique project by applying operations management concepts to their current employer. More than 92% of 368 graduates indicated that this experiential project was a positive learning experience, and results show a positive impact on…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Part Time Students, Student Projects, Experiential Learning
Huber, Kathrin – International Journal of Training Research, 2010
In North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), one of the German states, catchment areas for part-time vocational schools were abolished in 2008. With the intention to foster competition between schools in order to improve school quality, training companies now may freely choose the school of their choice. NRW is the first German state to take this step. In the…
Descriptors: Vocational Schools, School Choice, Comparative Analysis, Competition
Derrick, Jay; Gawn, Judith; Ecclestone, Kathryn – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2008
Research and development on formative assessment has paid little attention to part-time adult basic education in informal community-based settings. A three-year project funded by the Nuffield Foundation, the National Research Development Centre for Adult Literacy and Numeracy, and the Quality Improvement Agency addresses that gap in vocational and…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Formative Evaluation, Numeracy, Adult Basic Education
Thompson, Gordon; Devlin, Larry – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 1992
Effectiveness of methods used to increase access to higher education is investigated in the policies and practices of evening credit programs in seven Canadian universities. In particular, two approaches to internal program organization and administration are examined. Suggestions are made for further research and policies promoting part-time…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Administrative Policy, College Credits, College Students
Peer reviewedHubert, Gordon – Studies in Higher Education, 1989
Mixed mode study, allowing students to switch between full- and part-time status according to personal needs, is evaluated in a program designed to remedy underachievement. The contributions of recent developments in credit accumulation, assessment of prior learning, and learning contracts are discussed. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Credits, Contracts, Foreign Countries
Emiliani, M. L. – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2005
Purpose: To illustrate the applicability of "kaizen" in higher education. Design/methodology/approach: "Kaizen" process was used for ten courses contained in a part-time executive MS degree program in management. Findings: "Kaizen" was found to be an effective process for improving graduate business school courses and the value proposition for…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Management Development, Masters Degrees, Educational Improvement
Pettitt, Maureen A. – Journal of Applied Research in the Community College, 2006
The purpose of this study was to create a methodology for examining the impact of risk factors on student learning and engagement at a community college using the Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE). The two primary objectives associated with the study were to examine differences between students who took the CCSSE based on…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, High Risk Students, Student Attitudes, Community Colleges
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 2002
In response to the need of military leaders to be better prepared to plan, support, and conduct joint (multi-service and multi-national) operations, Congress enacted the Goldwater- Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986. Positive steps were taken to implement provisions in the Act that address the education, assignment, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Adult Students, Agency Cooperation
