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Null, J. Wesley – American Educational History Journal, 2020
Teacher education remains a largely unexplored area within the history of American education. This paper is an example of the types of state-specific stories that are needed as university administrators and policymakers make critical decisions about the content and purpose of teacher ed curriculum. These decisions, in turn, have a direct impact on…
Descriptors: Teacher Educators, Educational History, Educational Policy, College Administration
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Teixeira, Stephanie M. – Journal of Student Affairs, New York University, 2021
This research analyzes the alignment of today's practices with current student needs in higher education. Veterans face unique challenges when transitioning back into civilian culture. When that transition combines with a shift to life on a college campus, these challenges are further exacerbated. Tinto's Model of Student Integration allows the…
Descriptors: Veterans Education, Student Needs, Educational Practices, College Students
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Schilling, JoAnna – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2013
For-profit colleges have been dismissed by community college administrators and faculty as imperfect institutions that focus too heavily on skills-based training, to the detriment of a well-rounded academic experience. Although there are many appropriate criticisms of an educational model that relies on federal funding to make a profit--while…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Proprietary Schools, Models, Commercialization
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Vacchi, David T. – About Campus, 2012
The new GI Bill offers the best educational benefits for veterans in the history of the nation. While many campus officials believe a surge of student veterans is under way, 2012 is the first year of college eligibility for veterans who enlisted specifically for the Post 9-11 GI Bill benefits signed into law in the summer of 2008. Further, the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Veterans, Access to Education, College Students
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Moss, Leah – McGill Journal of Education, 2011
The curse of being the "new, new" thing was initially hung around the neck of the current incarnation of Quebec's "recognition of prior learning" program. However, this has changed as the program has evolved into a working service for Quebec residents. This article will examine the current public offering of the recognition of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Prior Learning, Educational Policy, Educational History
Marchese, Theodore J., Ed. – AAHE Bulletin, 1994
The 10 issues of this organizational bulletin for the 1993/94 school year present articles, panel discussions, interviews, and essays on issues concerning the advancement of higher education. Included are: an interview with Charles Handy on the 21st century academic workplace; an article titled "Certifying Teaching Excellence: An Alternative…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Faculty, College Instruction, College Students