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Beach, Paul; Thier, Michael; Lench, Sarah Collins; Coleman, Matt – Educational Policy Improvement Center, 2015
"Understanding Entry-Level Courses in American Institutions of Higher Education" outlines a study conducted by EPIC that empirically identifies the characteristics of work at the college- and career-readiness level in English/language arts, science, and social sciences courses. Using a previously collected national sample of over two…
Descriptors: Accountability, School District Autonomy, Educational Planning, Educational Policy
Schlessman, Amy; Hurtado, Kelly – Online Submission, 2012
The purpose of this policy study was to report descriptive research on state-level policy and frameworks for accountability systems of alternative education in the United States. The six states; California, Colorado, Texas, Florida, Oklahoma, and North Carolina; identified in the 2010 Jobs for the Futures policy analysis of alternative education…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Education, Policy Analysis, State Departments of Education, Accountability
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Bonacich, Phillip; Bienenstock, Elisa Jayne – Social Psychology Quarterly, 2009
This paper presents and tests a general model to predict emergent exchange patterns and power differences in reciprocal exchange networks when individual actors follow the norm of reciprocity. With an interesting qualification, the experimental results reported here support the power-dependence approach (Emerson 1972a, b): those who acquire the…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Power Structure, Prediction, Interpersonal Relationship
Cooper, Ernest C. – 1990
For a number of years, the California community colleges have used data from annual statewide surveys conducted by the Kern Community College District and the California Community College Trustees (CCCT) for comparative faculty salary information. Both the Kern and CCCT studies rely upon the device of selecting benchmark points (such as the…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Computer Oriented Programs