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Institutional Research in Emerging Countries of Southern Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East and North Africa: Global Frameworks and Local Practices
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Lange, Lis; Saavedra, F. Mauricio; Romano, Jeanine – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2013
This chapter presents a synthesis of the conceptualization and practice of institutional research (IR) in higher education (HE) in emerging countries across Southern Africa, Latin America and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) regions. The chapter contextualizes the growing need for IR in these regions, identifies problems and challenges…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Change, Institutional Research, Global Approach
Differentiated Quality Assurance for the African Virtual University's Teacher Education Qualification in Mathematics and Science
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Hattingh, A. – South African Journal of Higher Education, 2008
For the African Virtual University and its consortium of African universities the implementation of quality promoting initiatives are not without challenges and scepticisms. To be discussed in this article is the case of a teacher education qualification in ten different African countries. Seven countries were sampled and visited in 2006 with the…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Teacher Qualifications, Virtual Universities, Educational Quality
A Note on the Purposes, Development, and Applicability of the Joint Committee Evaluation Standards
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Stufflebeam, Daniel L. – American Journal of Evaluation, 2004
The past few years have seen efforts in several countries and a wide range of disciplines to adopt and apply existing professional standards for guiding and judging evaluation services and/or develop new standards. Some of the efforts have drawn from the work and products of the North American Joint Committee on Standards for Educational…
Descriptors: National Standards, Evaluation Methods, Quality Control, Program Evaluation
TEND 97: Conference on Technological Education and National Development Report of Proceedings (1st, April 6-8, 1997, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates).
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This document contains 39 papers and 13 poster presentations from a conference on technological education and national development. The following are among the papers included: "The Future of Technological Education and Vocational Education: UNESCO's (United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization's) Perspective" (Adnan…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Academic Standards, Case Studies, Change Strategies