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The Online Credit Hour: A Brief History and Guide to Regional Accreditation Similarities, Differences, and How They Can Affect Your Programs

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Schulte, Marthann – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 2016

In this article, the author first traces the history of what is today known as the "Carnegie Unit" or course credit and discusses how it has become improperly equated with learning and abused in online and for-profit programs. The second half of the article provides statements concerning online credit hours from the following regional…

Descriptors: Online Courses, Accreditation (Institutions), Educational History, Regional Programs

Leveraging Standards to Promote Program Quality

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Young, Michelle D.; Mawhinney, Hanna; Reed, Cynthia J. – Journal of Research on Leadership Education, 2016

Standards provide a foundation for thinking about leadership development and practice. This article explores three sets of standards that impact educational leadership preparation: (a) the recently revised Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium (ISLLC) standards, which are now known as the Practice Standards for Educational Leaders (PSEL);…

Descriptors: Leadership Training, Educational Administration, Administrator Education, Educational Quality

The Evolution of New Teacher Induction Policy: Support, Specificity, and Autonomy

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Bartlett, Lora; Johnson, Lisa S. – Educational Policy, 2010

This article analyzes the findings from a three-state study of teacher induction policy. It looks within and across Illinois, Ohio, and Wisconsin to explore the landscape and experience of teacher induction. Although the orientation and conception of each state's policy is similar, the states represent three different structural approaches to…

Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Educational Policy, Educational Development, Interviews

The Rhetoric of Policy Formation in Cordoba Education Reform

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Olmos, Liliana Esther – ProQuest LLC, 2009

The purpose of this study is to explore education policies formation during two administrations (1983-1998) in the province of Cordoba, Argentina through the comparison of policy documents. The profound connections of the social, cultural, economic, and educational processes impact of Argentina's educational reforms during the last two decades of…

Descriptors: Policy Formation, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Discourse Analysis

Child Care Quality in Different State Policy Contexts

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Rigby, Elizabeth; Ryan, Rebecca M.; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2007

Using data from the Child Care Supplement to the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, we test associations between the quality of child care and state child care policies. These data, which include observations of child care and interviews with care providers and mothers for 777 children across 14 states, allow for comparisons across a…

Descriptors: Child Care Centers, Child Care, Educational Quality, Interviews

Blueprint for Change in Connecticut: State Teacher Policy Yearbook, 2010

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National Council on Teacher Quality, 2010

The 2009 "State Teacher Policy Yearbook" provided a comprehensive review of states' policies that impact the teaching profession. As a companion to last year's comprehensive state-by-state analysis, the 2010 edition provides each state with an individualized "Blueprint for Change," building off last year's "Yearbook"…