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Navarro, Marco Aurelio – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2016
Given the importance of hydrocarbons for this area, the purpose of this paper is to explore the response of universities to cope with new demands in the south of Texas and Tamaulipas, especially in relation to gas plays of Eagle Ford (Texas side) and Burgos Basin (Mexican side). To accomplish this task, in the first section of the paper a broad…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, Fuels, School Business Relationship
Foster, Marcie – Center for Law and Social Policy, Inc. (CLASP), 2012
Two proposals to reauthorize the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) are in the House of Representatives: the "Workforce Investment and Improvement Act of 2012" ("H.R. 4297") and the "Workforce Investment Act of 2012" ("H.R. 4227"). Both proposals reflect a priority of greater alignment among adult education…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Federal Legislation, Labor Force Development, Postsecondary Education
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Adamson, John; Brown, Howard – Tertiary Education and Management, 2012
This study reports on the steering of a self-access learning center in a Japanese university by its "middle management" committee over the first years of its operation. Middle management practice was informed by an ethnographic archive of various facets of center use, particularly concerning language policy and curriculum integration, issues about…
Descriptors: Evidence, Stakeholders, Middle Management, English (Second Language)
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Wolf, Mikyung Kim; Herman, Joan L.; Bachman, Lyle F.; Bailey, Alison L.; Griffin, Noelle – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2008
The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB, 2002) has had a great impact on states' policies in assessing English language learner (ELL) students. The legislation requires states to develop or adopt sound assessments in order to validly measure the ELL students' English language proficiency, as well as content knowledge and skills. While states…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Federal Legislation, Second Language Learning, Research and Development Centers
Wolf, Mikyung Kim; Kao, Jenny; Griffin, Noelle; Herman, Joan L.; Bachman, Patina L.; Chang, Sandy M.; Farnsworth, Tim – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2008
The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) has had a great impact on states' policies in assessing English language learner (ELL) students. The legislation requires states to develop or adopt sound assessments in order to validly measure the ELL students' English language proficiency, as well as content knowledge and skills. While states have moved…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Second Language Learning, Research and Development Centers, Guidelines
Yalden, Janice – 1984
The Centre for Applied Language Studies (CALS) at Ottawa's Carleton University was established in 1982 as a multifunctional unit for applied linguistics research to include six functions: research and development, consulting, the development of learning options, providing a writing tutorial service, teacher training, and teacher support. Its…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Selby, Suzanne R., Comp. – 1968
One hundred and five books, articles and pamphlets published between 1956 and 1968 comprise this comprehensively annotated bibliography prepared for teachers and students interested in the education of children of Indian and Eskimo ancestry. The major portion of the bibliography deals with Indian education. To further an understanding of cultural…
Descriptors: American Indians, Annotated Bibliographies, Anthropology, Community Development
National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy, Boston, MA. – 2002
Since its establishment in 1996, the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL) has actively conducted and disseminated research to help build effective, cost- efficient adult education and literacy programs for adults who have low literacy and math skills, limited English skills, and/or no high school diploma. Funded as…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning
Young, Lynne, Ed. – 1984
The papers in this collection focus on both underlying theoretical principles of language teaching, learning, and research and exchanges of information between teachers and researchers. The following titles are included: "CALS at Carleton" (Janice Yalden); "Computers in the Teaching of Linguistics" (Jean-Pierre Paillet);…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Classroom Techniques, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Centre de Recherches et d'Applications Pedagogiques en Langues, Nancy (France). – 1990
Seven articles, presented in English or French, address aspects of second language instruction. (Articles written in English have an abstract in French and articles in French have an accompanying English abstract.) They include the following: "Bilan d'une experience de sensibilisation interculturelle pour enseignants" (Report of an…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cultural Awareness, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Riley, P. – 1974
The aim of this paper is to describe certain characteristic aspects of the work of C.R.A.P.E.L. (Centre de Recherches et d'Applications Pedagogiques en Langues), and, in doing so, to outline the overall approach and the conceptual framework on which that work is based. The description of the nature and organization of C.R.A.P.E.L. is followed by a…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Applied Linguistics, Audiovisual Aids, Autoinstructional Aids