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Armstrong, Kacie L., Ed.; Genova, Lauren A., Ed.; Greenlee, John Wyatt, Ed.; Samuel, Derina S., Ed. – Stylus Publishing LLC, 2021
"Teaching Gradually" is a guide for anyone new to teaching and learning in higher education. Written "for" graduate student instructors, "by" graduate students with substantive teaching experience, this resource is among the first of its kind to speak to graduate students as comrades-in-arms with voices from alongside…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Teaching Methods, Teaching Experience, Authors
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Kahl, Christian, Ed. – IGI Global, 2021
Over the last decade, many local students have preferred to study overseas. This has caused governments to announce the creation of programs and developments in the higher education sector to upgrade South-East Asia to a leading education hub. Moreover, many governments declared that they would work on the insurance of learning to increase the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Student Mobility, Foreign Students
Pidluzny, Jonathan; Urban, Nathaniel; Quillen, Alexandra; Kempson, Lauri – American Council of Trustees and Alumni, 2020
In this 12th edition of its flagship annual survey of college general education curricula, "What Will They Learn?," American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA) shines a light on the wide disparity in academic standards at institutions of higher learning across the country. "What Will They Learn?" reviews the core curricula…
Descriptors: Core Curriculum, College Curriculum, Public Colleges, Private Colleges
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Makewa, Lazarus Ndiku, Ed.; Ngussa, Baraka Manjale, Ed. – IGI Global, 2020
Effective use of technology in areas that include admissions, record keeping, billing, compliance, athletic administration, and more hold untold potential to transform higher education by introducing significant efficiencies and dramatic cost reductions in serving students. How the institution organizes itself will to a large extent depend on how…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Higher Education, Organizational Culture, College Faculty
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Bista, Krishna, Ed. – IGI Global, 2018
Today, millions of students cross geographic, cultural, and educational borders for their higher education. Trends of international student mobility are significant to universities, educators, business leaders, and governments to increase revenue and campus diversity in the global marketplace. As such, it is vital to examine recent trends in…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Student Mobility, Foreign Countries, Trend Analysis
Rosenbaum, James E.; Deil-Amen, Regina; Person, Ann E. – Russell Sage Foundation, 2009
Enrollment at America's community colleges has exploded in recent years, with five times as many entering students today as in 1965. However, most community college students do not graduate; many earn no credits and may leave school with no more advantages in the labor market than if they had never attended. Experts disagree over the reason for…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Community Colleges, Labor Market, Credits
Pope, Loren – 1990
This book seeks to help students and parents identify the real virtues of mental and moral growth in a college education, so they can make a satisfactory college selection not based on prestige and size. The book's first chapter, "Twenty Myths That Can Jinx Your College Choice," presents myths about college prestige, geographic location, size,…
Descriptors: College Admission, College Applicants, College Bound Students, College Choice
Pavel, D. Michael; Inglebret, Ella – Greenwood Press, 2007
This book will help Native people clarify their postsecondary aspirations, improve their college choice, and increase their success in college. After a thorough examination of the issues that should be considered, the authors present the different types of colleges available, programs and services to meet the special needs of Native students, and…
Descriptors: College Choice, American Studies, American Indian Education, American Indians
Beckham, Joseph, Ed.; Dagley, David, Ed. – Education Law Association, 2005
Colleges and universities remain vulnerable to lawsuits and face an increasingly litigious environment. This book is intended to provide board members, administrators, faculty, and students of higher education with a basis for informed decision-making that will reduce the risk of liability through a preventive-law approach. Readers will find this…
Descriptors: Higher Education, School Law, Court Litigation, Public Colleges