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Sterling, Stephen; Witham, Heather – Environmental Education Research, 2008
The Higher Education Academy (HEA) is a UK-wide organisation that works with higher education institutions and 24 discipline-based Subject Centres to improve the student learning experience. This paper outlines the work of one of its initiatives, the HEA ESD Project. While a small part of the Academy's overall work, the Project is attracting…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Learning Experience, Student Experience, Improvement Programs
Duong, Hanh Thi Hong – ProQuest LLC, 2009
An old saying about learning that has been passed down from generation to generation in Vietnam states, "The success of learning is determined by intelligence but the passing of an examination is determined by luck." Whether this idea is simply to comfort those who fail or not, it sheds light on the Vietnamese psyche on learning as well…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Higher Education, Universities, Doctoral Dissertations
Parmeter, J. Thomas – 1975
This document reports on some student impact results of the Thirteen College Curriculum Program (TCCP). The TCCP is a major effort in intervention and reform in the higher education of black Americans generated in predominantly black colleges. The goals were to reduce attrition rates by improving the quality of instruction at freshman and…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Black Students, Curriculum Development, Higher Education
O'Banion, Terry – Improving College and University Teaching, 1971
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Curriculum Development, Higher Education, Improvement Programs
Smith, Wendell I. – 1977
A project at Bucknell University is described that was designed to: evaluate faculty teaching, conduct faculty seminars and workshops, disseminate sources of information to faculty, provide funds for the support of instructional improvement projects, develop a means of relating the quality of teaching and scholarship to a system of financial and…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Curriculum Development, Faculty Development, Faculty Evaluation

Sherwood, David A. – Journal of Education for Social Work, 1980
The establishment of the BSW as the beginning professional degree is seen as precipitating structural changes in social work education that could provide for the establishment of an accelerated two-year MSW. A case is made for a two-year MSW, and strategy to facilitate its implementation is suggested. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Acceleration, Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Doctoral Degrees

Marchio, Dominique; Adnot, Jerome; Arditi, Irene – European Journal of Engineering Education, 1997
Part-time vocational engineering curricula aim to transform experienced higher technicians into engineering managers. This is done by making use of previous experience in working positions and adding training in new situations. Job training is combined with academic training through courses and activities at an academic institution. Describes ways…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Curriculum Development, Engineering Education, Foreign Countries
Hyman, Richard; Wedgeworth, Robert – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1991
Identifies challenges facing graduate library education and recommends ways to keep library programs from closing, including better defining the profession of librarianship and avoiding isolation by engaging in high-profile, universitywide relationships with other academic departments. Unique characteristics of librarians and librarianship are…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Cooperation, Higher Education, Improvement Programs
Thompson, Hugh L. – 1980
A study concerning the role the Detroit Institute of Technology (DIT) should assume in preparing for the future is discussed. DIT commissioned the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct the study, which involved analysis of demographic data, interviews, and a review of courses of other institutions serving the area. Within one year DIT…
Descriptors: College Planning, College Role, Curriculum Development, Facility Improvement
Jabker, Eugene H.; Halinski, Ronald S. – 1979
The possibility that direct participation by faculty in projects to revise curricula and create new instructional media would also generate a more systematic way of thinking about teaching was studied through administration of a questionnaire to faculty at Illinois State University who had received an instructional development program grant. Of…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Conference Reports, Curriculum Development, Faculty Development
Twigg, Carol A. – National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, 2005
American Colleges and Universities are continuously challenged to increase access to higher education, improve the quality of student learning, and control or reduce the rising cost of instruction. These challenges are interrelated. As tuition costs continue to rise, access is curtailed. When high failure rates prevent students from successfully…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Access to Education, Cost Effectiveness, Curriculum Design
Knapper, Christopher K. – 1979
The effectiveness of instructional development evaluation programs is assessed. It is suggested that although it is a basic tenet in instructional development that teaching improvement is closely linked to effective evaluation, it is ironical that most instructional development programs have themselves been evaluated only superficially, if at all.…
Descriptors: Attitudes, College Instruction, Course Evaluation, Curriculum Development
Ewell, Peter – 1984
Ways to define the outcomes of college experiences are discussed, along with the use of assessment information to improve curricula, instruction, and management. The analysis is based on the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems/Kellogg Student Outcomes Project. It is proposed that institutions achieve educational excellence by…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives
Metropolitan Life Foundation. – 1984
Results of Metropolitan Life Foundation's Educational Awards for Institutional Self-Study program are provided. The objective of the program was to help four-year colleges and universities conduct studies on key problems and opportunities. Of the 546 institutions that submitted proposals, 28 were awarded grants totalling $227,600. The purpose and…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Ancillary School Services, College Admission, College Planning
Minnesota Univ., Morris. – 1977
The document presents reports of Summer Resource Personnel Workshops held at the University of Minnesota, Morris, Minnesota, in 1972, 1973, 1974, and 1975 to improve precollegiate social science education. Objectives of the workshops were to train educators as resource personnel; implement and disseminate projects in anthropology, geography, and…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Conferences, Curriculum Development, Educational Improvement