Most countries, developing as well as developed, have adopted some type of quality assurance mechanism. Argentina is neither an island nor an outlier in higher education reforms in general. This study is based on case study design and involved extensive fieldwork to collect interviews and official documents. This article analyzes the regulatory…

A list of 22 institutions under NCAA sanctions is provided with their violations and penalties described. (MLW)

Offers a rationale for the use of sanctions as a therapeutic strategy for impulsive college students. Describes problems encountered when implementing them. Notes that sanctions that help students control their impulses are actively therapeutic, not reactively punitive. Concludes, when sanctions remain firm, students can begin to realize that they…

In the Washington State juvenile justice system, serious or repeat offenders receive the full panoply of due process rights and procedures, with the exception of jury trials; minor offenders are diverted to community boards that require community service or victim restitution; and status offenders are removed from the courts' jurisdiction and…

Developments in several states suggest that a state-imposed accountability system is gradually taking shape. State authorities have established both incentive systems to reward high-performing school districts and systems of sanctions to be applied to districts with a record of repeated low performance. To accomplish this, a majority of states are…