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Rosenberg, Michael S.; Boyer, K. Lynn; Sindelar, Paul T.; Misra, Sunil K. – Exceptional Children, 2007
This study describes special education alternative route (AR) teacher preparation programs. The authors developed a national database of programs and collected information on program sponsorship, length and intensity, features, and participant demographics. Most of the 235 programs in the database were in states that had significant shortages of…
Descriptors: Program Length, Program Development, Participant Characteristics, Databases
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Leichtman, Martin – Residential Treatment for Children & Youth, 2008
This paper examines four challenges facing residential treatment programs: Providing short-term treatment, increasing family involvement, preparing children for life in the community, and offering a "hospital level of care." It shows that past problems in these areas have arisen from the social conditions and historical circumstances in which…
Descriptors: Residential Programs, Family Involvement, Outcomes of Treatment, Media Adaptation
Ministry of Advanced Education, 2007
This report was commissioned in December 2006 to assess the capacity for trades training in the public post-secondary system with the key objectives to identify current levels of utilization for each of the top trades; identify methods of increasing capacity for top trades; and determine future levels of capacity that can be achieved without…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Higher Education, Class Size, Foundation Programs
Schlater, Robert – J Broadcasting, 1970
Reports on a study of the maximum rate of presentation at which relevant visual information could be transmitted before recall was impeded." (Author/AA)
Descriptors: Educational Television, Program Length, Recall (Psychology), Television Research
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Franklin, P. A.; McCaig, R. – Journal of Educational Administration, 1979
Increased duration of courses, rises in the levels of awards, extension into new fields, competition for students, and overlap in the function of tertiary institutions resulted to a great extent from a lack of overall coordination and insufficient integration of the work of the various agencies involved. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Program Length
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Anastasi, Jeffrey S. – Teaching of Psychology, 2007
Faculty and administrators often believe that abbreviated courses are less effective than the same courses taught during a full semester. This study examined student academic performance and course evaluations for identical courses taught during abbreviated summer sessions or during regular semester sessions. Contrary to popular convention,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Student Attitudes, Higher Education, Courses
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Hazlett, J. Stephen – Contemporary Education, 1986
Arguments for doing away with undergraduate teacher education are highlighted, followed by an explanation of the shortcomings of Masters of Arts in teaching programs. Basic questions must be answered, it is argued, before tampering with the structure of teacher education. (MT)
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Higher Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Program Length
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Cruikshank, Susan B. – PTA Today, 1986
Throughout the nation, public school kindergartens are moving from half-day to extended or full-day sessions. Reasons for the transition are given. Parental involvement in planning is discussed. (MT)
Descriptors: Extended School Day, Kindergarten, Primary Education, Program Length
Pratzner, Frank C. – Educational Technology, 1972
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Program Development, Program Length, Time Factors (Learning)
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Stark, Joan S. – Journal of Higher Education, 1972
Descriptors: Higher Education, Program Length, Scheduling, School Schedules
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Sarkaria, Gagan; Schuster, Toni M. – Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 2008
Undergraduate programs in the United States range from locally funded, two-year community colleges, to state and federally funded universities, as well as private, tuition-based institutions. Assumingly most programs attempt to facilitate a relevant and balanced curriculum that prepares students for the general and perhaps specific obstacles that…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, College Credits, Program Length, Time Factors (Learning)
King, Darren; Eisl-Culkin, Judy; Desjardins, Louise – Statistics Canada, 2008
"Doctorate Education in Canada: Findings from the Survey of Earned Doctorates, 2005/2006" is the third paper in a series of reports written by the Learning Policy Directorate of Human Resources and Social Development Canada (HRSDC) and the Centre for Education Statistics of Statistics Canada. Each report presents an overview of doctoral…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Doctoral Degrees, College Graduates, Foreign Students
Pelkonen, Panu – Centre for the Economics of Education (NJ1), 2009
It is possible that human capital produces positive externalities to the society indirectly, through non-market channels such as health or crime. Another such channel could be the effect of education on the functioning of democratic decision-making. Measures of the functioning of democracy are bound to be controversial, but one such measure--voter…
Descriptors: Evidence, Municipalities, Human Capital, School Restructuring
Gorton, Harry B.; Robinson, Richard L. – Educ, 1969
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Innovation, Flexible Scheduling, Kindergarten
MARTIN, ROBERT R.
WHEN A QUESTIONNAIRE WAS SENT TO 367 COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT OF CURRENT INVOLVEMENT AND PROJECTIONS FOR FUTURE INVOLVEMENT IN LESS THAN BACCALAUREATE DEGREE TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS, 282 INSTITUTIONS (76.8 PERCENT) RESPONDED. APPROXIMATELY ONE-THIRD OF THE RESPONDENTS OFFERED NO TECHNICAL PROGRAMS, AND TWO-FIFTHS…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Program Length, State Colleges, State Universities
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