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Gonzalez, Jennifer – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2012
The Tennessee Technology Center system has become something of a darling among college-completion advocates. Comprising 27 locations across the state, the system boasts graduation and job-placement rates that many colleges only dream of: 75 percent and 83 percent, respectively. Such achievements are even more noteworthy given the population the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Environment, Technical Institutes, Community Colleges
Gose, Ben – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1995
Colorado College is reconsidering its block scheduling, in which students take eight immersion courses consecutively within the academic year, rather than taking several courses concurrently. Advantages of block scheduling include more intensive instruction and increased student focus on subject matter. Some students and faculty are concerned that…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Instruction, Curriculum Design, Higher Education
Chronicle of Higher Education, 1987
Excerpts from the National Collegiate Athletic Association Presidents' Commission policy paper on intercollegiate athletics reform address such issues as the college experience of athletes, awarding of student financial aid, eligibility, the effects of competition, recruitment policies, program effects on institutions as well as athletes, and…
Descriptors: Athletes, Change Strategies, College Athletics, Competition