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Venters, Monoka – State Higher Education Executive Officers, 2021
Statewide higher education governing and coordinating boards have long been involved in academic planning, academic program review, and academic program approval. A detailed analysis of the templates that statewide boards require institutions to use during the program approval and review processes reveals the role these processes play in ensuring…
Descriptors: Higher Education, State Policy, Resource Allocation, Enrollment Trends
ALLEN, CHESTER; WEDEMEYER, CHARLES A. – 1957
IN CELEBRATION OF THE FIRST FIFTY YEARS OF ITS EXTENSION DIVISION, THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PUBLISHED THE STORY OF ITS CORRESPONDENCE STUDY PROGRAM, WHICH OUTLINED FACTORS AFFECTING ITS DEVELOPMENT. A PREDICTED INCREASE OF ENROLLMENT WAS ATTRIBUTED TO SUCH FACTORS AS FEDERAL ASSISTANCE TO SERVICEMEN AND INCREASED ACCEPTANCE OF THE…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrators, Correspondence Study, Enrollment Influences
Harmegnies, Bernard; Renard, Raymond – International Journal of Institutional Management in Higher Education, 1982
An experimental graduate program for teachers based on use of prior learning, respect for individual learning processes, encouragement of individuals' own ideas, and assistance in the planning and management of learning is described and evaluated. The program structure enables feedback on teaching design, relationships within the institution, and…
Descriptors: Enrollment Trends, Foreign Countries, Graduate Study, Higher Education
Farren, Sean; Todd, Mary – 1986
A study investigated the ways in which the provision for adult literacy in Northern Ireland has developed since 1975. Questionnaires were circulated to program organizers, tutors, and other personnel to determine (1) enrollment patterns, (2) program organization and the evolution toward "adult basic education," (3) personnel resources…
Descriptors: Administrators, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs
McIntyre, Chuck – 1980
In response to the need for the continual development of those directly involved in the instruction of community college students, a Center for the Improvement of Instruction has been proposed that would be utilized by the staff of all 106 California community colleges. The objectives, programs, organization, and funding of this proposed center…
Descriptors: Clearinghouses, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Enrollment Trends
Sherron, Ronald H. – 1978
A statwide evaluation study of Adult Basic Education (ABE) in Virginia was conducted during the 1977-78 school year and its findings compared to those of a 1970-71 study. The program factors addressed include the following: actions taken on the 1970-71 recommendations; student personnel services; instructional program; curriculum design; the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Characteristics, Adult Basic Education, Adult Students
Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC. Office of Research. – 1994
A 3-year national assessment of vocational education (VE) examined various issues related to improvement of VE programs, their academic and employment outcomes, participation of special population students in VE, and Perkins funding and administration. The assessment established that most secondary VE is still very traditional and that Perkins…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Accountability, Articulation (Education), Classroom Techniques
Pratley, Beryl – 1985
Of those 16-year-olds who stay on in full-time education, almost half choose to do so in further (adult) education. Although the percentage of students enrolled in general education programs has fallen off slightly since 1980, this group still forms the largest single group of 16-to-19-year-old students in the United Kingdom. Of all of the areas…
Descriptors: Adult Education, College Programs, Comparative Analysis, Curriculum