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Preparing MSW Students for Social Work Licensure: A Curricular Case Example
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Miller, J. Jay; Grise-Owens, Erlene; Escobar-Ratliff, Laura – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2015
Licensing has been a dynamic tension for the social work profession for many years, specifically in social work education. Increasingly, social work programs are using factors related to social work licensing (pass rates, number of test takers, etc.) as an indicator of programmatic success. Yet few, if any, published papers examine curricular…
Descriptors: Masters Programs, Social Work, Licensing Examinations (Professions), Curriculum Design
Public College and University Procurement: A Survey of the State Regulatory Environment, Institutional Procurement Practices and Efforts toward Cost Containment
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American Association of State Colleges and Universities, 2010
This study contends that one area rich for reform and cost-saving opportunities is college and university procurement--the billions of dollars public institutions spend annually to purchase goods and services. While considerable cost savings may be realized in the reform of current procurement practices, these practices are largely shaped by state…
Descriptors: Public Colleges, Purchasing, Educational Finance, Administrative Policy
Webmasters Reveal the Rules: Do Regulations Compromise Legislators' Online Communication with Constituents?
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Narro, Amber Reetz – Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society, 2009
In a nationwide study of state legislative Web sites, Narro, Mayo, and Miller found that the communication tools (i.e., weblogs, electronic newsletters, online polling) that state legislators offer vary more from state to state than legislator to legislator. Taking their information into account, this article addresses regulations put on…
Descriptors: Legislators, Internet, Science and Society, Communication Strategies
Career Education Evaluation in the State of Missouri
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Lady, Robin E.; Wilhelm, Eric – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This doctoral team project focused on the state policies and procedures for evaluation of career education programs in Missouri. The project team worked with the Career Education department at the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to investigate the current evaluation policies used. It was determined that the Career…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Career Education, Career Centers, Guidance Centers
Physical Education, Sport Education and Physical Activity Policies: Teacher Knowledge and Implementation in Their Victorian State Secondary School
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Jenkinson, Kate; Benson, Amanda – European Physical Education Review, 2009
Despite many worldwide physical education (PE) and physical activity policies targeting children in schools, there is considerable variation between policy and implementation. The purpose of this study was to investigate Victorian state secondary PE teachers' knowledge and implementation of the mandated policy of 100 minutes of PE and 100 minutes…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Activities, Familiarity, Physical Education Teachers
Utah Assessment Participation and Accommodations Policy, 2007-08
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Utah State Office of Education, 2007
The purpose of this document is to establish the statewide policy for the participation of students in the Utah Performance Assessment System for Students (U-PASS). The central elements of this policy are: (1) Rules for inclusion in the statewide assessment program (U-PASS); (2) Limited allowances for exempting or excusing students from…
Descriptors: Testing Accommodations, Performance Based Assessment, Performance Tests, Second Language Learning