NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 7 results Save | Export
Handbook on Measurement, Assessment, and Evaluation in Higher Education
Direct linkDirect link
Secolsky, Charles, Ed.; Denison, D. Brian, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
Increased demands for colleges and universities to engage in outcomes assessment for accountability purposes have accelerated the need to bridge the gap between higher education practice and the fields of measurement, assessment, and evaluation. The "Handbook on Measurement, Assessment, and Evaluation in Higher Education" provides higher…
Descriptors: Generalizability Theory, Higher Education, Institutional Advancement, Teacher Effectiveness
State Postsecondary Education Research: New Methods to Inform Policy and Practice
Direct linkDirect link
Shaw, Kathleen M., Ed.; Heller, Donald E., Ed. – Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2007
This is an opportune time for researchers in higher education to examine policy via cross-state comparative analyses. Momentous court, legislative and policy developments that impact state-level higher education policy are emerging at a rapid rate. The states have emerged as postsecondary policy innovators in the areas of student financing,…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Higher Education, Comparative Analysis, Educational Research
ES Review: Selections from 2009 and 2010
Direct linkDirect link
Smiles, Robin, Ed. – Education Sector, 2010
This fourth edition of the "ES Review" brings together, in one setting, some of the best work from 2009-10. It features: (1) Teacher Quality (Teachers at Work: Improving Teacher Quality Through School Design (Elena Silva); Understanding Teachers Contracts (Andrew J. Rotherham); How Teachers Unions Lost the Media (Richard Whitmire and…
Descriptors: Teacher Competencies, Educational Quality, Contracts, Unions
Issues in Assessment: Putting Theory into Practice.
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Malinowski, Patricia A., Ed. – 1993
Assessment as conducted at Finger Lakes Community College (FLCC) in Canandaigua (New York) has taken various forms and has been conducted under various names. This publication offers an overview of assessment at the college from a philosophical and historical perspective. In both general and specific terms, the efforts of the college to meet the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Data Collection, Definitions, Educational Assessment
The NEA 1995 Almanac of Higher Education.
National Education Association, Washington, DC. – 1995
This almanac contains seven articles on current issues in higher education and a report on current faculty salaries. Part 1 includes the following articles: (1) "Faculty Salaries, 1993-94" (John B. Lee), which tracks national and state salary trends; (2) "Workload and Productivity: Case Studies" (Henry L. Allen), which presents…
Descriptors: Administrators, Budgets, Collective Bargaining, College Administration
From High School to College: Improving Opportunities for Success in Postsecondary Education
Direct linkDirect link
Kirst, Michael W., Ed.; Venezia, Andrea, Ed. – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2004
This book reveals why so many students are entering college unprepared for college level work and often unable to complete a degree. This important book presents the findings of the Bridge Project, a major national research study conducted by Stanford University and funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts and the U.S. Department of Education. The…
Descriptors: Research Design, Educational Change, Graduation Rate, College Admission
The NEA 1999 Almanac of Higher Education.
Wechsler, Harold, Ed. – 1999
This report presents seven articles on current issues in higher education and a separate faculty salary report for 1997-98. Articles on the status of the profession are: (1) "Faculty Salaries, 1997-98" (John B. Lee and Robert Harmon); (2) "Workload and Productivity in an Era of Performance Measure" (Henry Lee Allen); (3)…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Educational Economics, Educational Finance