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Christal M. Clark – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Legislators and correctional administrators are tasked with problem-solving current issues of mass incarceration and high criminal recidivism rates. Part of the solution is to implement successful rehabilitative initiatives through reentry programming. While Postsecondary Correctional Education programs are proven to reduce recidivism and assist…
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Education, Student Attitudes
Carter, Candice C., Ed. – Routledge Research in International and Comparative Education, 2020
Ultimately concerned with how citizenship education for peace can be enriched through interdisciplinary learning, this edited volume reveals the role of peace education in global citizenship by illuminating instruction for comprehensive citizenship. A truly international collection, this volume offers timely insights from countries including…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Interdisciplinary Approach, Citizenship Education, Peace
Becker, Samantha Adams; Brown, Malcolm; Dahlstrom, Eden; Davis, Annie; DePaul, Kristi; Diaz, Veronica; Pomerantz, Jeffrey – EDUCAUSE, 2018
What is on the five-year horizon for higher education institutions? Which trends and technology developments will drive educational change? What are the critical challenges and how can we strategize solutions? These questions regarding technology adoption and educational change steered the discussions of 71 experts to produce this report. Six key…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Technology Integration, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
Adams Becker, S.; Cummins, M.; Davis, A.; Freeman, A.; Hall Giesinger, C.; Ananthanarayanan, V. – New Media Consortium, 2017
What is on the five-year horizon for higher education institutions? Which trends and technology developments will drive educational change? What are the critical challenges and how can we strategize solutions? These questions regarding technology adoption and educational change steered the discussions of 78 experts to produce the "NMC Horizon…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Technology Integration, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
Arum, Richard; Roksa, Josipa – University of Chicago Press, 2010
In spite of soaring tuition costs, more and more students go to college every year. A bachelor's degree is now required for entry into a growing number of professions. And some parents begin planning for the expense of sending their kids to college when they're born. Almost everyone strives to go, but almost no one asks the fundamental question…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Criticism, Role of Education, Student Evaluation
Thomas, Nancy L., Ed. – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2011
What needs to be done to strengthen U.S. democracy, to make it work the way it should? Each generation of Americans asks some version of this question, but this book offers an answer that recognizes the heightened urgency and hopefulness in the way individuals are asking the question today. At the heart of the debate is a conviction that…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Academic Freedom, Democracy, Governance
Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 2011
This is the 11th paper in AGB's series summarizing federal and state public policy issues affecting higher education. We hope that governing boards, institutional and university-system leaders, and senior staffs will find it useful for board discussions and retreats and in formulating institutional responses to these issues. For the next two…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Federal Government, State Government, Educational Policy
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Cherubini, Lorenzo – International Journal of Multicultural Education, 2011
By considering the "Ontario First Nation, Métis, and Inuit Policy Framework" (2007) from a Foucauldian perspective, this paper presents a policy discourse of knowledge, power, and identity from a multicultural education framework. Through Foucauldian theoretical perspectives, the paper creates alternate possibilities in confronting the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Multicultural Education, Cultural Pluralism, Canada Natives
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Woodard, Randall – Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, 2009
The discussion about the meaning and intended results of education is a conversation that must be undertaken frequently by all stakeholders in the educational process. One of these conversation partners is the Catholic school system. As in the public school sector, the question of school mission is taking place among leaders in the parochial…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Outcomes of Education, Role of Education, Administrators
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Cranston, Neil; Mulford, Bill; Keating, Jack; Reid, Alan – Journal of Educational Administration, 2010
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to report the results of a national survey of government primary school principals in Australia, investigating the purposes of education, in terms of the importance and level of enactment of those purposes in schools. Design/methodology/approach: In 2009, an electronic survey was distributed to government…
Descriptors: Role of Education, Foreign Countries, Principals, Educational Objectives
Pinheiro, Romulo, Ed.; Benneworth, Paul, Ed.; Jones, Glen A., Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2012
Universities are under increasing pressure to help promote socio-economic growth in their local communities. However until now, no systematic, critical attention has been paid to the factors and mechanisms that currently make this process so daunting. In Universities and Regional Development, scholars from Europe, the Americas, Africa, and Asia…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Role of Education, International Education
National Academies Press, 2012
"Research Universities and the Future of America" presents critically important strategies for ensuring that our nation's research universities contribute strongly to America's prosperity, security, and national goals. Widely considered the best in the world, our nation's research universities today confront significant financial…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Technology Transfer, Private Financial Support, Student Diversity
Partnership for 21st Century Skills, 2009
To succeed in college, career and life in the 21st century, students must be supported in mastering both content and skills. This Implementation Guide presents state leaders, policymakers and/or district and school leaders with assessment tactics and examples to assist in statewide 21st century skills initiatives. The Partnership for 21st Century…
Descriptors: Skill Development, Job Skills, College Preparation, Academic Standards
Haydon, Graham, Ed. – Institute of Education - London, 2009
This book attempts to get to the heart of debates about religious upbringing and autonomy and the place of faith schools within a liberal society. Contributions are drawn from scholars with research interests in philosophy of education and a range of faith traditions, working in the UK and internationally. They pose key questions such as: (1) What…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Religion, Religious Education, Parochial Schools
American Association of Community Colleges (NJ1), 2006
This joint statement by the American Association of Community Colleges and the Association of Community College Trustees describes the economic, cultural, and social value of global education in community colleges. Through bullet points, the statement describes how community colleges, including their Boards and CEOs, can promote global competency.…
Descriptors: International Education, Community Colleges, Position Papers, Role of Education
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