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Direct linkGumaelius, Lena; Almqvist, Monica; Árnadóttir, Anna; Axelsson, Anders; Conejero, J. Alberto; García-Sabater, José P.; Klitgaard, Lene; Kozma, Cecilia; Maheut, Julien; Marin-Garcia, Juan; Mickos, Henrik; Nilsson, Per-Olof; Norén, Agneta; Pinho-Lopes, Margarida; Prenzel, Manfred; Ray, Johanna; Roxå, Torgny; Voss, Mirjam – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2016
Since the 1990s, the low number of students choosing to study science and technology in higher education has been on the societal agenda and many initiatives have been launched to promote awareness regarding career options. The initiatives particularly focus on increasing enrolment in the engineering programmes. This article describes and compares…
Descriptors: Outreach Programs, Universities, Science Interests, College Programs
Download full textKlein-Collins, Rebecca; Olson, Richard – Council for Adult and Experiential Learning, 2014
Many Latinos come to higher education as adults. One degree completion strategy that is particularly suited to adult students in higher education is prior learning assessment (PLA). PLA provides opportunities to evaluate a student's learning from work or life experience for the purpose of awarding college credit. For students whose…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Higher Education, Hispanic American Students, College Credits
Houston, Stan – Child Care in Practice, 2011
This paper describes an action research project aimed at enhancing resilience in young people in a residential children's home. Two core areas were explored, namely: the needs of the young people as captured through a resilience framework; and the experiential and role-related issues arising from the attempts to enhance the young people's…
Descriptors: Action Research, Young Adults, Social Work, Resilience (Psychology)
Natale, Catherine Fisk; Cook, Janet – Peabody Journal of Education, 2012
This article explores the role of state education agencies in three states that have embarked on ambitious kindergarten through Grade 12 (K-12) virtual learning initiatives: Alabama, Florida, and Idaho. Subject to a rapidly changing environment influenced by factors beyond the jurisdiction of many state departments of education, the world of…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Electronic Learning, Online Courses, Elementary Secondary Education
Johnson, Cheryl A.; Heath, Claudia J. – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2011
A project was conducted to assess Family Studies bachelor's degree graduates' use of learning outcomes from course competencies in personal finance, family lifespan development, intervention, and advocacy and policy, and to determine how they apply these learning outcomes to their workplace, family, and community roles. Alumni surveys completed by…
Descriptors: Consumer Science, Community Role, Outcomes of Education, Family Role
Anagnostopoulos, Dorothea; Sykes, Gary; McCrory, Raven; Cannata, Marisa; Frank, Kenneth – American Journal of Education, 2010
The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) is the most prominent contemporary effort to professionalize teaching. Along with identifying exceptional teachers, the NBPTS seeks to alter teachers' work by establishing a cadre of expert teachers capable of and obligated to leading school improvement efforts. This article reports…
Descriptors: National Standards, School Organization, Educational Change, Collegiality
Adams, Isaac, Jr. – 1978
This report presents the results of an informal survey which focused upon the manner in which urban school systems are organized to perform the functions of utilization and dissemination of educational innovations. The systems of each of twenty-eight urban districts surveyed are briefly described. Results presented indicate that (1) all…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Educational Policy, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education
Sole, Kenneth – 1978
School Self Renewal, rooted in the ideas of Organizational Development, is a process of school improvement undertaken with the participation of the members of the school community. Based on reports of Renewal projects in New York City Public High Schools, this paper presents some of Renewal's problem areas, strengths, and the implications of the…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Curriculum Development, Educational Facilities Improvement, High Schools
PDF pending restorationRumstein, Regina – 1973
The information contained in this report about education in the U.S.S.R. was gathered from interviews and observations made in Russia in 1972. The formal set-up of the school system is described, along with observations on work and play activities, corporal punishment, scheduling, and day-to-day classroom operations. The report also contains a…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Communism, Corporal Punishment, Early Childhood Education
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Austin. Community Colleges and Technical Institutes Div. – 1991
In 1991, a study was conducted of the 71 community colleges and technical institutes in Texas to generate a description of existing literacy programs and activities. A total of 61 surveys were returned for an 89% response rate. Findings from the study included the following: (1) 66% of the institutions cited the lack of resources as the…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, College Role, Community Colleges, Institutional Role
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Regional Office for Education in Asia and Oceania. – 1977
A Study Group, convened by the Asian Centre of Educational Innovation for Development at Bangkok, classified national policy statements, development plans, and innovative programmes in three categories: changes in the concept of rural development; changes in the concepts of education "for" and "in" rural development, and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Competency Based Teacher Education, Core Curriculum, Educational Innovation
Peer reviewedGartland, Patricia A., Ed. – Journal of the NAWDAC, 1983
Discusses sexual harassment in the academic environment. In nine articles discusses issues in development and implementation of sexual harassment policies, informal grievance procedures, and counseling techniques for dealing with sexual harassment. Presents survey results documenting harassment on college campuses and an annotated listing of…
Descriptors: College Environment, Counseling Techniques, Females, Grievance Procedures
Mandelzweig, Ricky, Ed.; Atiyah, Yael, Ed. – 1992
This report offers information from the Planning and Budgeting Committee (PBC) of the Israeli Council for Higher Education for the 1990-91 academic year. The first of the report's 10 sections describes the recent work of the Planning and Budgeting Committee, its role, relations with other bodies, and status. A second section offers general…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Ancillary School Services, Budgets, Cooperative Programs
Collier, Douglas J. – 1976
The 1972 edition of the Program Classification Structure (PCS) is revised, using essentially the same framework but with additional categories and more detailed definitions. The PCS is a framework that permits the classification of a postsecondary education institution's resources and programs/activities as they relate to the accomplishment of…
Descriptors: Admission (School), Ancillary Services, Community Services, Educational Administration
Agency for International Development (Dept. of State), Washington, DC. Office of International Training. – 1970
The report describes the program of training for foreign students conducted by the Office of International Training of the Agency for International Development (AID). The report's first chapter describes the history, nature, and importance of participant training and diagrams the administrative structure of the program. Chapter 2 describes the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Career Development, Curriculum
