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Matczynski, Thomas J.; Siler, Earl R. – Tower Review, 1988
A five step process for the marketing of a teacher education program includes: (1) developing a college mission statement and planning document; (2) upgrading of admissions and graduation standards; (3) implementing necessary curricular reforms; (4) creating credibility within and outside the university; and (5) marketing of programs to the…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Graduation Requirements, Higher Education, Marketing
Jimenez, Reynaldo; Murphy, Carol J. – 1984
A report presenting a sampling of proficiency-related projects consists of two parts. The first is a report on the state of the art describing programs, grants in progress, and plans to implement proficiency-based teaching. It was found that the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages and the Educational Testing Service (ETS) have…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Curriculum Development, Faculty Development, Graduation Requirements
Brassie, P. Stanley – 1980
There is agreement among most physical education professionals that the quality of graduate programs in physical education must be more closely monitored. There is general agreement that graduate degree programs in physical education are being offered by some institutions that have inadequate faculties, inadequate facilities, and inadequate…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accreditation (Institutions), Educational Quality, Graduate Study
Parks, Julia Etta – 1987
Documenting the history of the Reading Program offered by the Department of Education at Washburn University, Kansas from its inception in 1937 to 1987, this document contains information related to the undergraduate reading requirements for the completion of the Elementary and Secondary Education Degrees and the graduate requirements for the…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Degree Requirements, Educational History
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Austin. – 1995
The Texas Academic Skills Program (TASP) is a statewide program designed to ensure that all students attending public colleges and universities have the basic reading, mathematics, and writing skills necessary to perform effectively at the college level. All entering first-time freshmen are required to take the TASP test, which has a basic skills…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Educational Testing, Graduation Requirements
Freed, Barbara F. – 1983
The University of Pennsylvania's foreign language requirement self-study resulted in re-evaluation of the existing language program. It revealed that most freshmen were not exempted from college second language study by standardized test scores and that the university's required courses were not producing the desired results. These findings…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Competency Based Education, Curriculum Design, Faculty Development
Inter Nationes, Bonn (West Germany). – 1988
The present-day German Fachhochschulen were established following an agreement on standardization of the Fachhochschule system throughout the Federal Republic of Germany in October 1968. The primary mission of Fachhochschulen is to provide short-term, more practice-related courses with a scientific or artistic basis, particularly in the fields of…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Programs, Educational Change, Educational History
Angel, Dan – Capsule, 1990
The Texas Academic Skills Program (TASP) is a statewide program designed to ensure that all students attending public colleges and universities have the basic reading, mathematics, and writing skills necessary to perform effectively at the college level. All entering first-time freshmen are required to take the TASP test, which has a basic skills…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Educational Testing, Graduation Requirements
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Balcom, Patricia; Kozar, Seana – TESL Canada Journal, 1994
Describes an English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) program in which international graduate students in the sciences are grouped according to their particular disciplines. This ensures that the peer group members are the content experts, whereas the ESL teacher serves only as the language expert, providing help in organization, grammar, pronunciation,…
Descriptors: English for Science and Technology, Foreign Students, Graduate Students, Graduation Requirements