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Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, Boulder, CO. Western Cooperative for Educational Communications. – 1997
This pamphlet is intended to assist the consumer in making informed decisions when choosing between distance learning programs. Distance education and distance learners are defined. Included is advice on beginning a program search; choosing a school; accreditation; evaluating quality of electronically offered programs; evaluate non-accredited…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Accrediting Agencies, College Choice, Directories
Direct linkAmerican Association of State Colleges and Universities, 2005
This analysis of secondary-postsecondary alignment issues suggests some clear directions that campus, system, and state policy leaders must take to improve the success of students in the educational pipeline. These efforts will be more successful if they take place as part of broader K-16 initiatives--efforts that include early outreach to high…
Descriptors: Secondary Education, Postsecondary Education, Academic Standards, College Bound Students
Abbott, Lesley; Langston, Ann – Open University Press, 2004
"Birth to Three Matters" is essential for all those involved in developing policy and providing care and education for children between birth and three. It carefully examines the structure and content of the recently published Birth to Three Matters materials and explores a range of "matters" that impact on the development of quality in early…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, School Safety, Observation, Interaction
Balderston, Frederick E. – 1995
This volume addresses new and enduring challenges of university management and proposes ways that will help university members achieve their academic and institutional goals. Part 1 covers the basics of university organization. Chapter 1 introduces ways to organize for management. Chapter 2 discusses the values of the university. Chapter 3, on…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Budgets, College Administration, Educational Change
Download full textCouncil of Graduate Schools in the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1990
Guidance is offered for reviewing current Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) programs and for establishing new ones. Typical academic and institutional contexts of Ph.D. programs in the United States and Canada and the standards and quality which lead to successful Ph.D. programs are presented. Part One addresses the nature and purpose of the doctoral…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, College Administration, College Admission, Degree Requirements
National Survey of Student Engagement, 2006
The National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) documents dimensions of quality in undergraduate education and provides information and assistance to colleges, universities, and other organizations to improve student learning. Its primary activity is annually surveying college students to assess the extent to which they engage in educational…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, National Surveys, Student Surveys, Undergraduate Students
Haworth, Jennifer Grant; Conrad, Clifton F. – 1997
This book proposes an "engagement" theory of program quality to evaluate and improve higher education programs at all degree levels. Based on interviews with 781 participants in a national study of Masters degree programs, it focuses on the interactive roles of students, faculty, and administrators in developing high-quality programs…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Classroom Environment, College Outcomes Assessment, Curriculum Evaluation
National Inst. of Education (ED), Washington, DC. – 1984
Ways to improve undergraduate education are suggested, based on the work of the Study Group on the Conditions of Excellence in American Higher Education. After considering shared values and long-term goals for American higher education, attention is directed to both the achievements and problems of colleges. Major themes are that student…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Change Strategies, College Curriculum, College Faculty
Meacham, Jack – 1997
This questionnaire is intended to help college faculty and administrators assess the adequacy of the general education curriculum and determine the knowledge, skills, values, and attitudes needed by students, and as a tool for program evaluation, innovation, and implementation. It can also be used by college and university students to assess and…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, College Curriculum, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
National Survey of Student Engagement, 2005
The National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) documents dimensions of quality in undergraduate education and provides information and assistance to colleges, universities, and other organizations to improve student learning. Its primary activity is annually surveying college students to assess the extent to which they engage in educational…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, National Surveys, Student Surveys, Undergraduate Students
National Survey of Student Engagement, 2004
The National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) documents dimensions of quality in undergraduate education and provides information and assistance to colleges, universities, and other organizations to improve student learning. Its primary activity is annually surveying college students to assess the extent to which they engage in educational…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, National Surveys, Student Surveys, Undergraduate Students
Phillips, Vicky; Yager, Cindy – 1998
This book profiles 195 accredited institutions that offer graduate degrees via distance learning. The first section of the book examines the following topics of interest to individuals contemplating graduate study through a distance learning program: the increasing numbers of people embarking on graduate study later in life; the quality and…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Admission Criteria, Business Administration, Computer Uses in Education
Kirk, James J.; Waltemyer, Holly – 2002
The advent of the Internet, the World Wide Web, and global infrastructures for e-learning are revolutionizing how colleges and universities deliver degree programs to adult students. Benefits of on-line degree programs to working adults include flexibility, convenience, and time and cost savings. New technologies that greatly affect how online…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accreditation (Institutions), Adult Students, Bachelors Degrees
