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Book, Patricia A. – Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, 2014
The perceived value of postsecondary education to economic competitiveness and individual success is driving innovation in higher education. Competency-based education (CBE) is the latest disruption that seeks to respond to the growing sense of national urgency to boost education attainment. The target audience generally includes those adult…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Higher Education, Models, Courses
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Miller, Christopher T.; Curry, John H. – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2014
There is growing potential for the development of practitioner-based doctor of education (EdD) programs as potential students in the field recognize that they do not need to leave their current work positions to obtain a doctorate particularly if it enhances their work. This article chronicles 1 university's process in developing an innovative…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Leadership Training, Administrator Education, Doctoral Programs
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Browne-Ferrigno, Tricia – Journal of Research on Leadership Education, 2013
This case study presents a chronicle of events spanning a decade in Kentucky that led to state policy changes for principal preparation and details the response to those mandated changes by professors at the University of Kentucky. Professors' collaborative efforts resulted in a new teacher leadership program and redesigned principal certification…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Education, Educational Change, Educational Policy
Sims, E. Norman – 1979
Described in this report are the rationale, operation, results, and benefits of a 3-year project that developed a systematic dissemination program in the Kentucky State Department of Education. Aspects covered include program framework, administrative structure, components of the framework, procedures, expected and determined results, user…
Descriptors: Educational Benefits, Educational Innovation, Information Dissemination, Information Services