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Casadesus, Marti; Huertas, Esther; Edo, Carme – Industry and Higher Education, 2023
In higher education, micro-credentials -- that is, proof of the learning results a student has acquired after a short learning programme (SLP) -- are gaining in importance. In general, SLPs are formative programs addressed to professionals in a specific area of knowledge. Despite the various characteristics of this type of training, delivered in a…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Program Length, Microcredentials, Higher Education
Máté-Szabó, Barbara; Tóth, Dorina Anna – Acta Educationis Generalis, 2021
Introduction: This article examines the first level of the European higher education system, namely the short-cycle higher education trainings related to the ISCED 5 whose Hungarian characteristics, and its historical changes were described. Methods: We examined participation rates among OECD countries. As there are large differences in the…
Descriptors: Program Length, Vocational Education, Higher Education, Comparative Education
Whistle, Wesley – New America, 2021
The collapse of good labor market opportunities for workers without a college degree is the elephant in the room in higher education policy discussions today. A high school diploma no longer provides a guarantee of financial security, let alone opens the door to the middle class. In response, some lawmakers and advocates have introduced a host of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Policy, Nontraditional Education, Program Length
Price, Richard; Dunagan, Alana – Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation, 2019
Whirlwind growth in the technology sector has led to heightened demand for workers with specialized skills in coding and computer science. Projections for continued expansion of the sector feed a persistent fear that traditional educational offerings won't generate enough graduates with the skills the economy demands. Bootcamps focused on coding…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Program Length, Higher Education, Federal Aid
Nash, Julie Ann – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2015
Online education is growing rapidly and there is little doubt that it will continue to expand until it one day encompasses the majority of higher education course offerings. Higher education leaders agree that online education will continue to grow even in the face of a slight recent decline (Allen & Seaman, 2013). As the rise of online…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Electronic Learning, Educational Trends, Educational Quality
Giedt, Todd; Gokcek, Gigi; Ghosh, Jayati – Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 2015
This paper argues for a reimagining of education abroad that fuses short-term programming with some kind of experiential research component led by home campus disciplinary faculty, especially those in the sciences, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields, in order to better integrate the study abroad program into the core undergraduate…
Descriptors: International Education, Educational Research, Study Abroad, Educational Innovation
Anastasi, Jeffrey S. – Teaching of Psychology, 2007
Faculty and administrators often believe that abbreviated courses are less effective than the same courses taught during a full semester. This study examined student academic performance and course evaluations for identical courses taught during abbreviated summer sessions or during regular semester sessions. Contrary to popular convention,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Student Attitudes, Higher Education, Courses
Tom, Alan R. – 1985
A case is made for maintaining teacher education at the undergraduate level. This paper outlines the core arguments used by contemporary proponents of extended teacher preparation programs, and identifies which of these arguments are recurrent themes from earlier rationales. The validity of the arguments is also assessed. Some of the hidden costs…
Descriptors: Graduate Study, Higher Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Program Effectiveness

Cushman, Ellen – College Composition and Communication, 2002
Reveals a few of the obstacles that hinder the sustainability of community literacy programs. Finds that professors in service learning courses can better sustain these initiatives when they view the community site as a place where their research, teaching, and service contribute to a community's self-defined needs and students' learning. (SG)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Literacy, Program Length, School Community Relationship
Ratsoy, Eugene W.; And Others – 1978
Designed as the first stage of a four-year evaluation of the education practicum program at the University of Alberta, this study had two major purposes. The first was to provide a pool of data to serve as a base line against which to compare new practicum programs. The second was to identify satisfactory and unsatisfactory aspects of the program.…
Descriptors: Cooperating Teachers, Coordination, Higher Education, Practicums

Murray, John S. – Journal of Teacher Education, 1982
The trend toward expanding the normal four-year teacher education program into a fifth year is discussed, and the University of Kansas extended program is described. A major criticism of the Kansas program was that a better analysis of educational needs should have preceded implementation of the lengthened teacher education program. (PP)
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Educational Trends, Higher Education, Program Evaluation
Brillhart, L. V.; Debs, M. B. – Engineering Education, 1983
Surveyed 187 engineering colleges on composition/rhetoric courses required of engineering students, required and/or elective technical writing courses, and attitudes toward writing/writing instruction. Results from 108 responding institutions indicate that, although administrators support such courses, course implementation does not always reflect…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, College Curriculum, Degree Requirements, Engineering Education

Hawley, Willis D. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1986
The cost of extending teacher education to include a fifth year would be six billion dollars annually, and there is no evidence that extended programs produce more effective teachers. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Costs, Curriculum Development, Educational Improvement

Shoenberg, Robert E. – Liberal Education, 1994
Plans of some to reduce the time for completing the traditional undergraduate degree or to redefine it to require fewer credits are examined critically. Reasons for considering time-shortened degrees and responses to the idea are considered. A reexamination of the meaning of the undergraduate degree is recommended. (MSE)
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Bachelors Degrees, College Curriculum, Curriculum Design
Brady, Patrick; Allingham, Philip – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 2005
This study examined perceptions of preparedness for post-secondary education in the province of Ontario. Participants were 272 university students enrolled in the first year of a four-or five-year concurrent teacher education program and represented two distinctive groups: (a) entrants who had completed the old five-year Ontario Academic Credit…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Data Analysis, Academic Achievement, College Preparation