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Wallace, Susan – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2014
This paper is based on a one-year research project in the UK designed to investigate teachers' strategies for motivating learners and managing non-compliant behaviour in the further education sector. Carried out in collaboration with 203 teachers in three colleges of further education, the inquiry set out to identify, through the use of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Adult Students, Student Motivation
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Burnett, Judith; Cudworth, Erika – Learning and Teaching: The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences, 2008
This article explores the critical pedagogical issues that emerge when attempting to develop active citizenship among undergraduates as an integral part of the student experience. It presents part of the findings from a C-SAP-funded project (Gifford et al. 2006) that we undertook with a partner higher education institution. This article explores…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Citizenship, Adult Education, Social Sciences
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Skinner, Patricia – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 1987
The process required of Ohio's higher education institutions to obtain state authorization for off-campus instructional programs is outlined. This process includes investigation of institutional mission, academic planning, academic control mechanisms, curriculum design, faculty, and resources and support services. (MSE)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Ancillary School Services, Certification, College Faculty
Charters, Alexander N. – 1972
University College at Syracuse University has continued to provide the so-called traditional programs because these have been designed and modified to meet continuing types of needs. The nature of the total program has been influenced by certain factors. These ingredients include: (1) the commitment of the Chancellor to the necessity of educating…
Descriptors: Administrators, Adult Education, Attitudes, College Faculty
Erickson, Stanford C. – 1977
How do colleges and universities adapt programs of instruction to the changing times? In particular, do teachers receive appropriate recognition from their institutions for their leadership in these matters? The central aim of National Project III, a project of the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, is to elevate the importance…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Planning, College Faculty, Competency Based Education
Sweet, David E.; And Others – 1971
This document describes a new type of college; it is divided into seven chapters. Chapter I describes the Minnesota Metropolitan State College (MMSC) as a college with the entire metropolitan area as its campus, which admits students and awards them degrees on the basis of demonstrated competence and not on the basis of credit hours accumulated or…
Descriptors: Adult Education, College Faculty, College Students, Colleges