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Perico E Santos, Anna Vitoria – OECD Publishing, 2023
Many factors influence students' experiences in upper secondary education and beyond, including upper secondary curricula, programme design and support for students. But a good transition from earlier levels of education is the first, essential step in a successful journey through upper secondary education and into further education and/or…
Descriptors: Educational Experience, Secondary School Students, Program Design, Secondary School Curriculum
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Hansen, Kelly; Khare, Prajakta – JALT CALL Journal, 2021
This study explores the role of an online pre-sessional program in preparing students to matriculate into an English-medium bachelor's program at a Japanese university. The study covers two program sessions, the first of which consisted primarily of international students, and the second comprised mainly of graduates of Japanese high schools. To…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Course Evaluation, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Dodd, Emlyn; Singh, Sonal; Micsko, Jim; Austin, Kylie; Morison, Carolina; Upton, Stuart – Student Success, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic caused a rapid and unprecedented shift of widening participation and outreach activities to online and remote delivery. The impact of this went beyond practitioners and the university sector; positive and negative implications are felt by stakeholders and the broader community. This shift online is discussed through the lens…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Access to Education, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Shandler, Maxine; Steenekamp, Karen – Africa Education Review, 2014
The balance between the cost and value of access programmes is a concern in higher education. The function of access programmes is to provide support and additional time for under-prepared students to cope with the academic workload during the first year. This article aims to indicate the value students place on participation in an access…
Descriptors: Prerequisites, Engineering Education, Access to Education, College Preparation
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McNamee, Peter J.; Maxwell, Graham S. – Higher Education Research and Development, 1993
A study investigated effectiveness of a University of Southern Queensland (Australia) program to improve access to higher education for disadvantaged groups. Results suggest that, although the program improves access, it has inherent inequities, does not provide adequate student support, and does not consider student readiness for the demands of…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Case Studies, College Preparation, Disadvantaged
Buckley, Helen; And Others – 1993
This publication is an overview and guide to the Comprehensive Teacher Training Programme (CTTP), a four-course distance education program of study for untrained Caribbean elementary and primary school teachers designed to prepare them to pass Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) examinations for entry into teacher training colleges. The program…
Descriptors: Adult Students, College Entrance Examinations, College Preparation, Continuing Education
Lasonen, Johanna, Ed. – 1999
This document contains 21 papers and an introduction on work force preparation in a global context. The following papers are included: "Introduction" (Johanna Lasonen); "Access of Girls and Women to Vocational Education: Implications for the Workplace in Swaziland" (Comfort B. S. Mndebele); "Intersectoral Approaches to…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy