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Darnell, Barry – Council for Adult and Experiential Learning, 2022
There are currently more than 62 million American adults whose highest educational attainment is a high school diploma or its equivalent (U.S. Census Current Population Survey, 2021). Many of these adults have considered postsecondary education, and some even applied for a program. Yet, for various reasons, these adults never began a program of…
Descriptors: National Surveys, Postsecondary Education, Adults, Educational Attitudes
Martin, Michaela; Furiv, Uliana – UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning, 2022
When making study choices, students often find it challenging to identify their interests and strengths. Higher education (HE) systems that do not offer opportunities for reorientation and transfer run the risk of some students never completing their studies. This policy brief examines the different flexible pathways institutions can choose to…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Student Interests, Educational Policy, Decision Making
Allen, Jeff; Cruce, Ty; Dingler, Colin – ACT, Inc., 2023
ACT is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to help people achieve education and workplace success. To help fulfill that mission, ACT offers school-day testing programs that provide all students with state- or district-funded access to its college readiness and admissions assessment, removing barriers to testing and opening doors to…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Testing, Nonprofit Organizations, Access to Education
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Ho, William; Dey, Prasanta K.; Higson, Helen E. – International Journal of Educational Management, 2006
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to review the literature which focuses on four major higher education decision problems. These are: resource allocation; performance measurement; budgeting; and scheduling. Design/methodology/approach: Related articles appearing in the international journals from 1996 to 2005 are gathered and analyzed so that…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Decision Making, Resource Allocation, Budgeting
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McClure, Richard H.; Wells, Charles E. – College and University, 1986
A method for scheduling teaching assignments is described that can asssist in projecting future course offering needs, assess the impact of consolidating or rescheduling sections, determine the necessary interests and qualifications of faculty additions, and predict the impact of a faculty member's absence. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Administration, Decision Making, Decision Support Systems, Departments
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Dyer, James S.; Mulvey, John M. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1977
A case study of the implementation of a computerized decision aid in the Graduate School of Management at UCLA is presented. This decision tool helps determine the annual teaching schedule by assigning faculty to courses and other activities on the basis of their responses to course preference questionnaires. It can also help determine recruitment…
Descriptors: College Planning, Computers, Decision Making, Faculty Workload
Quinn, Matthew J. – 1976
Proposed schedules for short and long visits for state licensing team visits to colleges and universities are presented. The short visit, which some states use for program evaluations, involves a half day (the afternoon) prior to the formal visitation and a full day visitation. The long visit entails the afternoon prior to formal visitation, the…
Descriptors: Certification, Decision Making, Eligibility, Government School Relationship
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Barbee, Robert A.; Dinham, Sarah M. – Journal of Medical Education, 1977
Three consecutive classes (213 students) entering the medical school under a flexible-time three-year curriculum could opt for extending their program by a year or more. Of the 30 percent who so opted, a majority did due to a desire for a better personal or academic "life-style" rather than for specific academic reasons. (Author/LBH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Acceleration, Curriculum Design, Decision Making
Campbell, Clifton P. – 1988
Intended for use in a 3-hour instructional program at the graduate level, the packet contains an outline of the instructional content, 9 transparencies, 12 handouts, and 7 supplementary materials. The outline is organized in terms of content, instructor activity (such as showing a transparency), and student activity. Instruction covers the…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Efficiency, Goal Orientation, Graduate Students
Heyman, Martin H. – Business Officer, 1985
The nature of fast-track construction scheduling is described, the qualities and resources related to superior construction management performance are discussed, and the types of contract alternatives available are examined. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Administration, Construction Management, Consultants, Contracts
Brightwell, D. Shelby; George, Anita P. – 1989
The organizational model was designed to allow faculty members in a large academic department to participate in decisions concerning courses, curriculum, and programs. Rather than encouraging faculty to work independently on teaching and committee assignments, the model promotes the sharing of information, teamwork, and interdepartmental…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Committees, Decision Making, Departments
Kleinsasser, Audrey M. – 1989
This study examined the time constraints imposed on teacher interns by the fact that they enter a classroom already established and owned by a cooperating teacher and leave the scene before the actual year-end closure. Participants in the study were eight secondary language arts student interns. Separate case studies were completed for each…
Descriptors: Cooperating Teachers, Decision Making, Higher Education, Planning
Johnson, F. Craig – 1987
The design and use of a departmental decision support system at Florida State University are described from the perspective of a department head. The decisions selected for study are ones of adequacy, equitability, quality, efficiency, and consistency. The complexity of the decision is related to the complexity of the support system. The major…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Admission, College Programs, Computer Oriented Programs
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Dill, William R. – Change, 1998
Accreditation of specialized college programs would be improved by increasing communication and specific reform agendas; longer intervals between comprehensive self-studies; improved site-visit and accreditation-decision teams; greater consistency; opportunities to form new accrediting agencies; easing documentation burdens; measuring quality by…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Accrediting Agencies, Agency Cooperation, Change Strategies
Cummins, Thompson R. – Library Administration & Management, 1992
Discusses staffing needs and plans that need to be considered by library administrators. Topics addressed include the supervisory process, including patron needs assessment; the staffing process, including a staffing control system; staffing studies that establish a base for decision making; staffing standards; staffing problems; scheduling; and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Decision Making, Guidelines, Higher Education
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