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Download full textBrown, Bettina Lankard – 1997
Quality system awards offer blueprints for assessing quality in vocational education as well as in business and industry. The three most prestigious awards recognizing quality improvement in business and industry are the Malcolm Baldrige Quality Award, Deming Application Prize, and ISO 9000 Registration. When comparing standards for the quality…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Quality, Job Skills, Postsecondary Education
ERIC Clearinghouse for Junior Colleges, Los Angeles, CA. – 1984
Increased national attention to the quality of education has resulted in a more critical examination of the community college transfer function. This concern for transfer has been precipitated by several factors: (1) the declining percentage of community college students who transfer; (2) the growth of the community services, vocational, and…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Articulation (Education), College Transfer Students, Community Colleges
Alfred, Richard L. – 1986
A large number of students enrolling in community colleges do not aspire to or complete the associate degree. Instead, they attend community colleges for a multitude of reasons, including job training or retraining, licensure, preparation for transfer, and avocational pursuits. Given the preponderant pattern of part-time attendance and diversity…
Descriptors: Accountability, Associate Degrees, Community Colleges, Educational Assessment
