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Christina Russell – ProQuest LLC, 2023
A well-designed compliance program is necessary for higher education institutions (HEIs) of all sizes to mitigate the risks of severe penalties and reputational damage resulting from regulatory noncompliance. The U.S. Federal Sentencing Guidelines provide a broad framework comprised of the Seven Elements contributing to an effective compliance…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Higher Education, Benchmarking, Program Design
Capello, Sarah A. – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2023
For decades, the field of education has been criticized for failing to distinguish between the PhD and EdD degrees. However, the Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate has recently redefined the EdD as a professional practice doctorate and offered a framework for program (re)design that includes the generation and application of practitioner…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Outcome Based Education, Program Design, Doctoral Degrees
Lavonen, Jari; Mahlamäki-Kultanen, Seija; Vahtivuori-Hänninen, Sanna; Mikkola, Armi – Journal of Teacher Education and Educators, 2020
This paper describes a collaborative design for the Finnish Teacher Education Development Programme in a decentralized education system where teachers, schools, municipalities and universities have high autonomy. The development programme was designed by 70 experts from the universities and stakeholders. The research outcomes related to teacher…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Design, Teacher Education Programs, Student Educational Objectives
Williams, Kate Z.; Margulieux, Lauren E.; Lawrence, G. David – To Improve the Academy, 2020
Higher education teaching certificate programs can improve graduate students' and postdoctoral scholars' teaching while preparing them for their future roles as faculty, providing a multi-tiered benefit to universities' teaching goals. This article documents the decision points and initial success of a redesign of one such teaching certificate…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Teacher Certification, Graduate Students, Doctoral Students
Stern, Jonathan M. B.; Piper, Benjamin – RTI International, 2019
This paper uses recent evidence from international early grade reading programs to provide guidance about how best to create appropriate targets and more effectively identify improved program outcomes. Recent results show that World Bank and US Agency for International Development-funded large-scale international education interventions in low-…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Elementary School Students, Reading Programs, Program Design
Kupersmidt, Janis; Stelter, Rebecca; Garringer, Michael; Bourgoin, Jennifer – MENTOR: National Mentoring Partnership, 2018
MENTOR's newest resource takes the cornerstone best-practice guide for mentoring, the "Elements of Effective Practice for Mentoring™," and offers research-backed and practice-based tips specifically for STEM mentoring programs. "The STEM Supplement to the Elements of Effective Practice for Mentoring™" provides additional…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Mentors, Program Design, Best Practices
Folsom, Jessica S.; Reed, Deborah K.; Aloe, Ariel M.; Schmitz, Sandra S. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2019
This study reports on the instruction provided in district-designed intensive summer reading programs. The Tier 3 intervention was provided to 374 students from 24 school districts who were not meeting the end of third-grade reading benchmarks; students were exiting third grade and entering fourth grade. Observations of the 40 classes were…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Reading Programs, Phonics, Grade 4
Wu, Chiu-hui; Tsai, Chia-jung; Chiu, Yi-Min – TESOL International Journal, 2018
Ability grouping, organizing classes homogeneously by L2 proficiency, has been commonly used in Taiwanese English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classes. This quasi-experimental (within-subjects design) study examined proficiency gains of 785 Taiwanese university students over three years enrolled in a general English (GE) program that employed…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Proficiency
Richards, Jack C. – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2017
Most of the world's English language teachers speak English as a second or third language rather than as their first language. For many, their level of proficiency in English may not reach benchmarks established by their employers, raising the issue that is the focus of this article, namely, what kind of proficiency in English is necessary to be…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Proficiency
Careaga Butter, Marcelo; Meyer Aguilera, Eduardo; Badilla Quintana, María Graciela; Jiménez Pérez, Laura; Sepúlveda Valenzuela, Eileen – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2017
The quality of Education in Chile is a controversial topic that has been in the public debate in the last several years. To ensure quality in graduate programs, accreditation is compulsory. The current article presents a model to improve the process of self-regulation. The main objective was to design a Model of Quality Assurance for Postgraduate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Quality, Quality Assurance, Graduate Study
Garringer, Michael; Kupersmidt, Janis; Rhodes, Jean; Stelter, Rebecca; Tai, Tammy – MENTOR: National Mentoring Partnership, 2015
MENTOR's cornerstone publication, the "Elements of Effective Practice for Mentoring[TM]", details research-informed and practitioner-approved Standards for creating and sustaining quality youth mentoring programs and consequently, impactful mentoring relationships. This Fourth Edition, released in 2015, reflects the most up-to-date…
Descriptors: Program Design, Mentors, Youth Programs, Evidence Based Practice
Yatsko, Sarah; Opalka, Alice; Sutter, Jessica; Weeldreyer, Laura; Stewart, David – Center on Reinventing Public Education, 2016
Many districts are expanding and diversifying the school options available to parents--a trend that shows no signs of reversing. While all public schools are required to test and publically report results, it remains nearly impossible for families and education and civic leaders to make school-to-school comparisons, especially across district-run…
Descriptors: Accountability, Management Information Systems, School Statistics, School Choice
Patel, Reshma; Valenzuela, Ireri – MDRC, 2013
While postsecondary completion rates are a concern among many student populations across the country, college graduation rates for Latino students, especially Latino male students, are even lower than the national average. Low-income Latino men face many barriers to postsecondary success, including both financial and personal obstacles. This…
Descriptors: Scholarships, Demonstration Programs, Low Income Groups, Hispanic American Students
Campbell, Chris; MacPherson, Seonaigh; Sawkins, Tanis – TESL Canada Journal, 2014
This case study describes how sociocultural and activity theory were applied in the design of a publicly funded, Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB)-based English as a Second Language (ESL) credential program and curriculum for immigrant and international students in postsecondary institutions in British Columbia, Canada. The ESL Pathways Project…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Curriculum Design, Case Studies, Sociocultural Patterns
Ossiannilsson, E.; Landgren, L. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2012
Between 2008 and 2010, Lund University took part in three international benchmarking projects, "E-xcellence+," the "eLearning Benchmarking Exercise 2009," and the "First Dual-Mode Distance Learning Benchmarking Club." A comparison of these models revealed a rather high level of correspondence. From this finding and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Distance Education, Global Approach
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