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Laura Louise Sarauw – Higher Education Policy, 2024
The European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) is based on a quantitative and accumulative understanding of time, which increasingly frames academic practices and notions of learning in higher education (HE). By example of a recent Danish policy reform, the article explores the connections between the ECTS, new institutional…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Credits, Educational Policy, Educational Change
Sidney-Anthony McPhee – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This was a causal comparative study examining and comparing student class schedules and credit load to academic success by grade point average earned at a Tennessee community college. The results of this causal comparative study utilizing a mixed methods data collection revealed significant differences in credit load, grade point average (GPA) and…
Descriptors: Scheduling, Grade Point Average, Community Colleges, College Credits
British Columbia Council on Admissions and Transfer, 2021
Building on earlier quantitative BCCAT [British Columbia Council on Admissions and Transfer] research assessing number of credits required for graduation (2010, 2020), this study sought to use a qualitative analysis to explore the reasons why students collect more credits than required for their credential(s) and their general feelings towards…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Student Motivation, College Credits
Cummings, Amy; Hess, Frederick M. – American Enterprise Institute, 2019
The 21st Century Charter School at Gary (21C), a K-12 charter school and is the flagship campus of the Greater Educational Opportunities (GEO) Foundation. GEO is a small charter management organization, founded in 1998 by Kevin Teasley, which today operates five schools in Gary, Indiana, and Baton Rouge, Louisiana. GEO focuses on increasing high…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, College Readiness, High School Graduates, High School Students
Oreopoulos, Philip; Patterson, Richard W.; Petronijevic, Uros; Pope, Nolan G. – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2018
We evaluate two low-cost college support programs designed to directly target insufficient study time, a common characteristic among a large fraction of undergraduates. We conduct our experiment across three distinct college-types: (i) a selective urban college campus, (ii) a less selective suburban college campus, and (iii) an online college,…
Descriptors: Time Management, Online Courses, Program Evaluation, Undergraduate Students
Jones, Stan – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2015
Due to extensive research, we now know that in spite of extraordinary success in expanding access to American higher education over the last 60 years, far too little has been done to ensure that students complete college, even when they take 50 percent more time to complete the degree than full-time attendance should require. Obstacles to success…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Graduation, Educational Attainment, Higher Education
Baker, Rachel B. – American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 2015
The rise of competency-based education (CBE) has redefined what college looks like for a growing number of students. The basic idea underlying CBE is simple: programs award credit based on demonstrated student competencies rather than on the amount of time a student has spent in a given course. Recent advances in technology, including online…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, College Students, Student Experience, College Programs
González-Rivera, Christian – Center for an Urban Future, 2016
More New Yorkers than ever are enrolling in universities and community colleges, driven by seismic changes in the economy that have made postsecondary credentials nearly indispensable for today's workforce. On college campuses across the state, the makeup of the student body has changed. College is no longer just for "traditional"…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Education, College Students, State Aid, Tuition
Hall, Mildred V.; Wilson, Linda A.; Sanger, Michael J. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2012
The goal of this study was to determine whether students would be more successful in a traditional 15-week introductory college chemistry course or an intensive three-week version of the same course. In addition to course format, we also analyzed whether the students' academic experience (measured as the number of college credit hours taken by…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, College Credits, Chemistry, Biological Sciences
Wilkins, Julia – National Dropout Prevention Center for Students with Disabilities, 2011
High school students with disabilities who drop out are costly to society. Compared to those who graduate, they are more likely to be unemployed, dependent on public services, and involved in the criminal justice system. Consequently, helping students with disabilities graduate has become a prominent national concern. Students with disabilities…
Descriptors: High School Students, Dropouts, Disabilities, Reentry Students
Lindsay, Dianna M.; And Others – Executive Educator, 1988
To increase options for academically talented students without incurring the scheduling problems associated with concurrent high school and college enrollment, North Olmstead High School (Ohio) developed a college "credit-in-escrow" system using locally broadcasted telecourses. Qualified juniors and seniors may enroll in these…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, College Credits, Educational Television, Gifted

Munson, Glenn W. – College and University, 1990
A national survey of colleges and universities gathered information on variation in academic calendars across schools and over time; how many days, weeks, or minutes are considered necessary for a semester or a unit of academic credit; and who sets those standards. Results suggest little standardization and a shrinking semester. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Credits, College Instruction, Higher Education, National Surveys
Volkwein, J. Fredericks; Lorang, Wendell G. – 1995
This study examined reasons that some full-time students take longer than normal to complete a bachelor's degree, and whether students who extend their program are more like those who take only 4 years to graduate or are more like dropouts. One part of the study reviewed 64 transcripts of all traditionally-admissible new freshmen who entered the…
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, College Credits, College Graduates, Higher Education

Besser, Howard; Bonn, Maria – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 1997
Reports on a distance-independent class taught at the University of California, Berkeley and the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and examines the challenges this course posed to existing academic culture. Topics include logistical issues, including scheduling, workload, and credit hours; changing personnel and roles; and changes in power and…
Descriptors: College Credits, College Environment, Distance Education, Educational Change
1966
The National University Extension Association was planning to conduct nine regional training institutes of four weeks each during August, 1966, for 1,060 teacher trainers in adult basic education programs. The institutes were to be operated under Title II B of the Economic Opportunity Act. In this first progress report, information is provided on…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Budgets, College Credits, Curriculum Guides