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Schneider, Mark – Association of Community College Trustees, 2017
"Return on Investment, What is the Value of the Associate Degree?" provides a checklist of high-impact practices that colleges can employ to support students on their journey to degree completion and potentially improved employment outcomes. Mark Schneider, vice president and institute fellow, American Institutes for Research (DC),…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Outcomes of Education, Educational Practices, Bachelors Degrees
Jones, Luke; Myrick, Dwight – Research and Curriculum Unit, 2011
As the world economy continues to evolve, businesses and industries must adopt new practices and processes in order to survive. Quality and cost control, work teams and participatory management, and an infusion of technology are transforming the way people work and do business. Employees are now expected to read, write, and communicate…
Descriptors: Law Enforcement, Conservation (Environment), Forestry, Criminology
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Thomas, Nina; Marken, Stephanie; Gray, Lucinda; Lewis, Laurie – National Center for Education Statistics, 2013
This report provides nationally representative data on the prevalence and characteristics of dual credit and exam-based courses in public high schools. For this survey, dual credit is defined as a course or program where high school students can earn both high school and postsecondary credits for the same courses; exam-based courses are Advanced…
Descriptors: Public Schools, High Schools, High School Students, Credits
Stanford-Means, Cynthia; Stevens, Richard – Research and Curriculum Unit, 2009
As the world economy continues to evolve, businesses and industries must adopt new practices and processes in order to survive. Quality and cost control, work teams and participatory management, and an infusion of technology are transforming the way people work and do business. Employees are now expected to read, write, and communicate…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Allied Health Personnel, Heart Disorders, Equipment
Highline Community Coll., Midway, WA. – 1987
This document contains clinical evaluation tools that reflect the increasing degrees of independence and competence expected as students move through the sequential clinical courses of an associate degree nursing program. Two tools are provided for each of the seven clinical courses. Tool 1, Program/Course Objectives and Evaluation Criteria,…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Clinical Experience, Community Colleges, Competency Based Education
Scott, Robert E. – 1978
To determine the importance of job tasks and/or activities for the nurse aide, the licensed practical nurse (LPN), and the associate degree nurse (ADN), nursing instructors, LPNs and employers were surveyed in Kansas in 1978 using a minimum work behavior expectation instrument. Respondents were asked to rate approximately 200 discrete job tasks…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Educational Research, Employment Qualifications, Entry Workers
Geering, A. D. – 1984
An evaluation was conducted of the South Australian College of Advanced Education's Associate Degree in Training and Development, a two-year, individually negotiated program for people who work, or aspire to work, in the training and development field in industrial, commercial, or service organizations. A questionnaire was mailed to all 268 past…
Descriptors: Adult Educators, Associate Degrees, Course Evaluation, Distance Education
Fox, Warren H.; And Others – 1988
In spring 1988, the University of Nevada (UN) conducted a survey to determine the postsecondary plans of the state's high school seniors. Questionnaires were administered in class, requesting information on demographic characteristics, evaluation of high school experiences, work experience, postsecondary plans, factors affecting college choice,…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, College Bound Students, College Choice, Community Colleges
Phillips, Rebecca R. – 1979
A survey of 89 two- and four-year colleges in the Western and Southwestern United States was conducted to provide an overview of Library Media Technical Assistant (LMTA) education programs in those sections of the country. Each of the target institutions was identified by the Guidance Information System or the "Ferguson Guide to Two-Year…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Associate Degrees, College Credits, Community Colleges
Hollenbeck, Kevin; Anderson, William – 1993
The economic outcomes of the Ohio Department of Education's (ODOE's) full-time, job-specific adult vocational education classes were assessed. The primary intent was to document strengths and weaknesses of the three types of institutions that offer this type of training below the baccalaureate level (ODOE-funded adult programs, community/technical…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Associate Degrees, Educational Benefits, Educational Certificates