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Download full textKeimig, Ruth Talbott – 1983
Improving the quality of learning is basic to raising academic standards. Research on postsecondary learning improvement has provided a base of practical knowledge to guide faculty and planners. Successful learning improvement programs share two essential characteristics: they are more comprehensive in the range of students' needs met, and they…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Change Strategies, Decision Making
Conklin, Kristin D.; Curran, Bridget K.; Gandal, Matthew – National Governors Association, 2005
U.S. high school students' lack of preparedness has serious implications for the economy and prosperity. For most of the nation's history, manufacturing workers with modest formal education could earn decent wages. For roughly 60 percent of the jobs in today's labor market, at least some postsecondary education is needed, and that percentage is…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Postsecondary Education, Principals, Labor Market
Harris, Roger; Guthrie, Hugh; Hobart, Barry; Lundberg, David – 1995
This book considers critically the many issues surrounding competency-based education and training (CBE/T) and provides practical advice on its appropriateness and application to educational and training programs. Part A places the whole issue of CBE/T in its appropriate contexts. Chapters 1-3 examine the concept of competence and its articulation…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Competence, Competency Based Education, Curriculum Design
Semmens, Bob, Ed.; Cook, Sandy, Ed. – 1998
This document contains 19 papers presented at an international forum on education in penal systems. The following papers are included: "Burning" (Craig W.J. Minogue); "The Acquisition of Cognitive Skills as a Means of Recidivism Reduction: A Former Prisoner's Perspective" (Trevor Darryl Doherty); "CEA (Correctional…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adolescents, Adult Education, Adult Programs
Vocational Training Council (Hong Kong). – 2000
This document contains 123 papers from an international conference on vocational education and training (VET) for lifelong learning in the information era. The papers focus on the following themes: (1) societal and ethical issues; (2) human resource development and personnel training; (3) international issues; (4) information technology in VET;…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Academic Standards, Adult Learning, Alternative Assessment
