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Maureen A. Mathison; Alexandria DeGrauw – Across the Disciplines, 2024
Today, efforts in WAC/WID to address social issues are gaining traction. Parallel to the shift in WAC/WID is a shift in STEM. Practices in STEM are responding to larger social concerns that include recruiting more diverse populations and improving research in consideration of its value and consequence to various publics. Rather than conceive of…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Grants, Program Proposals, Writing (Composition)
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David Slomp; Rita Leask; Taylor Burke; Kacie Neamtu; Lindsey Hagen; Jaimie Van Ham; Keith Miller; Sean Dupuis – English Journal, 2018
According to the authors, Horizon Writing Project (HWP), is a collaborative research project that emerged from a mentorship program implemented for language arts teachers in southern Alberta, Canada. Seven English teachers participated in the project: Rita, Sean, Jaimie, Taylor, and Kacie, who teach senior high, and Keith and Lindsey, who teach…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grants, Program Proposals, Middle School Students
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van Arensbergen, Pleun; van den Besselaar, Peter – Higher Education Policy, 2012
Career grants are an important instrument for selecting and stimulating the next generation of leading researchers. Earlier research has mainly focused on the relation between past performance and success. In this study we investigate how the selection process takes place. More specifically, we investigate which quality dimensions (of the…
Descriptors: Grants, Research, Researchers, Futures (of Society)
Jones, Jessika – California Postsecondary Education Commission, 2010
Review of new degree and certificate programs proposed by the public higher education systems is a major California Postsecondary Education Commission (CPEC) activity. The Legislature, Administration, and the Legislative Analyst's Office consider program review to be one of CPEC's most important responsibilities. In the past six months, staff have…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Program Proposals, Feasibility Studies, Planning Commissions
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Beaky, Lenore A. – Academe, 2010
City University of New York's (CUNY) new community college, planned almost entirely by administrators and slated to open in 2012, seems designed to shunt its student body into narrow, mostly terminal career-technical programs with the promise of an associate's degree at the end. But to what purpose? To "reimagine community college education…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Graduation Rate, Change Strategies, Educational Change
Jones, Jessika – California Postsecondary Education Commission, 2011
The California Postsecondary Education Commission is directed by state law to review and comment on new academic program proposals from the University of California (UC), the California State University (CSU) and the community colleges. Program review is one of the CPEC's primary responsibilities--it coordinates the systems' long-range plans,…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Program Proposals, Annual Reports, College Planning
California Community Colleges, Sacramento. Academic Senate. – 1994
California Assembly Bill 1725 repealed the credentials used to determine the subject areas that community college faculty could teach and mandated the development of a list of disciplines. This two-part paper describes policies of the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges (ASCCC) with respect to assigning courses and proposing changes…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Course Content, Credentials, Educational Legislation
California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1983
The program planning and review activities of the California Postsecondary Education Commission and the public segments for 1981-1982 are summarized. In addition, recommendations for segmental action for the 1981-1982 year are offered. Information is provided on the number of proposals for new programs for the University of California (the…
Descriptors: Agency Role, College Planning, College Programs, College Role