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Crossouard, Barbara – Teaching in Higher Education, 2010
This article responds to recent UK proposals on measuring and recording student achievement (Universities UK 2007) to highlight issues that are relevant across different higher education contexts, which are increasingly intertwined through the expansion of the Bologna process. Drawing from wide-ranging literature on assessment and sociology, this…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Measurement Objectives, Measurement Techniques, Educational Practices
Flowerdew, Lynne – English for Specific Purposes, 2010
This article describes the design and implementation of a business proposal module for final-year science students at a tertiary institution in Hong Kong. It is argued that in the needs analysis process, the present situation analysis (PSA), that is, personal information about the learners and factors which may affect their learning, is just as if…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Education, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
Toutsi, Cristin; Novak, Richard – Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 2011
The content of this edition of the State Governance Action Report was informed by newspaper reports, online reports, state and institutional Web sites, and conversations with state and higher education leaders. It is current through February 1, 2011. Much of this legislative activity comes at a time when the fiscal conditions of states are…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Institutional Autonomy, State Government, State Action
Lafer, Gordon – Economic Policy Institute, 2014
During the past year, Wisconsin state legislators debated a series of bills aimed at closing low-performing public schools and replacing them with privately run charter schools. These proposals were particularly targeted at Milwaukee, the state's largest and poorest school district. Ultimately, the only legislation enacted was a bill that modestly…
Descriptors: Privatization, Program Proposals, Program Evaluation, Educational Quality
Brooks, Douglas – Technology & Learning, 2008
School districts face numerous obstacles when writing grant applications. One may consider starting his own grant writing guide as a way to increase his chances of success with any funding agency. In this article, the author lists steps and provides sample writing tips on how to create a grant writing guide that will help an application stand out.…
Descriptors: Grantsmanship, Grants, School Districts, Guides
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
Edelman, Peter B.; Holzer, Harry J. – Institute for Research on Poverty, 2013
In this paper we will briefly review recent trends in employment outcomes for disadvantaged youth, focusing specifically on those who have become "disconnected" from school and the labor market, and why these trends have occurred. We then review a range of policy prescriptions that might improve those outcomes. These policies include: 1)…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Improvement, Employment Potential, Labor Market
Ayers, Jeremy – Center for American Progress, 2011
The Obama administration has offered states the chance to waive some requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act. States are required, however, to make specific reforms in exchange for increased flexibility. The administration has been clear it wants states to engage in "ambitious but achievable" reforms rather than merely asking for a pass from…
Descriptors: Accountability, Program Evaluation, State Action, Articulation (Education)
Jones, Jessika – California Postsecondary Education Commission, 2010
This report reviews the proposal by the Rancho Santiago Community College District to convert its facility in Orange to a state-approved educational center. Educational centers are a cost-effective means for meeting increased student demand and of serving a region's educational needs because they often involve collaboration and shared facility use…
Descriptors: Campuses, Educational Needs, Educational Facilities Planning, Community Colleges
Valter, Krisztina; Akerlind, Gerlese – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2010
The concept of research-led education is gaining increasing attention in higher education. However, the concept may be interpreted in different ways, some more feasible within an undergraduate curriculum than others. The approach described in this paper aims to introduce students to ways of thinking and acting like a researcher through engaging in…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Undergraduate Study, Research Methodology, Laboratories
Evans, Eric; Artusio-Glimpse, Aly; Zaczesk, Bryan; Dawson, Ross – Tech Directions, 2010
In November 2008, a mass email sent by the department chairman arrived in the inboxes of the imaging and photographic technology students at the Rochester Institute of Technology. A great opportunity was in store for four lucky students. The department had received a request for proposals (RFP) sent by NASA to colleges around the United States…
Descriptors: Design, Program Proposals, Scientific Concepts, Aviation Technology
Barber, Brendan; Sedgmore, Lynne; Hoyle, Graham; Searle, Ian; Anderson, Susan; Templeton, Peter; Hartley, Tricia; Thomson, Alastair – Adults Learning, 2010
The government is consulting the sector on a new skills strategy and a simplified funding system for further education (FE). Some of the leading players were asked what they made of the government's vision and what they would like to see in the strategy. Brendan Barber warns that spending cuts will undermine many of the positive proposals in the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Feasibility Studies, Change Strategies
Tech Directions, 2008
Judge Harry T. Roman, an electrical engineer and inventor himself, has selected the best entries in the 2007-2008 "Tech Directions" Inventors Award Competition. This year's challenge called for students to devise new uses for the common Ping-Pong ball. Of the results, the judge notes "The ideas submitted were most interesting, with a high number…
Descriptors: Awards, Program Proposals, Profiles, Student Projects
National Council on Teacher Quality, 2010
The U.S. Department of Education recently announced the finalists for the second round of the Race to the Top (RTT) competition, with the winners to be announced in September. Round one of the competition yielded just two awards earlier this year, with Delaware and Tennessee claiming approximately $600 million of the available funds. Thirty-five…
Descriptors: State Legislation, Competition, Educational Change, Public Agencies
Novak, Richard; Toutsi, Cristin – Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 2010
The Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB) regularly tracks state developments, proposals, and legislation as they affect public higher education governance and trusteeship. This paper provides an early read on what state, university system, and institutional leaders see as important for the immediate future of public…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Governance, Position Papers, State Action