NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 3 results Save | Export
On the Relationship between Society and Higher Education: What Path Should We Take?
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Márquez-Ramos, Laura; Mourelle, Estefanía – Distance Education, 2018
The current network society, with its primacy of information and communication technologies, is challenging the higher education model. The needs and expectations of today's students differ from those of students in the past, and educational practices should adapt to modern times. But what changes will we see in the relationship between societal…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Models, Educational Practices, Social Change
Revisiting Charles H. Thompson's Proposals for Educating Gifted African American Students, 1933-1961
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Ray, Louis – Journal of Negro Education, 2012
Charles H. Thompson is best known as the founder and the first editor-in-chief of "The Journal of Negro Education" (1932-1963). Throughout his career, Thompson sought to extend educational opportunity in ways that were "for the good of Negro education as a whole." His main concern was in educating future leaders for service in African American…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Educational Opportunities, African American Education, African American Students
A FIELD EXPERIMENT IN THE SUMMERTIME USE OF OPEN-CIRCUIT TELEVISION INSTRUCTION TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE.
HEAD, SYDNEY W.; PHILIPS, C. LEE – 1961
A TWO-PHASE EXPERIMENT TESTED THE FEASIBILITY OF MOTIVATING RECENT HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES TO DEVOTE SUMMER STUDY IN INTRODUCTORY COLLEGE STUDENTS FOR CREDIT BY MEANS OF OPEN CIRCUIT TELEVISION. A PILOT AND A EXPERIMENTAL COURSE WERE SCHEDULED IN SUCCESSIVE SUMMERS. THE PILOT PROGRAM SHOWED FAVORABLE RESULTS, BUT AN EXPANDED EXPERIMENTAL COURSE WAS…
Descriptors: Broadcast Television, College Preparation, Educational Methods, Educational Objectives