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Biswalo, Peles – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2011
Prisons play a significant role in contributing to the lifelong learning needs of their inmates who often have limited formal education and skills. The main function of correctional centres, among others, is the secure containment of inmates committed to their custody, and provision of skills and training in an effort to help them integrate more…
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Adult Education, Lifelong Learning, Foreign Countries
Office of the Chief Financial Officer, US Department of Education, 2017
The purpose of the United States Department of Education's (the Department) Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 "Agency Financial Report" (AFR) is to inform Congress, the President, other external stakeholders, and the American people on how the Department used the federal resources entrusted to it to promote student achievement and preparation for…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, State Departments of Education, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
Office of the Chief Financial Officer, US Department of Education, 2016
The purpose of the United States Department of Education's (the Department) Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 "Agency Financial Report" (AFR) is to inform Congress, the President, and the American people on how the Department has used the federal resources entrusted to it to promote achievement and preparedness of students entering a global…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, State Departments of Education, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
Costley, Kevin C.; Bell, David; Leggett, Timothy – Online Submission, 2014
Poverty most likely will always be a concern in the United States, particularly in at-risk populations of the public schools. Many students in poverty enter public schools behind in academic and social skills due to a lack of quality early learning experiences. Regular education teachers work diligently to catch these children up in vital skills;…
Descriptors: Poverty, At Risk Students, Scores, Achievement Gains
Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, 2010
This paper presents the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education's revised State Plan extension, which is effective until June 30, 2011. The eligible agency assures that this plan, which serves as an agreement between State and Federal Governments under the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act, will be administered in…
Descriptors: Secondary Education, Adult Education, Family Literacy, State Government
Alverson, Charlotte Y.; Naranjo, Jason M.; Yamamoto, Scott; Unruh, Deanne K. – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 2010
The current U.S. federal mandate for educational accountability requires state departments of education to collect data on the postschool employment and postsecondary school and/or training enrollment of young adults with disabilities. To examine how these data have been collected, we conducted a literature synthesis of follow-up and follow-along…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Young Adults, State Departments of Education, Accountability
Iowa Department of Education, 2016
This report is Iowa's response to the four questions that the United States Department of Education, Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE), requires of all states and territories receiving federal funding through the Workforce Investment Act (WIA), Title II, Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA). The overall goal of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Career Education, Technical Education
Inman, Margaret – Professional Development in Education, 2009
There has been a significant increase in interest in the development of educational leadership in recent years, not least in the school sector. However, little research exists on how leaders in higher education have learnt to lead, particularly those in "middle-leadership" positions such as heads of faculties and departments. This study…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Professional Development, Instructional Leadership
Blair, Anthony L. – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 2010
The article addresses the effective use of full-time and part-time faculty in transforming an institutionalized marginalized professional studies unit into an academic unit with greater academic credibility, as perceived by traditional colleagues and accreditors. Recommendations are supported by a case study narrative from the experiences of the…
Descriptors: Learning Experience, College Faculty, Part Time Faculty, Accreditation (Institutions)
Bingolbali, E.; Ozmantar, M. F. – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2009
In this article we focus on university lecturers' approaches to the service teaching and factors that influence their approaches. We present data obtained from the interviews with 19 mathematics and three physics lecturers along with the observations of two mathematics lecturers' calculus courses. The findings show that lecturers' approaches to…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Calculus, Teaching Methods, Mathematics Instruction
Karlsson, Jenni – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2010
Although some gender activists and analysts question the efficacy of gender mainstreaming to take forward women's demands, the South African government has pursued the strategy within a number of government departments including the Department of Education. This article explores how the strategy is being implemented in one provincial education…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Politics of Education, Foreign Policy, Educational Policy
Scott, George A. – US Government Accountability Office, 2009
Since the Workforce Investment Act's (WIA) enactment in 1998, GAO has issued numerous reports that included recommendations regarding many aspects of WIA. These aspects include performance measures and accountability, funding formulas and spending, one-stop centers, and training, as well as services provided to specific populations, such as…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Human Capital, Accountability
Feeney, Eric J. – Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 2009
This article examines and critiques the leadership capacity of department leaders in a high school and attempts to gain a deeper understanding of how department leaders perceive their role as teacher leaders, making a distinction between what an individual department leader does in his or her position and teacher leadership as a form of continuous…
Descriptors: High Schools, Educational Change, Teacher Leadership, Department Heads
Aggarwal, Praveen; Rochford, Linda; Vaidyanathan, Rajiv – Journal of Marketing Education, 2009
The chair of the marketing department serves a critical role in balancing the needs of the university with those of the faculty. Because most department chairs are drawn from the faculty in their departments, the administrative role they take on conflicts with their desire to maintain their academic roles as teacher and researcher. Although there…
Descriptors: Marketing, Department Heads, Profiles, Administrator Role
Oduaran, Akpovire – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2008
Beyond the dogged expectations that Sub-Saharan African universities' adult and continuing education needs to play a more visible key role in dealing with the challenges of HIV and AIDS, environmental pollution and excruciating poverty, the twenty-first century has brought in at its heels debates surrounding relevance in the era of an upsurge in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Continuing Education, Knowledge Economy, Educational Change