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Garver, Karin; Weisenfeld, G. G.; Connors-Tadros, Lori; Hodges, Katherine; Melnick, Hanna; Plasencia, Sara – Learning Policy Institute, 2023
Most states in the United States operate their public preschool programs in a mixed delivery system that serves children in local education agencies (LEAs) as well as non-LEA settings, such as Head Start agencies, child care centers, private schools, and family child care homes. To inform state preschool administrators and policymakers as they…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, State Policy, School Districts, Delivery Systems
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Aversa, Elizabeth; MacCall, Steven – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2013
This paper is a case study of a Master of Library and Information Studies degree program online option that has been unusually successful in retaining and graduating students. Design characteristics of this program that has maintained a retention rate of over 90 percent over five years are described and mapped to the literature on distance…
Descriptors: Profiles, Academic Persistence, Synchronous Communication, Online Courses
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van Ackeren, Isabell; Block, Rainer; Klein, E. Dominique; Kuhn, Svenja M. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2012
In this article we present results from a study investigating the impact of three state exit exam systems on teaching and learning in college-preparatory schools. The study compares one state with a traditionally more centralized exam regime, one state that is more de-centralized and one state that has recently switched to more centralized…
Descriptors: Testing, Academic Achievement, Exit Examinations, Program Effectiveness
Fox, Robert D. – Adult Education, 1981
This study explored and described the relationship between formal organizational structures and the extent of participation of clients, faculty, and program administrators in planning continuing professional education programs in six Southern land-grant universities. (Author/CT)
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Case Studies, Delivery Systems, Organizational Theories
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Maxime, Francoise; Maze, Armelle – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2006
This article aims to study the design and the organization of auditing systems to develop environmental or quality assurance schemes at the farm level and the role that extension services could play in these processes. It starts by discussing the issue of combining auditing and advisory activities and developing auditing competences. Empirical…
Descriptors: Quality Control, Foreign Countries, Agriculture, Audits (Verification)
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Coleman, Mary Ruth; Gallagher, James J. – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 1995
Features of programs that successfully blended the middle school (MS) model or cooperative learning (CL) model with gifted education were assessed. Site visits were made to five MS sites and five CL sites at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. Studies showed that gifted students' needs can be met within these programs, with appropriate…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cooperative Learning, Delivery Systems, Educational Change
National Caucus and Center on Black Aged, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1988
This report describes a study that was undertaken to examine placement techniques and strategies that are effective in helping older workers find jobs. The study presents 23 case studies on successful older worker programs in 12 states. The information was gathered through on-site interviews and assembly of quantitative data. These case studies…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Delivery Systems, Displaced Homemakers, Employment Programs
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O'Neal, John R.; Carpenter, Catharine A. – College and University, 1983
Ohio University's use of computer programing for the need analysis and internal accounting functions in financial aid is described. A substantial improvement of services resulted, with 6,000-10,000 students and the offices of financial aid, bursar, registration, student records, housing, admissions, and controller assisted in the process. Costs…
Descriptors: Accounting, Case Studies, Computer Oriented Programs, Costs
National Caucus and Center on Black Aged, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1988
This volume is a continuation of Volume One of a technical assistance guide on job placement systems for older workers. The focus of this volume is on program operations and planning a job placement system for older adults. This volume consists of two chapters. The first chapter presents a general planning framework for designing and managing…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Delivery Systems, Displaced Homemakers, Employment Programs
Skrtic, Thomas M.; And Others – 1985
The report discusses a field study of the implementation of major requirements of P.L. 94-142, the Education For All Handicapped Children Act, by rural districts, and presents detailed case studies of five districts' responses. The first volume introduces the naturalistic model of inquiry, noting its philosophical underpinnings and basic…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Case Studies, Compliance (Legal), Cooperative Programs
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Berruecos, Citlalli – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2004
This case study describes three main strategies used from March 2002 to November 2003 at the Open University and Distance Education Coordination (CUAED) of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) to consolidate distance education at the University. The author explains how, in just 18 months, these three main strategies enabled the UNAM…
Descriptors: Open Universities, Distance Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Strategies
Ding, Xingfu – 1999
A new conceptual framework for comparative analysis of distance higher education systems, called the Systems Analysis, Typology and Shaping Mechanism (SATS), was used to compare the structures and functions of the DE systems of Australia (which includes external studies and open learning components) and China (which includes correspondence…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Delivery Systems, Distance Education
Eberts, Randall W.; Erickcek, George – 2002
This paper describes the role of local partnerships between public and private organizations in the delivery of workforce and economic development services in the United States. The paper grew out of a study tour, conducted by the Upjohn Institute in conjunction with the Local Employment and Economic Development Committee of the Organization for…
Descriptors: Adults, Case Studies, Cooperative Programs, Delivery Systems
Atkinson, David – 2002
This document is intended to assist senior managers and governors of colleges in the United Kingdom that are faced with serious difficulties. The first section provides an overview of how the issues of college recovery were handled under the Further Education Funding Council. The second section examines crisis and recovery in corporations and…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Case Studies, Change Strategies, Colleges
Human Resources Development Canada, 2002
The Office of Learning Technologies (OLT) was launched by Human Resources Canada (HRDC) in 1996 as part of an education and training strategy for adult learners. It was established with an annual budget of $6 million. As a contributions program, the OLT encourages and supports initiatives of various public and private sector partners to expand…
Descriptors: Evidence, Summative Evaluation, Formative Evaluation, Program Administration
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