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North Carolina Community College System, 2018
The Performance Measures for Student Success Report is the North Carolina Community College System's major accountability document. This annual performance report is based on data compiled during the previous year and serves to inform colleges and the public on the performance of their 58 community colleges. In 1993, the State Board of Community…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Accountability, Performance
Sack, Carl M. Lemke Oliver – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This dissertation explores how to teach web mapping. Web mapping skillsets are in demand by employers, yet a minority of Geographic Information Science (GIScience) programs include web mapping in their curricula. The dissertation seeks to promote web mapping education by addressing the barriers to teaching web mapping and instructional strategies…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Cartography, Geographic Information Systems, Geography Instruction
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Longenecker, Herbert E., Jr.; Babb, Jeffry; Waguespack, Leslie J.; Janicki, Thomas N.; Feinstein, David – Information Systems Education Journal, 2015
The evolution of computing education spans a spectrum from "computer science" ("CS") grounded in the theory of computing, to "information systems" ("IS"), grounded in the organizational application of data processing. This paper reports on a project focusing on a particular slice of that spectrum commonly…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Information Systems, Undergraduate Study, College Programs
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Grande, Francisco José Suñé; Witt, Hans Jörg; Avalos, Josep Bonet – Journal of Technology and Science Education, 2015
The Escola Tècnica Superior d'Enginyeria Química has a long tradition in the deployment of social competencies in engineering curricula through Integrated Projects (IP) carried out in structured teams. Social competencies are taught and practiced during the development of the IPs. We conceptually introduce a methodology for a 360 degrees…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Chemical Engineering, Interpersonal Competence, Student Evaluation
Kaur, Trishanjit – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 2015
This paper presents some of the challenges and concerns for library and information science (LIS) education in India. In order to provide context for these challenges, the paper begins with a brief overview of higher education in India in general and then discusses the beginning of LIS education. It briefly summarizes LIS education in South Asia…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Library Science, Information Science, Higher Education
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Darling, Ruth – Journal of General Education, 2015
In this essay, I explore the idea that "academic" advisers are "academics" who play a major role in connecting the general education curriculum to the students' experience as well as connecting the faculty to the students' holistic experience of the curriculum. The National Academic Advising Association Concept of Academic…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, College Faculty, Teacher Role, General Education
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Groth, Terrie R. – Tuning Journal for Higher Education, 2015
For some decades, students and scholars of Political Science have debated methodological differences, paradigmatic differences, and policy differences as they relate to curricula. Today, the real challenges facing the teaching of Political Science have less to do with content and much more to do with form and process. The next transformation in…
Descriptors: Political Science, Competency Based Education, Undergraduate Study, Foreign Countries
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Allam, Zafrul – SAGE Open, 2020
The aim of this study was to investigate the factors of quality in higher education in the eyes of stakeholders in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. A total of 151 respondents were taken for this scientific research. Biographical Information Blank and Quality in Higher Education questionnaires were administered to the respondents to explore prevailing…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Higher Education, Factor Analysis, Foreign Countries
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Diaz-Martinez, Laura A.; Fisher, Ginger R.; Esparza, David; Bhatt, Jay M.; D'Arcy, Christina E.; Apodaca, Jennifer; Brownell, Sara; Corwin, Lisa; Davis, William B.; Floyd, Kevin W.; Killion, Patrick J.; Madden, Jaclyn; Marsteller, Patricia; Mayfield-Meyer, Teresa; McDonald, Kelly K.; Rosenberg, Martina; Yarborough, Mark A.; Olimpo, Jeffrey T. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2019
Advancement of the scientific enterprise relies on individuals conducting research in anethical and responsible manner. Educating emergent scholars in the principles of ethics/responsible conduct of research (E/RCR) is therefore critical to ensuring such advancement. The recent impetus to include authentic research opportunities as part of the…
Descriptors: Ethics, Research Training, Undergraduate Students, Student Research
Levesque-Bristol, Chantal; Flierl, Michael; Zywicki, Craig; Parker, Loran Carleton; Connor, Cody; Guberman, Daniel; Nelson, David; Maybee, Clarence; Bonem, Emily; FitzSimmons, Jason; Lott, Erica – National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment, 2019
How does a large research university establish a culture supporting student-centered evidence-based teaching? In this paper, we describe Purdue University's "Instruction Matters: Purdue Academic Course Transformation" (IMPACT) which has involved 321 instructors and 529 courses. Of every first-time undergraduate student, who first…
Descriptors: Student Centered Learning, Evidence Based Practice, College Instruction, School Culture
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Islam, Zahirul – Journal of Educational Issues, 2017
Public health has constituted itself as a distinct academic discipline. The present paper attempts to understand ontology of this discipline. A study has recently been carried out which concerns, first, conceptualization of ontology of public health, secondly, nature of public health, and thirdly, curriculum development. Ontology is a…
Descriptors: Public Health, College Curriculum, Interdisciplinary Approach, Fundamental Concepts
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Gaard, Greta C.; Blades, Jarod; Wright, Mary – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2017
Purpose: This paper aims to describe a two-stage sustainability curriculum assessment, providing tools and strategies for other faculty to use in implementing their own sustainability assessments. Design/methodology/approach: In the first stage of the five-year curriculum assessment, the authors used an anonymous survey of sustainability faculty…
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Sustainability, Environmental Education, College Curriculum
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Semeraro, Elizabeth; Boyd, Neil M. – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2017
Purpose: Administrators in higher-education settings routinely create planning documents that help steer the organization in mission-centric ways. In the area of sustainability planning, strategic plans, sustainability plans and climate action plans are the most common methods used. The purpose of this study is to evaluate if specific forms of…
Descriptors: Sustainability, College Administration, Planning, Climate
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Anakin, Megan; Spronken-Smith, Rachel; Healey, Mick; Vajoczki, Susan – International Journal for Academic Development, 2018
We explored the relationships between social contexts and factors that promoted and inhibited curriculum change at two universities. Thirty interviews were analysed using a general inductive approach to identify factors and forces in three social contexts (lecturer, departmental, and institutional). Curriculum change was characterised by six…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, College Curriculum, Interviews
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Ogilvie, Andrea M.; Knight, David B. – Advances in Engineering Education, 2019
To make the transfer student pathway viable to meet workforce needs, it is essential to think beyond simply linking two institutions and getting students in the door--students need to be supported throughout the adjustment period. In this article, we address the "support" aspect of the problem by reporting findings from 306 engineering…
Descriptors: College Transfer Students, Engineering Education, Hispanic American Students, Student Adjustment
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